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Featured Speakers
Prashant Chopra
CEO, Open Student Television Network (OSTN)
Campus Solutions
Prashant Chopra is chief executive officer of
Open Student Television Network (OSTN), a provider of educational, foreign language, and entertainment IPTV content and services, featuring the only 24/7 worldwide channel exclusively devoted to student-produced programming.
Previously, Mr. Chopra served as chief architect of the CampusEAI Consortium, with responsibility for the organization's research and development efforts. Prior to joining the CampusEAI Consortium he worked at Case Western Reserve University, with responsibility for architecting and delivering the University's next generation information technology infrastructures and services. Earlier he worked at California State University, Monterey Bay, with responsibility for research and development of the University's next-generation information technology infrastructures and services. Mr. Chopra majored in theology and economics at Columbia University.
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What is IPTV?
IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) describes technologies that allow video programming to be
delivered using an IP-based network, as opposed to traditional delivery via radio waves or coaxial
cable. IPTV can be used to deliver both live content and stored, on-demand video.
What is the potential of IPTV?
IP-based video distribution promises significant advantages, including the ability to integrate
television with other IP-based services like high speed Internet access and VoIP. Using a single
network for both data and video distribution potentially allows for significant savings over
maintaining a separate coaxial plant.
A switched IP network also allows for the delivery of significantly more content and functionality.
Content remains within a defined network, and only the content the customer selects is sent into
the customer's device. That frees up bandwidth, and the customer's choice is less restricted by the
bandwidth of the last-mile network.
An IP-based platform also allows significant opportunities to make the TV viewing experience more
interactive and personalized.
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