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RegenTV
John DefoeL B Newham
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Background – the Prototype
Wired up Communities (WuC - DFES)
Newham Council’s assets Efforts of newham.net and Media
Trust Time provided by local people £1.4m for about 400 homes
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The Prototype – the technology Groundbreaking – most advanced ipTV
service in the UK at the time, original PC on TV
Estate server connected to homes by 1 Gb fibre and Cat 5 (10/100Mb) wiring
The service needs about 7mbps bandwidth to the set top box
Access via set top box, plus remote control and wireless keyboard
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In the Home
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The Prototype - goodies PC functionality with Microsoft Office (Citrix) Free-to-air TV channels (satellite and terrestrial) Videos/Home2Home School interactivity Multiplayer video games Video streaming of Olympic works Internet, email, intranet, access to Council
services
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The Prototype – the people Carpenters estate statistics Meet the Neighbours – community
involvement, Media Trust Residents appear in “how do I” videos Residents star in community videos
“Living the High Life” consultation on Masterplanning
Residents help produce and edit the videos
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The Prototype – secrets of success Experts, agencies and trainers are
locally based - they join in local events Newham Council facilitates activities
and keeps an open mind! Minimal red tape Maintained by a local community
enterprise
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The prototype – evidence of success Launched in October ’03, residents say
estate “more friendly” 17% of residents have been involved in
developing local content (against a 3-12% WuC comparator)
95% of residents use the StB (highest for WuC study)
75% turnout for TMO elections
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The Prototype - downside ‘Heath Robinson’ effect 15 separate operating systems 4 racks of servers Spaghetti wiring Needs ‘super-techie’ to keep it running Needs Cat5 wiring to every home Cost Sustainability
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RegenTV – the product New smaller stb No need for Cat5 wiring – can use coax Single rack Simplified operating systems Open Source E-Gif/ XML standards
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CAT5e Computer cabling IRS coax Wireless – Wifi, WiMax ADSL/ ADSL2
RegenTV – possible delivery mechanisms
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RegenTV – Major elements The technological product
Hardware & software including infrastructure The community engagement product
Manual Videos
Documentation – how to use the product Commercial opportunities
The business case Sustainability
