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If you’re IP and you know it, clap your hands
IP has since proved to be the main enabler for flexibility across the entire broadcast industry, and the uptake of IP technology has enabled broadcasters to stay ahead of the game. Cost-effective to install and providing the ability to move many hundreds of signals down a single cable at low latency, the widespread adoption of SMPTE ST 2110 and NMOS has guaranteed interoperability between multiple manufacturers, as well as the potential to create scalable workflows, enable remote working and deliver continuous development.
read moreHIGH STANDARDS: LIVE PRODUCTION AND THE MOVE TO IP
“The adoption of IP-based infrastructure and production technology is pretty much de facto at this point. The industry has kind of coalesced around SMPTE 2110,” says Steve Reynolds, CEO of Imagine Communications
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“The most important development in AVoIP is IPMX, developed by the Joint Task Force for Networked Media and marketed by AIMS, an open transport standard that combines SMPTE 2110 essence streams, with discovery, registration, and monitoring of devices using NMOS and with AES67,” said Mozota.
read moreCHANGING THE GAME: TRAILBLAZING LIVE GRAPHIC PRODUCTION WITH ST 2110 IP
In this panel session, technology experts in sports production – Carlo Lisa at Deltatre and Mirko Mastropietro of Italy’s Lega Serie A – share insights from a successful recent deployment of a pioneering, end-to-end ST 2110 IP ecosystem for live graphic production. From the decision behind implementing a standards-based solution to the flexibility of a fully interoperable workflow, hear how leveraging an IP system delivers the reliability and scalability to meet the exacting demands of high-value sports productions.
read moreNMOS: a vital part of the IPMX success story
Developed to enable easier configuration and operation of networked media environments, the NMOS specifications provide – to quote the IPMX website – “the ‘plug and play’ capabilities needed to easily add and integrate devices in an IP media workflow”. As a result, some aspects of transporting the media can be automated, albeit on a permissions basis to ensure cybersecurity protection, whilst IPMX’s flexibility to be implemented in hardware and software is beneficial for the increasingly commonplace hybrid deployments encountered in corporate applications such as conferencing.
read moreBeckTV Designs and Integrates New ST 2110 IP-Networked Facility for WETA Public Media, Home to ‘PBS News Hour’
“An ST 2110 system is scalable in ways that an SDI system would not be. As the productions change and grow, WETA technicians have the flexibility to take audio and video from any source and send it anywhere very easily. This beautiful and robust technical facility will serve the popular ‘PBS News Hour’ show well for many years to come,”
read moreNextera-Adeas Customer Showcase IBC 2024
Thank you to all of our Customer Showcase participants! Nextera-Adeas would like to thank our customers 7thSense, Advantech, Appear, Cobalt Digital, Haivision, Novastar, PlexusAV, RED, Utah Scientific, and Village Island for participating in our customer showcase at...
Monumental Sports Network Studio and Office Space Receives ‘Award of Excellence’ at 2024 NAIOP DC|MD Gala
The MNMT production center is a SMPTE 2110 facility that features two top quality studios which can combine on non-conflict nights to create one single national telecast worthy experience. The main studios feature 24 cameras, 1,200 square feet of 4K quality LED monitors, and innovative robotics to help create the best possible pre- and post-game show viewing experiences for sports fans in the national capital region. The facility also includes two insert studios and five control rooms to produce multiple events simultaneously.
read moreBBC Northern Ireland acquires IP-based OB truck
With the BBC’s Belfast facilities aiming to switch from SDI to IP, it has interoperability between the two options, and has processing capabilities for both the truck and the facilities to be used and controlled by staff located either in the truck or the facilities.
read moreSVG Sit-Down: Pac-12 Enterprises’ Michael Molinari Says State-of-the-Art Production Facility Is ‘Open for Business’
Today, the Pac-12 Enterprises operation in San Ramon is not only serving its two member schools (and potentially the four recently announced programs set to join in 2026) but is also seeking out third-party clients that can benefit from the robust production capabilities the fully SMPTE ST 2110 IP facility has to offer.
read moreJoin us at IBC 2024!
IBC 2024 is just around the corner! Join us at stand 10.C10 where we are showcasing the latest Nextera-Adeas ST 2110/IPMX IP cores and NMOS control software running on Altera and AMD FPGAs.
read moreIP Showcase On The Water Announces Full Presentation Schedule
The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS), Audio Engineering Society (AES), Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA), European Broadcasting Union (EBU), SMPTE®, and the Video Services Forum (VSF) has announced the full IP Showcase on the Water presentation schedule taking place during IBC2024.
read moreLive From Paris 2024: OBS CTO Sotiris Salamouris Reflects on the Technical Legacy of the Games
“The old SDI world for us is kind of dead,” he says. “There is no way we can manage this complexity and this volume of distribution in a live environment using old technology. Everything is ST 2110, and we convert it only at the edge. But we see more and more broadcasters taking ST 2110 directly, and they also see a big difference in the ease of use because they no longer have to deal with a big spaghetti of cables to receive all the multilateral signals.
read moreLive From Paris 2024: NBC’s IBC Presence Takes ST 2110 to New Heights
Making the move fully to ST 2110 paid dividends when it came to setup. “When you are the forward operating base,” says Donovan, “you need to throw things together relatively quickly, and an IP-based environment goes together faster [than an SDI environment]. It means fewer physical cables because fiber carries many more signals. It is also remarkably reliable and scales better. You can have the router very easily do 1080p, 1080i, 4K, HDR or SDR. If it is properly provisioned, it doesn’t care [what the signal is].”
read moreBrainstorming NMOS: Collaborating for the Common Good
This phased approach also makes it easier for manufacturers to feel more positive about implementation: “When we eventually publish the final versions, as opposed to the drafts, it isn’t a case of ‘good luck, this should now work.’ Instead, it is more like ‘this has been fully interop tested by multiple vendors and is good to go.’ So that created a lot of confidence for manufacturers to adopt NMOS and build products against the specs because they knew they had already been thoroughly tested.”
read moreNextera-Adeas Customer Showcase NAB 2024
Nextera would like to thank our customers 7thSense, Advantech, Appear, Cobalt Digital, Haivision, Novastar, PlexusAV, RED, Utah Scientific, and Village Island for participating in our customer showcase at NAB 2024.
read moreWhat is IPMX? (Internet Protocol Media Experience)
IPMX (Internet Protocol Media Experience) is the only set of true open standards and specifications to enable the carriage of compressed and uncompressed video, audio, and data over IP networks for the Pro AV market.
read moreIPMX finalises key standards documents
Concluding a VSF testing event held at the Matrox Video facility in Munich, where multiple manufacturers with IPMX implementations validated core specifications, IPMX has now achieved a crucial phase of maturity. This event marks the transition of many of the essential IPMX documents — encompassing critical aspects of audio and video transport, HDCP, control plane requirements, and system timing — from draft to finalised specifications.
read moreIs SMPTE ST 2110 the Future of Your Facility?
ST 2110 is making strides in the real world of big-time sports production as well. The Pac-12 Network, a major collegiate sports producer on the west coast, recently fired up a 42,000 square-foot broadcast and production facility that it will use for production of more than 850 live events each year.
read moreIPMX finalises key standards documents
Concluding a VSF testing event held at the Matrox Video facility in Munich, where multiple manufacturers with IPMX implementations validated core specifications, IPMX has now achieved a crucial phase of maturity. This event marks the transition of many of the essential IPMX documents — encompassing critical aspects of audio and video transport, HDCP, control plane requirements, and system timing — from draft to finalised specifications.
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