The transition is on. Communications service providers must shift from a voice-centric revenue model to a broadband/IP-centric model, one in which video and other content-rich interactive services play a key role. Cable companies and telcos worldwide are scrambling to secure a share of this burgeoning market by delivering the triple play of voice, video, and data services in an integrated wireline/wireless context. However, this service offering is far from simple and many challenges face operators of all varieties.

• What is the optimal business model?
• How do carriers secure winning content for their offerings?
• What is the best access and in-home network alternative for delivering video?
• What are the concerns and requirements of the content industry in working with service providers?

The IPTV Global ComForum in intended to help incumbent and new-entrant carriers address key issues in the delivery of IPTV services. The event brings together a wide range of business leaders and technology pioneers who are at the cutting edge of IPTV deployment and innovation. Set within the broader context of the Broadband World Forum Asia, the IPTV Global ComForum examines the full range of opportunities and challenges in making IPTV a reality in the emerging broadband ecosystem.

Choose IPTV sessions to complement your experience at the Broadband World Forum Asia, or choose the dedicated IPTV track in its entirety. Dedicated sessions include the following:

• Delivering an Interactive Experience for TV Viewers: Lean-Back versus Lean-Forward
• Content Licensing 101: An Introductory Workshop
• The IPTV Puzzle: Putting It Together
• Content in Asia: Market Realities, Opportunities, and the Effect of Piracy
• Video in the Network: High Value, but How to Deliver?
• Profitable NGN, Network, and Service-Offering Evolution
• Delivering Personalized and Interactive IPTV Services
• DSL Technologies Evolution for Triple Play and Business Broadband Access
• IPTV: The Promise Becomes Reality
• Enhanced Applications for Telco Digital Video
• IPTV Success: Lessons from the Front Line
• New Platforms: The Content Owners' Perspective
• On-Demand IPTV in the Content Revolution
• Changing the Economics of TV Distribution through IPTV

For exhibit and sponsorship opportunities associated with the IPTV Global ComForum, please contact Kevin Fields, Sales Manager, at +1-312-559-4616 or kfields@iec.org.