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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 6 - Issue 9 | September 2016

InMedia

Media Links To Launch 4K IP
Quick-Start Packages

M

edia Links will launch a series of
4K IP Quick Start Packages for
the EMEA region at IBC2016, with the
aim of helping introduce broadcasters
to the benefits of moving content over
IP in a cost effective and flexible way.
The packages enable customers
to take advantage of direct fibre or
existing Ethernet networks by using
Media Links' technology to compress
4K, HD or SD signals into a MPEG2
transport stream for visually lossless
video and audio, with minimal latency
between source and destination.
"Our job is to make life easy for our
customers," said John Smith, Managing
Director for Media Links EMEA. "For
broadcasters considering unlocking
the advantages of moving high value
media content either over a local IP
network or a wide area network, our
4K IP quick-start packages are the
ideal solution. They can be configured
to particular specifications and are

designed for flexible, cost effective
deployment. If required, upgrades
can provide our hitless redundancy
for mission critical signals to use an
alternative fibre path in the event
of failure to ensure the stream is
recovered without interruption.
"Our low cost quick-start 1x4K
package is an entry level transport
system capable of transporting 1x
4K-SDI stream at up to
1Gbp/s. Trunk, power
supply and redundancy
is available on request.
Packages can be scaled
up to 5x4K streams
and tailored to match
requirements.
These
'off the peg' yet tailored
solutions enable quick and
effective entry into the
world of video, audio and
data over IP transport by
allowing broadcasters to

teams responsible for the various
standards required by carriers to move
content successfully over wide area
networks with proven 100% QoS using
move content between facilities, plus our true IP based products and hitless
they also have the potential to set switching technology," he said.
broadcasters on the path to remote
Smith said that Media Links'
production over IP."
technology was in use to move video,
Media Links supplies a range of audio and data, including remote
standards-based products that allow production over IP for numerous major
telecoms networks to transport live sporting events including World Cup
and pre-recorded signals efficiently Soccer and the Olympics.
and reliably for any type of broadcast
"We are now working to bring
application across the globe.
together the world of telecoms and
"Our staff participate and lead the
broadcast for the benefit
of our EMEA clients moving
content over IP," he said.
In 2014, Media Links was
honoured with a Technical
&
Engineering
Emmy
Award for 'Standardisation
and
Productisation
of
JPEG2000
(J2K)
Interoperability'.
Full details of the quickstart packages will be on
show on Media Link's IBC
MD8000 series media over IP transport solution
booth.

Cantemo Preview
Portal 2.5 At IBC

C

antemo will be previewing its
upcoming release of its media
management platform, Cantemo Portal
2.5 at IBC.
Cantemo Portal is a modular
platform, enabling users to build
a media management structure
to suit their individual wishes and
requirements. It integrates easily with
other parts of the chain, and a number
of pre-integrations make that process
even easier for popular tools.
Cantemo Portal 2.5 includes native
integration with Archiware P5. It
enables users to archive and restore
single items, as well as collections of

items in Archiware P5, from within
Cantemo Portal. The integration has
been added to the Cantemo Archive
Framework, giving customers native
support alongside the existing
offerings of Storage Manager, Oracle
DIVArchive, and the standard file
system archive.
Other features in the future
roadmap, which will be demonstrated
at IBC include extended support for
timecode-based commenting. Users
can share videos both internally with
existing users and externally with nonregistered users. Once shared, users
can add timecode-based comments
on the shared video,
which will be instantly
accessible by the
users in the system.
Cantemo Portal 2.5
will be previewed on
the Cantemo booth at
IBC.
Previewing:
Cantemo Portal 2.5
http://www.inbroadcast.com http://www.medialinks.com/products/md8000-overview/ https://www.cantemo.com/portal.html http://truelens.co.uk/ http://ibc16.mapyourshow.com/7_0/exhibitor/exhibitor-details.cfm?ExhID=4714 https://www.cantemo.com/portal.html
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