JPEG-2000 introduces infrastructure savings, visually lossless compression to contribution and primary distribution applications where compression had previously not been acceptable. The groundbreaking technology also enables unparalleled flexibility and enhanced image quality in content production and broadcast distribution applications.

With JPEG 2000 compression at the contribution level, downstream distribution quality encoders with low bit rate outputs are now fed with the highest quality video signals for increased compression efficiency. The result is increased efficiency throughout the entire video transmission and distribution chain.

This presentation will address the basic structure of the JPEG2000 video contribution codec, how it is different from MPEG compression and the capabilities of JPEG2000. Applications and deployments cases will also be discussed.

Multi-vendor Network Management Platform: Regaining Operational Freedom to Boost Operations. In an ever more competitive market, with ever more demanding customers, there’s simply no room for operational compromises. Over the course of the last decade, multi-vendor network management technology has leaped ahead, and an increasing number of successful deployments have demonstrated how this technology can significantly reduce operational expenses, while increasing service quality and availability. What’s the definition of a genuine multi-vendor network management platform?
      1) Vendor Independent Supplier
      2) Multi-Vendor Technology (unconditional and guaranteed interface with any device)
      3) Open Architecture (interface drivers shall be open format)

It’s a general consensus amongst Service Providers that multi-vendor network management is the way forward.

Note: This paper is of equal interest to Broadcasters, Cable Operators and Telco Operators.

Brief overview of how SONET networks have set the bar for network reliability.

Then, MPLS and Packet Networks will be discussed in more depth: (1) What is IP/MPLS; (2) Review of how MPLS Fast Reroute (FRR) and Bi-directional Forwarding Detection (BFD) can work together to achieve equivalent levels of reliability to SONET; (3) Unique challenges for dynamic packet networks like scalability, troubleshooting, and “headless routing”; (4) T-MPLS networks.

The presentation will end with Emerging Technologies in DWDM transport tools featuring a high level discussion of ROADM (reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer) based redundancy schemes.

Presentation will include a demonstration of 3D Post system Pablo