92 Friday 13.09.13 theibcdaily IP-based studios are the future
A complete IP-based studio infrastructure will bring down the physical barriers of broadcast stations argues Paul Shen, CEO, TVU Networks
Broadcast television is entering a new era. Much like the move from analogue to digital earlier this decade, broadcasters are experiencing another seismic shift as stations begin the transition to a completely IP- based infrastructure. IP is a logical evolution for
broadcasters, as IP infrastructure is already ubiquitous and large amounts of bandwidth are readily available throughout much of the world. Over the past few years, IP has played a significant role in content acquisition and distribution. However, broadcast facilities are still built with legacy digital infrastructures, requiring costly equipment to encode, decode and transcode disparate analog, IP and digital sources to SDI so it can be ingested into the workflow and converted to a usable
complex technical infrastructure to capture content from various sources. As broadcasters move to convert their entire studio operations to IP, they will eliminate many of the complex infrastructure headaches they currently face and dramatically reduce costs while only needing a single cable for the entire TV studio. The prospect of broadcast
Paul Shen: ‘IP is a logical evolution’
broadcast signal. With IP, broadcasters no longer need to cling to the old model. The move to IP brings with it
myriad benefits. Until now, contribution of live or edited content has required a
stations being able to operate with only one cable delivers a number of possibilities. The vision is simple. A completely IP-based studio infrastructure will bring down the physical barriers of broadcast stations. With an IP-based infrastructure, there is no boundary between stations, and with the right tools, they will be able to not only gather content from practically any source imaginable but also share that
content between stations or directly to the audience on the web via a CDN. Among the biggest impacts
to broadcasters brought on by the move to IP will be the ability to easily ingest content from any source and share it between previously siloed stations. Stations that embrace IP throughout the infrastructure will accelerate their ability to collaborate and share compelling broadcast content in real time, no matter where the content originates. We expect the move to IP to
be an important focus at IBC2013 as the industry explores how to make the vision of a simplified, IP-centric approach to the entire workflow, and not just video content acquisition and distribution, come to fruition. As part of that
discussion, TVU Networks will introduce to IBC attendees TVU Grid, an IP-based video switching, routing and distribution solution that gives broadcasters the ability to seamlessly switch and share live video content from any source using their existing IP infrastructure. TVU has been at the
forefront of the IP revolution in broadcast since 2006, and TVU Grid further extends broadcasters’ ability to leverage the power of IP in their workflows. The move to IP is already
underway, and we have seen many broadcasters already embracing the promise of quickly and easily sharing video content across stations. For many TVU customers, the future is now. 2.B28
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