Planning to convert your school or district's cable TV to IPTV? Here are some potential pitfalls to avoid.

1. K-12…
Converting Cable TV
to IPTV?
Avoid These Pitfalls

2. Cable TV to IPTV Conversion
Moves Cable TV from
your RF Cable
system.
To Your Network.

3. Saves $$$ on…
• Infrastructure
• Maintenance
• Personnel and Support
Why?
One network system instead of two!

4. Simplifies...
Classroom Technology

5. Improves…
Options & Flexibility
for Teachers

6. Provides...
Control over
Channel Selection

7. Most Common Pitfalls…
• Network not multicast capable
• Expecting too much from wireless
• Converting too many channels
• Imbalance between file quality and
available bandwidth
• District vs. Individual School

8. Multicast is Critical…
• Multicast eases bandwidth usage
• Every switch: multicast capable
• Every setting: checked
• Maximum bandwidth confirmed

9. Wireless Expectations
• Upgrade to 802.11n
• Other versions don’t have the bandwidth
• Wireless is not able to deliver multicast
• Some vendors do multicast to unicast
conversion to improve deliverability
• Next generation 802.11ac will approach
gigabit speeds

10. Converting too Many Channels…
• No need to convert 50 or 60 channels
• Pick and Choose
• Focus on “educationally appropriate”
• Limit channels with no value
• Most schools choose 4 – 12 channels
• Too many channels eats bandwidth

11. Quality vs. Bandwidth…
• Streaming at too high of a bitrate
creates very large files
• Look to balance quality versus
available bandwidth to avoid slowing
your network

12. District vs School
• It’s really WAN vs LAN
• WAN approach centralizes Cable TV
• Also impacts WAN bandwidth
• Local approach limits TV to each School
• Provides local and grade level options
• Easier to do live video announcements
• Local means no impact on WAN

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14. 16115 Dooley Road
Addison, TX 75001
800-601-6991
972-980-6991
http://synergybroadcast.com