Planning for Next Generation Broadband

Comprising a two day workshop, two days off-site work and executive level presentation, this package addresses the following key questions:

• Will the new enterprise be economically viable?

• When will the enterprise be profitable?

• What are the cash-flow projections?

And equally importantly, the process of determining the above gives you and your team:

• A better understanding of the make-up of an interactive Broadband business.

• The start of a knowledge base for future work

• An appreciation of the complexity & scale of the task

• A basic list of the new skills they will need to address.

Add-on 1 - Content Primer

The content available on your service will make or break the business case. Content & rights management is a specialist area. As an introduction to this area this package is a one day workshop and report, tailored to the aspirations of your enterprise. An overview of available content is given, Broadcast TV, On-demand entertainment and educational and on-line games. Including an insight into the underlying cost models, contracts and industry regulation.

Add-on 2 - Network Needs Analysis

A workshop based session with your network planning team or network provider.  The network will probably be the most capital intensive element of the whole solution.

The objectives of this session are to:

• Understand the characteristics of a high utilisation video transport network.

• Gather information to comment on possible network designs.

• Discuss design options and generate a report detailing the optimal design.

• Understand costs of this design to feed accurate data into the business case.