DVB World 2006 International Conference
Jurys Hotel and Towers, Dublin, March
1 - 3, 2006
Conference Programme - "The Challenge of Choice"
Day 1 – Wednesday 1st March, 2006
Opening Session |
| 13.00 – 13.15 |
Opening & Welcome Address
George Waters (IAB) |
| 13.15 – 13.45 |
Keynote address
Michael T. Schueppert (President, MODEO) |
| 13.45 – 14.00 |
Chair’s address: "The State of the DVB Project"
Theo Peek, Chair DVB Project |
Session 1: DVB Worldwide
Chair person: John Bigeni (DVB Asia Pacific Representative) |
| 14.00 – 14.30 |
A Worldwide Review of DVB-T Deployments
Alexander Shulzycki (EBU Strategic Information Services) |
| 14:30 – 15.00 |
DTT – The French Solution
Jean-Michel Dupont (Thomson) |
| 15.00 – 15.30 |
The DVB plan in the Czech Republic
Petr Vitek (CTV) |
| 15.30 – 16.00 |
Coffee Break |
| 16.00 – 16.30 |
The transition to Digital in Latin America
Roberto Franco (SBT) |
| 16.30 – 17.00 |
Digital Television in Africa
Richard Fyffe (MultiChoice Africa) |
| 17.00 – 17.30 |
DVB-T Down Under
Yvette Payne (The Bridge Network) |
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Gala Dinner |
Day 2 – Thursday 2nd March, 2006
Session 2: Moving On with Mobile TV
Chair person: Prof. Ulrich Reimers (Chair of DVB Technical Module,
TUBS) |
| 09.00 – 09.30 |
Overview of DVB-H and the IP Datacast System
Prof. Ulrich Reimers (Chair of DVB Technical Module, TUBS) |
| 09.30 – 10.00 |
DVB-H Trials – A Global Snapshot
Juha Ronkainen (Nokia) |
| 10.00 – 10.30 |
Mobile TV – From Trials To Commercial Service
John Cullen (O2) |
| 10.30 – 11.00 |
Building the network: technical challenges and network scaling
Simon Mason (Arqiva) |
| 11.00 – 11.30 |
Coffee Break |
| 11.30 – 12.00 |
An outlook on frequency spectrum, RRC06 and the Digital Dividend
Daniel Sauvet-Goichon (TDF) |
| 12.00 – 12.45 |
Telcos and Broadcasters – who's using whom?
Panel Session
John Cullen (O2)
Markus Lindqvist (Nokia)
Phil Laven (EBU) |
| 12.45 – 13.45 |
Lunch |
Session 3: What’s next for MHP?
Chair person: Graham Mills (Chair of DVB Commercial Module, BT)
|
| 13.45 – 14.15 |
The Italian Job
Alberto Sigismondi (Mediaset) |
| 14.15 – 14.45 |
A Roadmap for MHP
Jon Piesing (Philips) |
| 14.45 – 15.15 |
Licenses of MHP essential patents
Helene Jay (Via Licensing) |
| 15.15 – 15.45 |
Coffee Break |
Session 4: DVB in an On Demand World
Chair person: Barry Flynn (Media and IT Services) |
| 15.45 – 16.30 |
Panel Session:
Ralf Schaefer (Thomson)
Lieven Vermaele (VRT)
David Gillies (Pace) |
Session 5: The Never Ending Story - CPCM
Chair person: Anthony Dixon (Chair of DVB IPR Module,
Pace) |
| 16.30 – 17.00 |
The challenge of choosing for more
Leonardo Chiariglione (CEDEO.net) |
| 17.00 – 18.00 |
CP - there is light at the end of the Tunnel!
Giles Godart-Brown (BSkyB),
Chris Hibbert (Disney),
Corinne LeBuhan Jordan (Nagravision),
Spencer Stephens (Warner), Mark Jeffrey (Microsoft) |
Day 3 – Friday 3rd March, 2006
Session 6: HDTV – the New Age Begins
Chair person: David Wood (EBU) |
| 09.10 – 09.40 |
Quo vadis - a letter from America
Special Guest Speaker - Joe Flaherty (CBS) |
| 09.40 – 10.05 |
Can we consider 1080p/50, 60?
Ralf Schaefer (HHI) |
| 10.05 – 10.30 |
Audio and Video Codecs for HDTV?
Ken McCann (ZetaCast) |
| 10.30 – 11.00 |
Coffee Break |
| 11.00 – 11.25 |
The manufacturers and market for HDTV displays
Dietrich Westerkamp (Thomson) |
| 11.25 – 11.50 |
The HDTV set top box market – open or closed?
David Gillies (Pace) |
Closing Panel Discussion
Chair person: David Wood (EBU) |
| 11.50 – 12.50 |
Should the limited terrestrial spectrum be better used for SDTV,
HDTV or Mobile TV?
David Crawford (Telecom Technologies Ltd)
Helmut Stein (ISDM)
Sylvain Audigier (TF1)
Ian Childs (BBC)
|
| 12.50 – 13.00 |
Closing remarks of Chair and End of Conference |
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