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www.inbroadcast.com | IBC2016 InShow Guide | 9-13 September

Bringing Greater Efficiencies to
Broadcast Operations
Visit Suitcase TV to see solutions for the unfolding
broadcast technology revolution...

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uitcase TV positions itself at the
heart of the broadcast revolution
and creates solutions that allow media
companies to transition seamlessly
from traditional broadcast hardware to
IP-based technologies.
To offer live streaming services,
Suitcase TV has developed iphrame,
a real-time production system that
can operate with a combination of IP,
ASI, and SDI signals as both inputs and
outputs. This means that broadcast
companies can begin the transition to
IP without an expensive, large-scale
changeover. The system performs the
function of a vision mixer without the
complicated interface. As such it can

MediaStor can utilise a
range of storage technology

be operated by staff with little or no
experience.
Iphrame handles video, audio, and
graphics, dispensing with much of the
equipment and resources traditionally
required. This is possible because
iphrame is software-defined and runs
on standard IT hardware or VMs.
This cost-saving solution offers the
opportunity to televise more events
at the highest possible quality for less
money.
An added advantage of an IPbased solution like this is that
operators can be stationed remotely
and can make real-time switching
decisions using proxy versions via
the cloud. The number of staff
required at the event site can,
therefore, be minimised with the
result that media companies can
reduce expenditure on travel and
accommodation.
The system interfaces effortlessly

with media asset storage
systems so that stored files
such as promos, ads and graphics
can be included in the broadcast. By
incorporating media asset storage,
the output can be recorded to disk and
used for compliance management, or
repurposed to generate additional
revenue.
Media asset storage from Suitcase
TV comes in the form of MediaStor.
Rather than utilising a single storage
technology, MediaStor offers efficiency
by giving the option of utilising a range
of storage hardware including spinning
disk, LTO, and the new MediaStor
Archive Blade, a 1RU storage chassis
providing 128TB of storage as MAID
(massive array of independent disks)
architecture utilising SMR (shingled
magnetic recording) disks. MediaStor
Archive Blade is transparently
integrated as part of a MediaStor
clustered storage platform, all

iphrame real-time production system

organised by a powerful hierarchical
storage management (HSM) system.
Movement between the different
tiers is hidden from users thanks to
the embedded HSM functions provided
by the Archivist software which runs
on the MediaStor clustered storage
platform.
The solution provides a hybrid
model that allows higher-cost, higherperformance RAID-based storage to
be used when it's really needed, and
for all long-term archiving to make use
of the lower-cost, lower-power MAID
architectures.
Total cost of ownership analysis
shows the solution to be comparable
to LTO with significantly lower
maintenance requirements and the
added benefit of near-online file
access.
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