This document discusses various online video streaming services and technologies: 1. Zattoo is a peer-to-peer online TV service launched in 2005 that has over 1.9 million users and partnerships with channels like BBC and Deutsche Welle. 2. Joost is a similar peer-to-peer service launched in 2006 that has over 6 million downloads and content partnerships with companies like CBS and Viacom. 3. Hulu is a joint venture between NBC Universal and News Corp launched in 2008 that streams TV shows and movies with partnerships with studios like Fox and Warner Brothers. It had over 15 million users and 63 million videos viewed in its first month. 4. The BBC iPlayer service

1. Video over internet
Werner Ramaekers
VRT-medialab
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2. the future ?
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3. the parents
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4. the kids
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5. the cat
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7. 9.2 billion videos watched
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8. 11.4 billion videos watched
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9. 68 videos / user
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10. 82 videos / user
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12. “Media distribution
over internet :
the question is not IF
but WHEN”
Rahul Chakkara, Controller TV-platforms, BBC
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24. Zattoo
• Founded : 2005
• Investment : US$ 15 million
• Users : 1.9 million users
• Content partners :
• Channel4, Channel5, BBC3, BBC4, Bloomberg
UK, Deutsche Welle, France24, TVP, ...
demo
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25. Peer-to-peer
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27. • Founded : 2006
• Investment : US$ 45 million
• 6 million downloads , ? active users
• Content partners (300):
• CBS, Viacom, Sony, Turner, Endemol, NCAA, NHL,
US Soccer, Universal Music Group, National
Geographic,...
• Free for users thanks to ads
demo
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28. hulu.com
• Joint venture : NBC Universal / News Corp.
• funding : US$ 100 million
• TV (episodes of 250 TV series) and Films
• Content partners (50):
• Fox, MGM Studios inc., Sony Pictures TV, Warner
Brothers TV group, NBA, NHL, ...
• Free for the user (ad supported)
• Streaming (no download)
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30. hulu : stats
• Public launch : 12 march 2008
• Before public launch : 5 million users
• April 2008 :
• 15 million users
• 63 million videos (2hr/user/month)
• 100.000 videos posted on 12.000 sites
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37. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer
• Public launch : 25/12/2007
• Radio and TV broadcast in the last 7 days
• Streaming & download (windows only, 30
days)
• 2.2 million users in the 1-st month
• UK : 58 million inhabitants
demo
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38. Programs watched
699.000
monthly 556.000
442.000
daily 362.000
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39. demographics
55+
15-34
35-54
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40. Online TV
demographics
Female Male Female Male
Online TV
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41. Linear TV & iPlayer
Linear TV iPlayer
18,9 m
+457.000
3,1 m
+241.000
145.000
+29.000
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50. transcoding
FLV (pc streaming)
WMV (win d/l)
50 Mbps
MPEG-2 (STB)
25GB/hr video H.264 (browser)
50 rack-mount PCs, running dual quad-core Xeon CPU
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54. 1252 files
70% traffic
400 GB
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56. http://newteevee.com/2007/12/10/its-hard-to-find-something-to-watch-online/
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64. The Zune software can stream MP4 files to the Xbox
360 however the Zune software is limited to H.264
base/main profile only because of it's own internal
H.264 decoder whereas the Xbox 360 can play up
to H.264 high profile
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69. works as a set-top box and streams your video, photos and
music from your pc to your television (through the
DPG-1200). It has a separate remote that lets control your
pc and launch movies as you would with the pc mouse.
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70. ease of choice
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71. the ZvBox will search for an empty
channel on your cable and localcast all
media from your computer as an HD
channel to your HD television
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72. a scarce resource
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