21712 - SCTE Broadband Nov2022 COMPLETE v1

10 Vol. 44 No. 4 - November 2022 Issue scte benelux news On Monday September 12 at IBC the SCTE Benelux delivered their first lecture in three years. Focusing on the important theme of “Managing the Last Metre in the Home”, the Benelux team appointed an impressive roster of speakers including Anders Svensson, Chief Technology Officer at Swedish broadcast solutions company AGAMA Technologies, Eric van Uden, Netherlands Country Manager for AVM, German consumer electronics provider and finally two representatives from Dutch legacy and automation specialists Future Connections, CEO Julien Beenakkers & CTO Alejandro Medina. Peter Veerman, SCTE Benelux Executive Committee Member explained that historically, ISP-managed networked services have provided the connectivity to the modem in the customer’s premises – the last mile. The general expectation was that the customer would have sufficient technical ability to manage the local area network and services in-house. As the LAN became Wi-Fi however, the ISP began to take responsibility for services within the premises – otherwise known as ‘the last metre’. Non-technical consumers now perceive the availability of services in the home as the responsibility of the ISP. This is a significant paradigm shift that has become a challenge for all service providers. Edo Kweldam, Chair, SCTE Benelux said, “We are delighted to be back at the RAI seeing old friends and colleagues after all this time, and we are sure that the programme we have to offer will appeal to delegates. The Last Mile is a hot topic and as technology has raced ahead, the relationship between the supplier and the customer has shifted into the hands of the ISP, right down to the last metre. We want to explore what this means going forward and how best we can meet consumer demands in today’s climate.” SCTE Benelux Lecture For more information, see www.scte-benelux.eu Missed IBCMeeting? Watch the broadcast online A recording has been made of the SCTE Benelux IBC Meeting. This can be found on the IBC website. Scan the QR code and watch the lectures and discussion afterwards.