Future TV 2009
The television sector is facing a challenging and unprecedented period of transformation. On 9 and 10 November 2009, the Future TV 2009 event will bring together key players along the entire value chain to discuss and elucidate these changes.
Television at the crossroads
Digital Television has proved a real success in all countries. The old analogue signal is generally planned to be switched-off by 2012. In the US, the transition from analogue to digital will be completed in 2009. In France, digital switch-over is scheduled for 2011.
Audience share for the free French DTT newcomer channels almost doubled in 2008, while the traditional TV channels fell back. The audience share of traditional terrestrial TV channels decreased from 86% in 2006 to less than 74% at the end of 2008.
High Definition broadcasting is expanding steadily in all OECD countries. Leaders like Japan and Korea already switched to HD with 50% of the installed basis. In Europe, these changes are expected for 2010 (and 70% for 2012).
Internet TV competes with traditional markets: Video sharing websites like YouTube and DailyMotion have experienced explosive growth in recent years. Everyday, 100 million users are watching videos on YouTube, which corresponds to 3 billion watched videos each month.
Telecom operators are rolling out more and more IPTV services. Up to now, cooperation between players was well-regulated. However, relationships between telcos and broadcasters are becoming more and more competitive – especially, when telecom operators are delivering Video-on-Demand services through their networks or when acquiring sports rights or other premium programs.
Mobile TV uptake in Europe is rather slow. The main reason is the need to finance a new network infrastructure without having the right business model for coming and unknown markets. The Japanese mobile TV market is currently the most active in the world due to the fact that no investment is required to launch the new services.
The production chain undergoes a considerable transformation especially with decreasing costs facilitating market entry for low cost and non professional products, as well as with user generated content.
The protection of Intellectual Property Rights through general and common control mechanisms is not yet functional nor legitimate.
Joining Forces: Future TV, a major event under the patronage of the French business clusters Cap Digital and Images & Réseaux
Future TV, an international event for players in the TV market, takes place on 9 & 10 November in the continuity of the Summer festival of the Digital City ”Futur en Seine” in Paris. Future TV is jointly organized by the French business clusters Cap Digital and Images & Réseaux. The two clusters work in complementary fields:
The Images & Réseaux cluster for the Brittany and Pays-de-la-Loire regions is specializing in digital content and content distribution via fixed and mobile networks. The Cap Digital cluster, operating in the Greater Paris Region, focuses on developing the digital content industries.
The conference, with Japan as a special guest country, aims at providing a forum for stakeholders along the entire value chain in order to discuss state-of-the-art developments, economic and technological challenges as well as opportunities emerging from the transforming television market.
By addressing issues such as convergence, new business models and new market players, delivery platforms, standards and regulations, the event aims to foster the development of strong and useful technologies, multi-channel services and rich media contents in Europe.
The programme committee is chaired by Janine Langlois-Glandier, chair of the Mobile TV Forum and an important personality of the French audio visual scene.
The two-day event full of debates, networking and business meetings intends to promote a high-quality debate among main players of the marketplace, and to encourage collaboration between players and business clusters.
Programme Committe
The Programme Committee is chaired by Janine Langlois-Glandier, Chair of the Mobile TV Forum, former President of Pathé, Pathé Intercative with Philips, La Sept (Arte), France 3, and the French National Audiovisual Institute (INA).
The programme will include keynotes from industry and political leaders as well as panel discussions on the most relevant and pressing issues television is facing today.
The neutral and open Programme Committee ensures that the themes addressed reflect the players’ interests and concerns.
- Guillaume Blanchot, Multimedia Director, CNC
- Alain Chaptal, Senior Research Fellow, Université Paris VIII, MSH Paris Nord, and Université Paris XIII
- Dominique Delport, CEO, Havas Media
- Renaud Di Francesco, General Manager Europe Technology Standards Office, Sony
- Margot Dor, Director Strategic Projects, ETSI
- Janine Langlois-Glandier, President of the French Mobile TV Forum
- Vincent Marcatté, Chairman of the "Images & Réseaux" cluster and Vice-President at Orange Labs
- Stéphane Martin, Directeur Délégué, SNPTV (tbc)
- Jean-Dominique Meunier, Thomson Cooperative Program Director and Executive Director of the European Technology Platform NEM
- Frederic Sitterle, Founder & President of Skreen-House Factory, France
- Makoto Yokozawa, Professor, Nomura Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan
- Henri Verdier, President, Cap Digital
- Malika Aït Gherbi, Director, North Parisian Multimedia Cluster, France
In cooperation with: Kan’ichiro Aritomi, President, Foundation for Multimedia Communications, FMCC, Japan
Programme coordination: Hadmut Holken, Holken Consultants & Partners: hholken@items-int.eu
