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Reworking IP And IT For Broadcast
Arguably, the most significant issues in advancing broadcast technology is IP networking,
reflecting a trend towards an IT-based infrastructure and the potential of an upgrade to
SDI interfaces to handle the rates of future UHDTV imagery…

By Adrian Pennington
Contributing Editor

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next generation of high data-rates.
“Fifteen years ago a typical playout
centre had an isolated automation
network and an isolated video server
network which didn’t communicate
on a TCP/IP layer at all but via RS
422,” says David Phillips, Technical
Director, of WTS Asia Pacific
division. “There was no broadcast
IT infrastructure to speak of.”
Today, he says broadcasters have
huge IT systems in place often with
high levels of redundancy for fault
resilience. “File-based acquisition
through production and playout are
commonplace as are control and
monitoring of broadcast equipment
over IP networks. Nearly every
piece of broadcast kit now has an
ethernet port.”
How are broadcaster’s gearing
up for this change? It’s a mixed
picture with some very much at the

Phoenix Virtual reality news studio 4 was installed by WTS

WTS successfully installed Phoenix’s Virtual reality news studio

forefront of IT integration, and others
clearly lacking.
“Typically we find that the senior
management will call in their
internal IT departments to assist
with the IT and IP infrastructure
requirements,” says Steve Burgess,
Technical Director, Megahertz
Broadcast Systems. “However the
IT departments often lack the skills
and experience of the particular
challenges in the media and
broadcast world. This is not really
alarming and quite understandable.
The problem is that broadcasters
need to make informed decisions,
but often do not know the questions
to ask, so they risk making bad
decisions, usually influenced by
the last vendor salesman that
visited them.
Burgess says it is possible to
invest in training for the broadcast
engineering teams, but as
Megahertz has found, “nothing
beats the experience of actually
putting these systems together, and

therefore a systems integrator can
provide that independent expertise
to help broadcasters make the
right decisions.”

Steve Burgess,
Technical Director,
Megahertz
Broadcast

“…Broadcasters
need to make
informed decisions,
but often do not
know the questions
to ask

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nternet Protocol (IP) connections
are increasingly being used in
studios, venues and broadcast
facilities for control and transport
of content. The engineering
practices for IP connectivity differ
considerably from what has been
done in the plant in the past. In
addition, there’s the potential of
the cloud and file-based workflows
to significantly influence working
practices.
Just some of the technical
challenges addressed will be:
low-delay streaming; timing and
synchronisation; flexible provision
and discovery of resources from
the cloud; distributed configuration
and control and real-time handling of
data events. If this technology does
not obviate the SDI-type interface,
then some significant new thinking
will be needed in order to handle the

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InNews: Prime Focus Selects Avid Workflow
InNews: Elysium Workflow Centres on Aces
InReply: IO Gates Platform ‘keeps It Simple’
InTech: When Does Clean Switching Matter?
InGear: IBC Debut for Gepco’s Hybrid Fibre Cables
InFile: BFI Adopts Filecatalyst Transfer Workflow
InAudio: TSL Products’ Madi Capable Solutions
In Broadcast - September 2013 - Intro
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In Broadcast - September 2013 - Cover2
In Broadcast - September 2013 - Contents
In Broadcast - September 2013 - InNews: Prime Focus Selects Avid Workflow
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In Broadcast - September 2013 - InNews: Elysium Workflow Centres on Aces
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In Broadcast - September 2013 - InTech: When Does Clean Switching Matter?
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In Broadcast - September 2013 - InGear: IBC Debut for Gepco’s Hybrid Fibre Cables
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