Garland Phillips
Motorola, Inc.
Schaumburg, IL
Alistair Buttar
Motorola, Inc.
Switzerland
Users are accustomed to enjoying high quality TV pictures from broadcasting and storage media on television sets and personal computers. While current web-based video satisfies quick viewing habits, and IPTV services for fixed terminals, eg. set-top boxes and PVR in the home, are gaining in popularity, the WWW holds the potential to foster a new generation of interactive video services applications on a variety of fixed and mobile devices, anytime, and anywhere users desire, hence offering a whole new video-based experience to excited consumers. Video content will range from blockbuster movies to personally-generated content, where the user can manage, view and interact with video and applications in innovative ways. Open standards are key to ensure interoperable applications and unrestricted service choice, where the W3C will have a key role to play in generating new standards in a collaborative environment with other standards-making bodies.
Information sharing
Technology discussion - what exists that can be reused, and what must be developed
Hear about issues faced by others, similar or alternative perspectives, using fixed or mobile networks
Status of video coding technology for both fixed and wireless networks
Status of audio coding technology for both fixed and wireless networks
Improving the user experience on mobile devices
Discussion of mobile specific issues
Discussion about potential mobile friendly guidelines
Discussion about key technical and commercial requirements
Support for scalable audio and video delivered to a variety of terminal types with different display sizes, storage memory and execution capability
Video services should be able to take advantage of different network types - fixed or mobile, broadcast or two-way, varying levels of QoS and bandwidth
Video and audio should appear error-free to the user, especially for transmission over wireless networks
DRM for video content should be implemented but in a way that appears transparent to users
PVR functions should be supported with capabilities supported seamlessly across different device types
The video experience should be interactive, with new applications and services based on content with personalization and context-aware possibilities
Video scenarios ranging from movie watching to personal applications, including peer-to-peer and group applications, surveillance, etc. should be supported
Video should be an integral component of user interfaces to take into account different user environments such as the office, vehicle, home, and general 'on-the-go'
Video service guides should provide the user with a consistent experience across different networks and service providers
Video on the web should take into consideration the interests of all stakeholders and roles, including content providers, third party service providers, operators, content aggregators, users, etc.