HDTV European Commission Workshop 2005, January 21th

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HDTV European Commission Workshop2005, January
21th

• Stephane MERIRES
• Vice President, Projects Director
• stephane.merires_at_corp.tps.fr

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TPS in some figures

• June 1996 creation of TPS
• Shareholders TF1 (66) and M6 (34)
• 1,7 million subscribers satellite,cable and
  phone line (ADSL)
• 600 employees 570 M turn over
• deals with American majors (Warner, Paramount,
  ), English Premier League
• French basketball
• TPS is one of the main French editor of premium
  and thematic channels
• (cinema, sport, kids channels)

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• HD-Forum, objectives, structures
• Technical work focus
• French HDTV channels projects

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• HD-Forum, objectives, structures
• Technical work focus
• French HDTV channels projects

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• Its creation
• Launch 8th of July 2004 by Patrick Devedjian
  Minister of Industry
• 16 founder members
• TF1, TPS, M6, HBS, Eutelsat, TDF, NOOS, Darty ,
  Thomson, Sony, Panasonic, Samsung, Envivio,
  Sagem, ST Microelecronics, Sharp

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• Its creation
• Launch 8th of July 2004 by Patrick Devedjian
  Minister of Industry
• 16 founder members
• TF1, TPS, M6, HBS, Eutelsat, TDF, NOOS, Darty ,
  Thomson, Sony, Panasonic, Samsung, Envivio,
  Sagem, ST Microelecronics, Sharp
• its goal
• Promote, support, present, explain, and let know
  HDTV
• Organize, finance, and take part in every
  meeting, event or exhibition to help promoting
  and presenting HDTV
• Study and provide answers to technical questions
  about launch of HDTV in all distribution
  networks
• More generally, create and contribute to every
  action in connection with HDTV

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• Its creation
• Launch 8th of July 2004 by Patrick Devedjian
  Minister of Industry
• 16 founder members
• TF1, TPS, M6, HBS, Eutelsat, TDF, NOOS, Darty ,
  Thomson, Sony, Panasonic, Samsung, Envivio,
  Sagem, ST Microelecronics, Sharp
• its goal
• Promote, support, present, explain, and let know
  HDTV
• Organize, finance, and take part in every
  meeting, event or exhibition to help promoting
  and presenting HDTV
• Study and provide answers to technical questions
  about launch of HDTV in all distribution
  networks
• More generally, create and contribute to every
  action in connection with HDTV
• Structure
• 3 colleges TV Channels/Producers,
  Manufacturers, Broadcasters/Consumers
  Electronics retailers

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• 2 Commissions have been organised and have been
  started their work
• Technical Commission 6 working-groups
•  Broadcasting
•  HD formats Production Equipments
•  Consumer Electronics Equipments 
•  Contribution links
• WG ad-hoc  basic HD set-top-box specification
• WG ad-hoc  digital PAD (ready to broadcast)
• Communication Market Commission 6
  working-groups
•  Label HD Label
•  HD FORUM demo Channel
•  Internet website
•  Market
•  Documents 

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• HD-Forum, objectives, structures
• Technical work focus
• French HDTV channels projects

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• WG Broadcasting
• networks satellite DVB-S2 , cable, DTT, ADSL
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• low capability for DTT and ADSL ? new video
  compression needed
• HD compression video format MPEG4-H264, VC1,
• ? MPEG4-H264 has been adopted by DVB on October
  2004

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Titre de la diapositive base
Compression efficiency
Reducing bit rate and keep same quality needs an
advanced video codec
Algorithm progress
complexity
MPEG-2
MPEG 2 all features implemented
MPEG4 all features implemented
MPEG-4 part 2
First real time implementation
H264 / MPEG-4 AVC
2nd phase features, double pass etc
Time
From Ken McCann, DVB-AVC group
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• WG HD Formats Production Equipments
• 1080i25 versus 720p50
• quality comparison with new displays with full
  HD capability 1080x1920 no more discussion ?
  1080i is better than 720p
• range of equipments
• 1080i25 ? complete chain equipment production
  is available
• 720p50 ? very few of equipments in 50 Hz

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• WG HD Formats Production Equipments
• 1080i25 versus 720p50
• quality comparison with new displays with full
  HD capability 1080x1920 no more discussion ?
  1080i is better than 720p
• range of equipments
• 1080i25 ? complete chain equipment production
  is available
• 720p50 ? very few of equipments in 50 Hz
• HD Forum Recommendation
• standardization for both 1080i25 and 720p50

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• WG Consumer Electronic Equipments
• displays HD label needed
• mandatory specifications
• Inputs 1080i25 and 720p50
• resolution minimum of 720 lines, no minimum
  for vertical resolution
• 16/9 screen format
• physical connectors YPrPb (analog component)
  AND
• DVI or HDMI
• content protection HDCP on digital inputs

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• WG Consumer Electronic Equipments
• displays HD label needed
• mandatory specifications
• Inputs 1080i25 and 720p50
• resolution minimum of 720 lines, no minimum
  for vertical resolution
• 16/9 screen format
• physical connectors YPrPb (analog component)
  AND
• DVI or HDMI
• content protection HDCP on digital inputs
• HD Forum supports the HD ready label from
  EICTA
• HD Forum adopt HD ready and will communicate
  on this in France

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• WG Consumer Electronic Equipments
• displays HD label needed
• mandatory specifications
• Inputs 1080i25 and 720p50
• resolution minimum of 720 lines, no minimum
  for vertical resolution
• 16/9 screen format
• physical connectors YPrPb (analog component)
  AND
• DVI or HDMI
• content protection HDCP on digital inputs
• HD Forum supports the HD ready label from
  EICTA
• HD Forum adopt HD ready and will communicate
  on this in France
• Display peripheral equipments HD recorder
  (hard disk, DVDs), . minimal spec needed for
  in/out connectors, formats in/out, on process

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• WG ad-hoc Basic HD set-top-box specifications
  
• HD Forum work on process has based its work on
  the IEC 62216 specification document
• First priority Receiver capabilities
• Video System characteristics
• Video Display formatting
• Multiplex and transport stream characteristics
• Second step Subtitling
• Digital Interface
• Active Format Descriptor
• Service and program specific information
• Not concerned CA systems
• Return channel
• tuners
• interactive services

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• WG Contribution links
• preservation of the final quality distribution
• best quality for the primary transport
• acceptable price
• WG ad-hoc Digital PAD
• this new Working group will start its work next
  days

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• HD-Forum, objectives, structures
• Technical work focus
• French HDTV channels projects

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• Satellite
• TPS has announced the launch of an HD offer on
  2005 TPS star (movie
• sport premium channel) , TF1, M6, and others
  thematic channels

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• Satellite
• TPS has announced the launch of an HD offer on
  2005 TPS star (movie
• sport premium channel) , TF1, M6, and others
  thematic channels
• ADSL
• TPS is working with France Telecom to migrate
  to ADSL 2 HD TPS L offer
• on ADSL as soon as possible

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• Satellite
• TPS has announced the launch of an HD offer on
  2005 TPS star (movie
• sport premium channel) , TF1, M6, and others
  thematic channels
• ADSL
• TPS is working with France Telecom to migrate
  to ADSL 2 HD TPS L offer
• on ADSL as soon as possible
• Digital Terrestrial Television
• French government has chosen MPEG2 for free TV
  and MPEG4 for PayTV
• to favour HDTV and TV on mobile introduction.
• TPS will start on DTT on May 2005 with MPEG4-SD
  and move to HD as soon
• as possible in 2005 (needing encoders/decoders
  and authorisation process)

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• TPS is working to design its multi-standard
  Set-top-box
• MPEG2 and MPEG-4 H264 codec , 1080i25 and 720p50
  
• down conversion HD to SD
• Audio Mpeg1-layer 2 and Dolby Digital
• audio Dolby Digital down-mixing to analog stereo
  
• DVB common scrambling algorithm
• DVB-S and DVB-S2
• HD video output YPrPb and HDMI with HDCP
  content protection
• SD video output Peritel connector
• audio digital output SPDIF audio analog
  output RCA
• And more other advanced functionalities

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Thanks you