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26 June 2018
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IHSE demonstrating
❝ Broadcast engineers are
working hard to figure out
how to implement new IP
techniques and technologies,
and a common approach is to
introduce piecemeal solutions
and integrate them into
existing architectures, taking
advantage of the benefits those
IP solutions bring. ❞
— Terence Teng,
Managing Director of Asia-Pacific,
IHSE
One of IHSE’s key highlights at
BroadcastAsia2018 is the Draco
vario Remote IP CPU. In an in-
creasingly virtualised production
environment, how can the Re-
mote IP CPU unit help media ope-
rators to enhance their workflow
efficiency while improving their
overall content delivery network?
Terence Teng: Operational staff
in today’s broadcast centres have
enjoyed the ability to connect and
control a multitude of available
broadcast devices from their own
desks. This has been made possible
by the use of large KVM (keyboard,
video, mouse) matrix switches that
enable individual connection from
the operator’s workstation to each
and every device on the connected
network. Operators can connect
through the switch to a desired
device, and control it as though it
were connected directly.
They can do this from any con-
venient KVM workstation; enjoying
the convenience and flexibility of
choice and instant switching be-
tween systems.
Terence Teng, managing director of Asia-Pacific,
IHSE (BroadcastAsia2018 booth 6F3-01),
elaborates how KVM equipment bridges the gap
between traditional broadcast infrastructure and
advanced IP and virtualised infrastructures.
Today, virtualisation of broad-
cast machines is becoming more
common, and proving to be an
effective and efficient method of
broadcast production. Content and
broadcast production processes are
now commonly hosted on virtual
machines, and accessed via IP con-
nections. These machines may be
held on-premises or remotely by
third parties with services supplied,
and paid for, on-demand.
This model is proving to be
a highly efficient and economic
solution to future broadcasting op-
erations, and one that will develop
and evolve. Using these techniques,
broadcasters can now remotely man-
age production facilities, acquire and
distribute content securely, and pro-
duce and edit programmes quickly
and efficiently — all from their own
broadcast facilities and even from
temporary accommodation with
limited facilities.
As broadcast operations evolve,
there is a need to amalgamate
existing and future workflows: to
combine local and remote devic-
es, to link directly-connected and
IP-networked systems, and to maxi-
mise the benefits of on-premises and
cloud resources.
The IHSE Draco vario Remote IP
CPU unit provides instant, real-time
access from a KVM switch network
to virtual machines over an IP net-
work. The new Remote IP CPU unit
connects an existing KVM switch to
a local or wide area network through
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