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Featured Speakers
Rob Golden
Chief Research Officer (CRO), Merit Network
Closing Remarks
Rob Golden joined Merit Network in
2007 and has an extensive background in technology, research, healthcare and imaging fields. He was the founder of Tekscan, a leading manufacturer of
flexible force array sensors, and a co-founder of Charm Biosciences which pioneered microwave inactivation of viruses in blood products.
He was CTO of LanVision, a leading Electronic Health Records (HER) provider and was part of the team that led their successful IPO in 1996.
Rob is a Computerworld Honors Laureate recipient and has received the Popular Science Best of What's New award. He is a graduate of MIT and Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar.
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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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