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NEWS & VIEWS
October 2016
IBC 2016 unveils latest media contribution,
KVM and camera support solutions
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Telstra is positioning itself to be more than just a traditional carrier, according to
Trevor Boal, director, head of Telstra Broadcast Services, Global Enterprise and
Services. At this year’s IBC, the company introduced Global Media Network, a
professional media contribution solution designed to enable broadcasters and
content developers to take their content global.
KVM over IP: Is KVM technology playing an increasing role in the transition to IP?
Companies such as Guntermann & Drunck (G&D) and Adder Technology certainly
think so, as both companies showcased their IP-based KVM solutions. Jochen Bauer
(above), marketing director, G&D, introduced the DP-Vision-IP, a KVM extender that
provides access via IP structures, while John Halksworth (below), senior product
manager, Adder Technology, highlighted the AdderLink XDIP, which allows users to
transmit up to 1920 x 1200 video stream, analogue audio, USB2.0 and two-channel
audio over a single CatX cable — using a standard IP network.
modulator from the Maxiva XTE
exciter into its architecture. This,
according to GatesAir, eliminates
the need to retrofit previousgeneration Maxiva air-cooled
transmitters with additional gear to
enable network connectivity.
This, added GatesAir, gives
broadcasters an out-of-the-box
solution to simplify the input and
output of multimedia services via a
local — or wide-area — IP network.
At the show, Telstra announced
its new Global Media Network, a
professional media contribution
solution designed to enable broadcasters and content developers to
take their content global.
Custom-built for the media
industry, the Telstra Global Media
Network provides simple and
efficient delivery of live and filebased video content by combining Telstra’s network of global
submarine cables, satellite stations
and broadcast operations into one
solution.
Global Media Network also
represents Telstra’s move to position itself as more than just a traditional carrier, revealed Trevor Boal,
director - head of Telstra Broadcast
Services, Global Enterprise and
Services.
“More and more content is being moved around the world and
we want to allow our customers
to quickly deliver their content
across the world, and to address
the increasing convergence of IP
into broadcast,” he said.
In Asia, in particular, Boal sees
an “explosion” of channels and
ethnic, localised content being
produced. Network reliablility,
thus, is crucial when it comes to
live broadcasting. This is the reason why Global Media Network
is designed with a geographically
diverse dual-path ring that allows
traffic to be automatically diverted
if there is an interruption to one
part of the network, he explained.
Interoperability is an important
keyword when looking at today’s
broadcast workflows and the
related IP structures. When examining the various new system approaches, a great enabler technology is KVM (keyboard, video and
mouse), suggested Jochen Bauer,
marketing director, Guntermann
& Drunck (G&D).
“When it comes to common
standards, the big benefit of a KVM
infrastructure is its independence
of any computer platform or ope
rating system,” he added.
G&D is now offering the DPVision-IP, a KVM extender that
provides access via IP structures. It
transmits signals via G&D’s KVMover-IP technology, and can be
combined with other G&D systems
to provide worldwide access, even
in complex installations.
Supporting Displayport 1.2,
the DP1.2-Vision KVM extender
supports the uncompressed transmission of 4K/UHD content at
full 60Hz. According to G&D, the
transparent transfer of image
data guarantees lossless playback
without any latency — even when
signals are transmitted across large
distances.
Multi-monitor workstations
can be supported, where they work
synchronously with their sources.
Two channels can thus be bundled
for 4K@120Hz or four channels for
8K@60Hz, a product variant that
G&D will soon be introducing.
Another company highlighting
IP-based KVM solutions is Adder
Technology, whose offerings include the AdderLink XDIP.
A high-performance A/V extender that offers USB and a udio
over a single CatX cable, the
AdderLink XDIP enables remote
access to critical computing while
flexibly extending the desktop
experience.
Using a standard IP network,
users can transmit up to 1920 x
1200 video streams, analogue
audio, USB2.0 and two-channel audio over a single CatX
cable. Each node also has a
feed-through port that allows
a local user station the ability to
switch between a remote computer
and a local computer.
Also featured at the show was
the Adder C-USB LAN network
extender, which can be integrated
into the AdderLink Infinity Manager — or function as a sit-alone
solution — to deliver high-speed
USB 2.0 extensions at 480Mbps for
file ingest from cameras or other
USB devices.
The AdderLink XD150FX is a
point-to-point fibre extender with
USB2.0 that can transmit highquality video — up to 2,560 x 1,600
— and analogue audio over fibreoptic cable. The extender enables
users to locate critical computing
hardware away from workspaces
in an access- and temperaturecontrolled environment. A built-in
level of IP control is assured with
the inclusion of a network port,
which enables the XD150FX to be
controlled by other systems.
To lend its support to the transition to video-over-IP, NewTek had
previously introduced its Network
Device Interface (NDI) technology,
which has now been integrated
into Brainstorm Multimedia’s Infinity Set virtual set application.
This allows Brainstorm’s Infinity Set family of products to be
recognisable as a source by other
NDI-enabled applications and
devices connected to an Ethernet
local area network.
Miguel Churruca, marketing
and communications director
at Brainstorm, added: “With the
integration of NewTek’s NDI, A/V
sources can be shared bidirectionally across a network, eliminating
the need for costly direct connections, cable runs and infrastructure
upgrades.”
Another solution Brainstorm
highlighted at IBC 2016 was the
elections graphics solution, Aston
Elections. It can be used either as
a standalone solution, or can be
combined with the Infinity Set 2.0
virtual studio application within
a virtual environment to deliver
graphics coverage for broadcast
elections.
Five years ago, Intelsat envisaged the creation of a satellite
platform that will be able to deliver
new types of services while setting
a new performance and pricing
standard for the satellite industry.
Today, that vision is manifested
in the Intelsat Epic high-throughput satellite (HTS) platform, which
is already delivering on its design
objectives of backwards-compatibility, open architecture and optimised spectral efficiency, reported
Kurt Riegelman, Intelsat’s SVP,
sales and marketing.
Intelsat 29e, the first Epic
satellite to be launched at the
start of this year, is already servicing more than 30 customers,
and was joined in August this year
by Intelsat 33e, which is providing
high throughput capacity in both
C- and Ku-bands across Europe,
Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
According to Intelsat, the Epic
platform is delivering 165% effi
ciency improvement on current
networking hardware, and up to
330% efficiency improvement on
next-generation ground networking technologies.
Riegelman added: “Being backwards-compatible and futureproof, Epic allows our customers to
choose the platforms and services
that best meets their needs, and
provides performance levels that
otherwise, would not even have
existed. For the next 10 years, nothing is going to surpass Epic.”
Operating on six different
satellite data networks, the next
addition to the Epic platform will
be Intelsat 35e, which is scheduled
to be launched next year.
Renowned for its highly recognisable yellobrik range of modular
brick products, green was the
colour for Lynx Technik this year.
Launching the greenMachine
concept, Lynx Technik shared that
it is offering a new approach to
purchasing, upgrading and building of a foundation of signal processing solutions for any broadcast
or professional video application.
Adopting a three-pronged