[102595] in North American Network Operators' Group
A More Enlightened Approach to P2P From 'Old Europe'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rod Beck)
Wed Feb 20 13:27:12 2008
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:24:12 -0000
From: "Rod Beck" <Rod.Beck@hiberniaatlantic.com>
To: "North American Network Operators Group" <nanog@merit.edu>
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I recommend Bill St. Arnaud's daily blog:
[From Dewayne Hendricks list--BSA]
[Note: This item comes from friend Charles Brown. DLH]
European Research Project to Shape Next Generation Internet TV
<http://www.p2p-next.org/>
Brussels, 19 February 2008 - P2P-Next, a pan-European conglomerate of=20
21 industrial partners, media content providers and research=20
institutions, has received a =8014 million grant from the European=20
Union. The grant will enable the conglomerate to carry out a research=20
project aiming to identify the potential uses of peer-to-peer (P2P)=20
technology for Internet Television of the future. The partners,=20
including the BBC, Delft University of Technology, the European=20
Broadcasting Union, Lancaster University, Markenfilm, Pioneer and VTT=20
Technical Research Centre of Finland, intend to develop a Europe-wide=20
=93next-generation=94 internet television distribution system, based on=20
P2P and social interaction.
P2P-Next statement:
=93The P2P-Next project will run over four years, and plans to conduct a =
large-scale technical trial of new media applications running on a=20
wide range of consumer devices. If successful, this ambitious project=20
could create a platform that would enable audiences to stream and=20
interact with live content via a PC or set top box. In addition, it is=20
our intention to allow audiences to build communities around their=20
favourite content via a fully personalized system.
This technology could potentially be built into VOD services in the=20
future and plans are underway to test the system for broadcasting the=20
2008 Eurovision Song Contest live online.
We will have an open approach towards sharing results. All core=20
software technology will be available as open source, enabling new=20
business models. P2P-Next will also address a number of outstanding=20
challenges related to content delivery over the internet, including=20
technical, legal, regulatory, security, business and commercial=20
issues.=94 =3D
Roderick S. Beck
Director of European Sales
Hibernia Atlantic
1, Passage du Chantier, 75012 Paris
http://www.hiberniaatlantic.com
Wireless: 1-212-444-8829.=20
Landline: 33-1-4346-3209.
French Wireless: 33-6-14-33-48-97.
AOL Messenger: GlobalBandwidth
rod.beck@hiberniaatlantic.com
rodbeck@erols.com
``Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.'' =
Albert Einstein.=20
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I recommend Bill St. Arnaud's daily blog:<BR>
<BR>
[From Dewayne Hendricks list--BSA]<BR>
<BR>
[Note: This item comes from friend Charles Brown. DLH]<BR>
<BR>
European Research Project to Shape Next Generation Internet TV<BR>
<<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.p2p-next.org/">http://www.p2p-next.org/</A>><BR>
<BR>
Brussels, 19 February 2008 - P2P-Next, a pan-European conglomerate =
of<BR>
21 industrial partners, media content providers and research<BR>
institutions, has received a €14 million grant from the =
European<BR>
Union. The grant will enable the conglomerate to carry out a =
research<BR>
project aiming to identify the potential uses of peer-to-peer (P2P)<BR>
technology for Internet Television of the future. The partners,<BR>
including the BBC, Delft University of Technology, the European<BR>
Broadcasting Union, Lancaster University, Markenfilm, Pioneer and =
VTT<BR>
Technical Research Centre of Finland, intend to develop a =
Europe-wide<BR>
“next-generation” internet television distribution system, =
based on<BR>
P2P and social interaction.<BR>
<BR>
P2P-Next statement:<BR>
<BR>
“The P2P-Next project will run over four years, and plans to =
conduct a<BR>
large-scale technical trial of new media applications running on a<BR>
wide range of consumer devices. If successful, this ambitious =
project<BR>
could create a platform that would enable audiences to stream and<BR>
interact with live content via a PC or set top box. In addition, it =
is<BR>
our intention to allow audiences to build communities around their<BR>
favourite content via a fully personalized system.<BR>
<BR>
This technology could potentially be built into VOD services in the<BR>
future and plans are underway to test the system for broadcasting =
the<BR>
2008 Eurovision Song Contest live online.<BR>
<BR>
We will have an open approach towards sharing results. All core<BR>
software technology will be available as open source, enabling new<BR>
business models. P2P-Next will also address a number of outstanding<BR>
challenges related to content delivery over the internet, including<BR>
technical, legal, regulatory, security, business and commercial<BR>
issues.” =3D<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Roderick S. Beck<BR>
Director of European Sales<BR>
Hibernia Atlantic<BR>
1, Passage du Chantier, 75012 Paris<BR>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.hiberniaatlantic.com">http://www.hiberniaatlantic.com<=
/A><BR>
Wireless: 1-212-444-8829.<BR>
Landline: 33-1-4346-3209.<BR>
French Wireless: 33-6-14-33-48-97.<BR>
AOL Messenger: GlobalBandwidth<BR>
rod.beck@hiberniaatlantic.com<BR>
rodbeck@erols.com<BR>
``Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.'' =
Albert Einstein.<BR>
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