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❝ Finding devices and connecting their signals over a network are factors that are crucial in the new IP world , where it ’ s hard to imagine using anything but fibre .❞
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May 2018
Thaicom , Canal + sign capacity deal in Myanmar
Satellite operator Thaicom has signed a multi-year agreement with Canal + Overseas Myanmar . As part of its launch of a new pay- TV , direct-to-home ( DTH ) service platform , Canal + Overseas Myanmar has leased four transponders on the Thaicom-6 satellite . On the Ku-band broadcast platform , Canal + Overseas Myanmar will deliver a new bouquet of a preliminary 80 channels .
LiveU launches global IP satellite service
LiveU is combining its HEVC / H . 265 bonding technology with satellite connectivity . This , according to the company , gives users a hybrid live solution that fits their production needs , streamline workflows and simplifies the billing structure . Mike Savello , VP of sales ( Americas ), LiveU , said : “ Customers of LiveU ’ s award-winning LU600 can now , not only broadcast double the number of hours with the same data using HEVC / H . 265 encoding , but also have the ability to include a satellite connection ( fly-away or drive-away options ) whenever it is desired , without needing a reservation or getting multiple bills from different providers .”
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Fibre providing the pipeline for broadcast transmission
Whether in-facility or in live production environments , fibre has replaced copper as the connectivity matrix for multiple broadcast applications . Shawn Liew finds out more .
Riedel continues to be at the forefront of being able to maximise the use of fibre for live productions with solutions such as the Mediornet MicroN .
❝ Finding devices and connecting their signals over a network are factors that are crucial in the new IP world , where it ’ s hard to imagine using anything but fibre .❞
— Cameron O ’ Neill , Director , APAC , Riedel Communications
M any of the connection speeds required today are no longer feasible on copper , making fibre the cabling of the future , declares Cameron O ’ Neill , director , APAC , Riedel Communications .
Fibre , he tells APB , will also play a key role for IP in live production , which has been given a major shot in the arm with the ractification of many of the standards within SMPTE ST-2110 . “ To me , the older SMPTE ST2022-6 was basically ‘ SDI by another name ’ — same payload , but transported over Ethernet instead of coax cable ,” O ’ Neill continues . “ But 2110 is different ; video , audio and data are all separated but synchronised on a single network . It means you are no longer sending unseeded audio to your vision switcher or video to your audio console .”
This , he explains , can significantly lower the amount of bandwidth that is required in some applications . “ Even a ‘ 12G ’ 4K / Ultra HD ( UHD ) stream takes less bandwidth than 10G when it ’ s only handling video signals .”
And O ’ Neill is convinced that Riedel continues to be at the forefront of being able to maximise the use of fibre for live productions , for both broadcasts and live events . The company , he reminds , has always been a fibre-based company , long before IP was even a discussion topic . “ The Artist Fibre Ring for intercom was around even before Dante was ever being tested . Riedel ’ s Mediornet brought network topologies and distributed routing over fibre to the market in 2009 .”
And while SMPTE ST-2110 is arguably a game changer , Riedel also sees it as “ just another signal ” that needs to be moved between devices . At IBC 2017 , the company demonstrated the MicroN IP , a software update for the Mediornet MicroN frame , which has four times 2110 converters on board . “ It ’ s a great gateway between legacy SDI , existing Mediornet networks and 2110 ,” O ’ Neill explains . “ We highlighted MicroN IP again at NAB Show this year , alongside our NMOS controller .”
One often overlooked aspect of the IP / fibre discussion , he adds , is how to actually find an connect devices on a network . “ In a traditional router , this is easy . A traditional router ’ s CPU knows where each input and output physically exists , so it can easily make the connection .
“ But when you use an IP network , that information is shared across a number of possibly independent switches , devices or computers .”
This , O ’ Neill suggests , is where the door opens for the NMOS protocol from the Advanced Media Workflow Association ( AMWS ). NMOS contains three components : device discovery , connections man-