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Opportuni)es  in  Convergence  of  Telecoms  and  Broadcas)ng    

Presenta)on  by  Paris  Mashile  

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Table  of  Content  

1.  The  Convergence  of  the  Telecoms,  IT,  Media  and  Entertainment    (TIME)  Industries.  

2.  The  Changing  Broadcast  Marketplace.  3.  Non-­‐tradi)onal  Business  Lines.  4.  Data  Broadcas)ng.  5.  Program  Related  Data.  6.  Mul)media  Content  Over  Broadcast  

Network.  

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7.  Webcas)ng  8.    Broadcast  and  Telecommunica)ons          Coopera)on.  9.  Compe))on  in    the  Digital  Informa)on  Age.  10.  The  Impact  of  Convergence  on    Policy      Making      and  Regula)on.  11.  Conclusion.  

 

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The  Convergence  of  the  Telecoms,  IT,  Media  and  Entertainment    (TIME)  Industries  

•  A  new  technology  coming  to  the  fore  has  shaken  up  the  TIME  industries.  

•   This  has  inexorably  resulted  in  a  new      informa)on  market  economy.  

•  This  shake  up  of  our  age  is  driven  by  three  digital  technologies  viz:  

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–  Signal  processing  which  transforms  analogue  signals  to  digital  ones.  – IT  which  allows  the  processing  of  data  in  digital  form.  – Digital  networks  which  allow  the  instantaneous  transmission  of  digital  data  (ones  and  zeros)  from  anywhere  to  anywhere  in  the  world.  

•  Content  that  is  digital  and  reaches  the  end  user  is  called  e-­‐content  

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•  This  has  resulted  in  three  separate  ver)cal  value  added  chains  being  collapsed  to  form  six  horizontal  market  segments  i.e.  

•  Audio  visuals,  voice  and  data  or  mul)media  into:  –  Content  –  Packaging  –  Transmission  – Naviga)on  –  Value  added  services  –  Recep)ve  appliances,  -­‐  TV,  telephone  and  computers,  etc.  

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The  Changing  Broadcast  Marketplace  

•  The  tradi)onal  broadcast  business  is  to  provide  different  types  of  news,  informa)on  and  entertainment  with  local,  regional,  and  na)onal  appeal.  

•  This  is  good  sustainable  business  that  generates  huge  adver)sing  revenue  to  the  broadcast  service  provider.  

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Non-­‐tradi)onal  Business  lines  

•  Both  the  public  and  commercial  broadcaster  can  use  the  Ver)cal  Blanking  Intervals  (VBI)  lines  and  ubiquitous  distribu)on  in  local,  regional  and  na)onal  markets  to  enter  quite  compe))vely  the  data  broadcas)ng,  bandwidth  and  Internet  market  spaces.  

•  With  the  added  benefit  of  being  able    to  cover  opera)ng  costs  with  tradi)onal  business  lines.  

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Data  Broadcas)ng  

•  There  are  10  VBI  lines  from  line  10  to  20  yield  150  kbps  of  data  capacity  in  the  analogue  system.  

•  It  is  a  very  cost  effec)ve  means  for  providing  data  access  to    millions  of  homes,  schools,  offices,  cars  and  mobile  people.  

•  TV  signals  are  among  the  country’s  most  ubiquitous  data  services  available.      

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Program  Related  Data  •  These  are  data  broadcas)ng  services  that  are  related  to  on-­‐air  programs.  

•  They  are  enhanced  content  relevant  to  the  program  and  broadcast  in  the  VBI  simultaneously  with  the  program  itself.  

•  The  display  device  is  typically  the  TV  receiver  connected  to  a  STB.  

•  Programme  related  background  or  in-­‐depth  informa)on  can  be  accessed  by  clicking  on  an  Icon  shown  on  the  the  screen.  

•  This  will  in  turn  connect  the  viewer  to  a  website.  

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•  Adver)sers  can  use  this    technology  for  viewers  to  crossover  between  an  on-­‐air  commercial  directly  to  a  web-­‐site  for  addi)onal  informa)on  or  to  make  a  purchase.  

•  Or  a  viewer  of  a  car  advert  could  link  to  a  dealer’s  web-­‐site  and  find  what  is  inventory  s)cker  prices  and  even  make  an  appointment  with  a  sales  rep.  

•  During  sports  broadcast  an  ‘I’  icon  may  offer  the  viewer  to  click  to  a  web-­‐site,  where  in-­‐depth  sta)s)cs  informa)on  is  available.  

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Mul)media  Content  Over  Broadcast  Network  

•  The  DVB-­‐T  has  a  huge  transmission  capacity  of  10  Mbps  to  20  Mbps  per  8  MHz  TV  channel.  

•  When  masses  of  people  want  mul)media  services  at  the  same  )me  the  internet  system  cannot  cope.  

•  But  DVB-­‐T  with  its  huge  bandwidth  will  provide  reliable  data  delivery  and  mul)media  services.  

•  It  therefore  takes  just  a  few  bits  for  the  user  to  lick  on  the  URL    to  trigger  a  tsunami  of  mul)media  data  downstream.  

•  This  is  called  IP  over  DVB  or  datacas)ng.  

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•  By  using  this  one  to  many  (PTMP)  delivery  system,  the  cost  for  popular  content  per  receiver  can  be  a  frac)on  of  the  two  way  Internet  access.  

•  DVB-­‐T  supports  mobile  opera)ons  such  that  massive  audiences  can  be  reached  anywhere,  any)me  in  a  cost  effec)ve  way.  

•  This  offers  a  new  way  for  mul)media  services,  e-­‐mail  distribu)on,  Web  pages,  sodware  updates,  database  updates,  catalog  downloads,  and  contributes  to  universal  access.  

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•  DVB-­‐T  will  typically  provide  online  data  into  a  PC  at  speeds  higher  than  the  speed  of  the  fastest  Internet.  

•  Marrying  TV  data  bandwidth  capacity  to  return  links  like  cellular  phones  or  PSTN  can  easily  and  affordably  extend  the  commercial  value  and  business  u)lity  of  this  service.  

•  One  could  marry  the  DTV  bandwidth  to  enable  huge  mobile  downstream  data  pipes  at  compe))ve  prices.  

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•  This  creates  a  strategic  inflec)on  point  for  both  the  Internet  business  and  broadcas)ng  business.  

•  An  electronic  Service  Guide  (ESG)  is  needed  so  that  users  can  easily  find  and  filter  content  of  interest.  

•  To  make  datacast  a  reality  requires  changes  in  regula)ons  because  broadcas)ng  is  )ed  to  radio  and  TV  services.  

•  This  restricts  datacast  services  significantly  limi)ng  opportuni)es  that  digital  broadcast  technology  can  offer.  

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Webcas)ng  

•  Radio  and  TV  transmission  over  the  Internet  or  Internet  radio  or  the  so-­‐called  webcas)ng  uses  media  streaming  technology  i.e.  via  the  Internet.  

•  Instead  of  using  the  electromagne)c  wave  receiver,  a  PC  can  download  a  radio  or  TV  programme  from  a  server  i.e.  a  webcaster.  

•  This  allows  the  user  to  listen  and  watch  without  being  limited  by  spectrum  availability  

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•  Webcas)ng    has  many  advantages  such  as:  – Access  to  sta)ons  from  any  loca)on,  even  listening  to  your  local  radio  in  foreign  countries.  

–  audio  streams  of  local  radio  sta)ons  targe)ng  various  ethnic,  or  demographic  groups.  

– Archiving  and  later  access  at  arbitrary  )mes.  –  Easy  copying.  – User  Interface  as  for  other  services.    

•  So  we  will  have  two  entry  points  to  the  content.  •  With  the  TV  set  equipped  with  a  STB.    

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•   Broadcas)ng  sta)ons  can  therefore  transmit  over  the  Internet,  either  solely  or  simultaneously  with  their  regular  over-­‐the-­‐air  (OTA)  programmes  as  well  as  audio  on  demand  services.  

•  The  ques)ons  for  regulators  are:  –  Is  webcas)ng  also  seen  broadcas)ng?  – What  about  IPR  protec)on  when  everybody  can  download  and  copy  everything?  

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Broadcast  and  Telecommunica)ons  Coopera)on  

•  This  refers  to  the  joint  usage  of  these  two  complementary  technologies  in  order  to  provide  new  features  that  each  technology  cannot  provide  in  a  sa)sfactory  manner.  

•  Such  coopera)on  can  improve  the  efficiency  of  exis)ng  services  through  beher  u)liza)on  of  spectrum  and/or  higher  performances.  

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•  A  broadcas)ng  system  combined  with  an  interac)ve  channel  from  a  telecommunica)on  system  proves  to  be  the  cheapest  and  most  efficient  solu)on  for  services  that  many  users  share.  

•  The  coopera)on  of  UMTS  and  DVB-­‐T  has  the  ability  to  deliver  beher  performance  compared  with  either  of  the  networks.  

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Examples  

•  Entertainment  – TV,  radio  programs  – Games  and  Interac)ve  TV  

•  General  Informa)on  – News,  weather,  travel  traffic  maps  – Financial  and  commercial  informa)on.  

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•  Personal  informa)on  – Web  browsing,  file  transfer,  –  Individual  traffic  informa)on  – Naviga)on  – Emergency  services  and  – Loca)on  based  services  (LBS)  

•  Business  and  commerce  – e-­‐commerce,  e-­‐banking  e-­‐mail  – Remote  access,  mobile  access  

 

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Compe))on  in    the  Digital  Informa)on  Age  

•  The  plurality  of  means  of  digital  transmission  suggest  that  market  structures  will  be  more  compe))on  oriented.  

•  However,  the  diversifica)on  of  digital  delivery  systems  does  not  guarantee  that  compe))on  will  thrive.  

•  More  so    because  customers  will  have  more  choice  and  this  fragments  the  market.  

•  Companies  will  therefore  ahempt  to  integrate  ver)cally  or  horizontally  in  search  of  the  benefits  of  the  economies  of  scale  and  scope.  

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•  This  can  easily  lead  to  monopoly  or  oligopoly  with  one    or  few  dominant  firms.  

•  Therefore  the  exis)ng  legal  and  ins)tu)onal  arrangements  will  be  inappropriate  and  ineffec)ve  as  technological  advances  change  the  market  structures  and  the  conduct  of  players  in  the  newly  converged  market.    

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The  Impact  of  Convergence  on    Policy  Making  and  Regula)on  

•  We  note  that  the  currently  separated  markets  have  morphed  into  a  comprehensive  informa)on  market.  

•   It  is  therefore  incumbent  for    policy  makers  to  crad  a  new  policy  paradigm  in  the  digital  age.  

•  As  it  were  it  will  be  fu)le  to  put  new  wine  in  old  bohles.  

•   Mul)media  communica)ons  is  without  doubt  becoming  the  mainstream  applica)on.  

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•  The  horizontal  separa)on  of  media  and  message  is  most  suitable  for  the  age  of  mul)media.    

•  This  is  so  because  there    is  no  difference    between  broadcas)ng,  telecommunica)ons  the  Internet  communica)on  networks,  services  and  applica)ons.  

•   Accordingly  a  new  mul)media  law  is  needed  to  establish  a  horizontal  separa)on  of:  

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•  The  Right  of  Way  Law  •  The  Media/Conduit  Law  •  The  Message/  Content  Law  •  Note  that  the  consumers  want  content  and  are  willing  to  pay  for  it.  

•   So  policy  makers  and  regulators  should  be  circumspect.    

•  Don’t  kill  the  goose  that  lays  the  golden  egg.  •  Or  don’t  use  a  hammer  to  swat  a  fly.  

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•  As  far  as  media/conduit  is  concerned,  regula)on  should  include  privacy,  copyright  and  no  undue  preference  or  causing  undue  discrimina)on  against  any  other  licensee.  

•  Where  technically  and  economically  feasible  companies  much  be  obligated  to  interconnect  their  networks.  

•  Guard  against  an)compe))ve  behaviour  of  –   dominant  companies,    –  those  controlling  essen)al  facili)es,  –  Ver)cally  integrated  companies.  –  Companies  with  economies  of  scale  and  scope.  

•  The  right  of  way  regula)on  includes  spectrum  assignment  to  compe)ng  industries  on  a  fair  compe))ve  basis.  

•  The  alloca)on  of  land-­‐lines  right  of  way  is  about  who  will  allocate  that  right,  who  should  dig  up  the  roads  and  how  much  it  will  cost.    

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Conclusion  •  The  foregoing  discussion  does,  to  a  certain  extent,  indicate  

that  the  simplified  bahle  as  to  which  technology  is  the  best,  is  naive.  

•   Different  technologies  have  their  op)mal  usage  in  different  environments.  

•  We  now  have  a  digital  informa)on  ecosystem  of  integrated  bit  ways  providing  integrated  services  and  applica)ons.  

•  Business  Web  is  a  typical  strategy    of  the  New  Economy    where  a  network  of  companies    produce  independently  of  each  other  value-­‐  adding  par)al  services  which  complement  one  another.  

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•  The  companies’  market  success  is  interdependent,  since  only  the  system  product  resul)ngfrom  the  value  added  network  as  a  whole  offers  the  buyer  an  integral  solu)on  to  the  problem  

•  Policy  makers,  legislators,  regulators  and  market  players  can  no  longer  confine  themselves  to  sector  specific  approaches.  

•  The  challenges  of  convergence  are  responded  to  by  relying  on  technology  neutrality  and  market  based  approaches.  

•  Regula)on  that  is  based  on  a  specific  technology  is  des)ned  to  be  obsolete.  

•  It  will  lead  to  inefficient  investment  and  uneven  playing  field.  


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