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Overview
Introduction
Questions? Perspectives?
(A little) Background about Penn and PVN
Why
we chose an OTT solution
So, what is “OTT”?
“And what
makes you qualified to talk about it?”
OTT Examples (Hardware and Interface)
Specifics of each option
Quality Comparison
Findings at Penn
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Video over IP
How many of you offer video
over IP (streaming, on-demand capacity) on your campus broadband
Ethernet network?
How many of you have a broadband Ethernet network?
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How, When, With What
Even if you don’t have
“on-demand, video over IP” as a service, students are
using your network to watch TV, movies, and more:
How they want to watch it
When they want to watch it
With the device of their choosing
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PennNet and PVN
PennNet: Penn Internet access
Wired Ethernet
10Mbs to
wallplate (throttled)
Wireless issues
Penn Video Network
HFC distribution network on campus
(ca 1994)
~8000 drops / ~60 channels / 550MHz
Yes to Digital and some HD (QAM)
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Why OTT at Penn?
Past “failures”
Inuk/Internet 2 project
No clear
winner in IP Video for us
After 2 years…
Why duplicate
existing service?
Cable TV already successful
Supplemental lineup more appealing
“Who wants it?”
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Over the Top
(In this case) Set-top box designed
for media display using an Internet network input for
data/packet retrieval
Three examples:
AppleTV (Apple)
Boxee Box (D-Link)
Roku HD (Roku)
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Long Walks and Cute Animals
Not an engineer!
TV-watching habits
I
like TV! (But not so much “live”)
Media saturation from
multiple sources
Laptop, smartphone, game systems, TV (sort of)
Opinionated. Cheap. Impatient.
Me ~ Average student viewer?
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Little Bit o’This, Little Bit o’That
AppleTV v. Boxee
v. Roku
Comparison and Findings
Connection/Output options
All wired connections
Hardware design
Ease of
use
Get ready for some personal bias!
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AppleTV
Slick design and user interface
Link to your Apple
everything (iTunes, iMovie, etc.)
Fair number of media apps (Netflix,
YouTube, Flickr, iTunes); also rental/purchase
HDMI out (rassa-frassa-! No Cable Provided?!); Optical out
720p
No enterprise wireless
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Boxee Box
Odd design / Big
Keyboard remote
HDMI out (cable
provided); Optical out
1080p and 1080i
Many, many apps / channels
Favor “freebies” like YouTube, TED, Khan Academy
Essentially designed to replace PC running Boxee software
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Roku HD
Functional design - Streaming Media Player
Basic remote
and Interface
720p (later models go to 1080p)
Most output options
(HDMI, S-video, Composite, Component; Optical); basic cables provided
Mid-range “Channel” options
Netflix, Hulu Plus, NHL, MLB, Amazon video
Pandora, iTunes
Higher-ed-specific (see TelVue)
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Did You Just Waste My Time?
All OTTs specializing
in digital media reception and streaming do essentially the
same thing
AppleTV, Boxee, Chumby, GoogleTV, Orb, PS3, Roku, Wii, XBOX 360 … !
Which one best matches your - or your students’ - needs and wants?
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Penn Findings
No noticeable blips on network
No control group
or testing
Needed to educate students about registration
Not exactly as
easy as “plug-and-play”
Same as any other Internet device
Largest percentage of registered “peripheral” Internet devices (not computers) was XBOX 360 @ 30%
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All About the Benjamins
…and the Benitas!
Students want what
they want: What’s in the box, not the box
itself!
Students don’t think, “I want to watch Showtime tonight!” They think, “I want to watch ‘Dexter’ tonight!”
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K.I.S.S.
Penn opted for a solution that was extremely
low-cost - for us, and for them - with
OTT recommendations
Mom and Dad already have Comcast, Time Warner, FiOS, Dish, DirecTV at home - many are also available to students (remotely)
Education issue
HBO Go very successful example
Talk to your vendors about on-demand options
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What is the Answer?
IP Video is the future
…
… But how far away?
Over IP? In “The Cloud?”
Existing
OTT services are a stop-gap solution
No clear “winner” in the race of which service is best
If you want to take a cautious approach to Video over IP, OTT is one way to do it.