TVBEurope 47 The Workflow France Télévisions will move into a new playout facility in Paris
TV to encode in OTT formats, enabling the broadcaster to guarantee the quality of encoding, rather than having the operation carried out by subcontractors, such as the CDN providers, who may not have control over video quality. In addition the future proof software approach gets France TV ready to launch new formats like MPEG-DASH.
“This solution brings many benefits,” maintains Cordeiro. “First, it is future proof. The CM5000 unit allows France TV to encode today in MPEG-4 420 8 bits both SD and HD. However, based on a fully reprogrammable FPGA platform, it can be easily upgraded on site to enable MPEG-4 4:2:2 10-bit encoding profile. This field update is done without interruption of service.” Indeed, future proofing has been a primary target of the whole project. Not only will the
ROH communicates with new intercom By Jake Young
THE ROYAL Opera House (ROH) in London has installed a Gemini intercom system from Trilogy. The new system, which replaces an in-house development, reaches technical staff in all parts of the main auditorium. Unlike a conventional theatre
intercom, which uses an open ring system, the complexity of opera and ballet productions requires technical communications to be addressable. Gemini allows panels in any part of the theatre, using programmable keys to call other users as required. It also interfaces with conventional intercom equipment such as headsets and radio packs. “The stage manager can talk to assistants over four channels of radio as well as crew up in the flys, and the lighting operator can talk to follow-spot operators in the dome,” explained Steven Zissler, sound and broadcast manager at the Royal Opera House. “We can also put panels anywhere on the stage we need for crew involved in operating stage machinery.” www.trilogycomms.com
new playout platform be state of the art quality from the outset, but with the Sony Media Backbone Conductor sitting above the Media Asset Management systems for specific functions, France
Télévisions is able to update the enterprise solution as and when it is needed. Sony’s Caurier sums up the
advantages, “Through this project, France Télévisions will benefit from increased