1. April 19, 19991 Telecom Services For The Digital Age Fred Huffman NAB ‘99 Las Vegas, NV Convention Center Room N234/236

2. April 19, 19992 Telecom Services For The Digital Age Topic List Current and Emerging Network Infrastructure New Approaches & Trends In Digital Content Transport Examples Of New Digital Service Offerings Network Change In The Future

3. April 19, 19993 Telecom Services For The Digital Age Current End-End Service Model Service Characteristics Analog Audio/Video Input-Output AD - DA Conversion In The Network Compression - Decompression In The Network Dedicated Private Line Service Proprietary Non-Standard Network Interface

4. April 19, 19994 Telecom Services For The Digital Age Industry Change Current Situation: –Analog satellite and terrestrial private lines dominate content transport. Moore’s Law & Storage Cost Driving Technological Change –Broadcast & Production Products –Communications Network Products Regulatory Change –FCC 5th & 6th Report & Order –Telecom Act Of 1996 Implications: “The motion imaging industry is poised at the verge of a technological change that will be as profound as the one the industry underwent in the past thirty years.” - Bill Miller, SMPTE Engineering Vice President, SMPTE Journal, September, 1998

5. April 19, 19995 Telecom Services For The Digital Age Current & Evolving Network Infrastructure

6. April 19, 19996 Telecom Services For The Digital Age Emerging End-End Service Model Service Characteristics Standard Digital (SMPTE259-ITU-R601 Television Interface Compression Optional Depending On Bandwidth Availability & Network Interface Device Capability Dedicated Private Line Service Proprietary Non-Standard Network Interface

7. April 19, 19997 Telecom Services For The Digital Age Emerging End-End Service Model Service Characteristics Standard Digital Television Interface - SMPTE259/305/310 Standard Telecom Interface - T1/E1, 100BT (TCP/IP) Schedule & Provision Services On-The-Fly Locate NID On Premises Or In The Network Multiple Compression Choices Flexible Architecture For The Future

8. April 19, 19998 Telecom Services For The Digital Age Examples Of Current Digital Services Bell Atlantic Bell South MCI Worldcom SBC - Pacific Bell US West Vyvx

9. April 19, 19999 Digital Television Content Transport Prepared For Discussion In Video Services Forum, Pasadena, CA 1/13/99 Fred Huffman MCI Worldcom Engineering 400 International Parkway Richardson, TX 75081 1+972-729-4146 fred.w.huffman@mci.com

10. April 19, 199910 Video Services Forum Develop Common Terminology Survey existing standards Survey international work Determine availability of optimized service offerings Define quality of service metrics, e.g. picture quality, sound fidelity, robustness, reliability, time to repair, etc Define grade of service metrics, e.g. availability of service, suitability of service for specific needs Ad Hoc Groups –DCTS –MSM

11. April 19, 199911 Telecom Services For The Digital Age Trends & New Approaches To Program Content Transport The Broadcast Industry Increased Use Of Hard Drive Storage, Editing & Automation Technology Will Fracture Age- Old Manual Work Flow Processes Increased Standardization Competition For Audiences Driving Use Of Innovative Content Transport Methods & Lower Unit Cost The Communications Industry Digital Bitstreams & Payloads Continue To Increase Unit Cost Of Bandwidth Continues to Decline Competition For Growing Content Transport Will Increase Customer Choice Switched Digital Services Will Replace Analog Private Lines; FTP/Non-Real Time Content Transport Will Grow Rapidly