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14 June 20061 RegenTV John Defoe L B Newham
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14 June 2006 2 Background – the Prototype Wired up Communities (WuC - DFES) Newham Council’s assets Efforts of newham.net and Media Trust Time provided by local people £1.4m for about 400 homes
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14 June 2006 3 The Prototype – the technology Groundbreaking – most advanced ipTV service in the UK at the time, original PC on TV Estate server connected to homes by 1 Gb fibre and Cat 5 (10/100Mb) wiring The service needs about 7mbps bandwidth to the set top box Access via set top box, plus remote control and wireless keyboard
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14 June 2006 4 In the Home
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14 June 2006 5 The Prototype - goodies PC functionality with Microsoft Office (Citrix) Free-to-air TV channels (satellite and terrestrial) Videos/Home2Home School interactivity Multiplayer video games Video streaming of Olympic works Internet, email, intranet, access to Council services
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14 June 2006 6 The Prototype – the people Carpenters estate statistics Meet the Neighbours – community involvement, Media Trust Residents appear in “how do I” videos Residents star in community videos “Living the High Life” consultation on Masterplanning Residents help produce and edit the videos
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14 June 2006 7 The Prototype – secrets of success Experts, agencies and trainers are locally based - they join in local events Newham Council facilitates activities and keeps an open mind! Minimal red tape Maintained by a local community enterprise
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14 June 2006 8 The prototype – evidence of success Launched in October ’03, residents say estate “more friendly” 17% of residents have been involved in developing local content (against a 3-12% WuC comparator) 95% of residents use the StB (highest for WuC study) 75% turnout for TMO elections
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14 June 2006 9 The Prototype - downside ‘Heath Robinson’ effect 15 separate operating systems 4 racks of servers Spaghetti wiring Needs ‘super-techie’ to keep it running Needs Cat5 wiring to every home Cost Sustainability
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14 June 2006 10 RegenTV – the product New smaller stb No need for Cat5 wiring – can use coax Single rack Simplified operating systems Open Source E-Gif/ XML standards
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14 June 2006 13 CAT5e Computer cabling IRS coax Wireless – Wifi, WiMax ADSL/ ADSL2 RegenTV – possible delivery mechanisms
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14 June 2006 14 RegenTV – Major elements The technological product Hardware & software including infrastructure The community engagement product Manual Videos Documentation – how to use the product Commercial opportunities The business case Sustainability
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14 June 2006 15 RegenTV Thank you – questions? John Defoe John.Defoe@Newham.gov.uk
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