For the first time in the history of the Fiber-to-the-Home Conference, Jim Farmer is not taking up space on the program this year. Instead, he is going to unload his brain of the considerable information he has been carrying around about video, in a day-long pre-conference seminar. Jim’s morning session will be an introduction to video on as non-technical a level as he can conjure up. He’ll talk a little about the history of television, starting with the first black-and-white systems, going through today’s 3D high definition. He’ll touch on the various business models of video and will get into the briar patch of broadcast vs. IPTV.

The CFHP is a certification program sponsored and operated by the FTTH Council. The goal of the CFHP program’s is to address job training skills for those who are interested in making the jump from legacy technologies to the FTTH and FTTB technologies of today and the future.

The FTTH Middle East Conference will be held at the Mövenpick Hotel - Beirut, Lebanon on November 30th and December 1st.