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September 2018
More video
codecs emerge
to ease video
delivery
EVS supports full-IP
remote news production
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Whether it is HEVC/H.265
or the more recently
released AV1, there is
now a variety of video
compression standards
available to allow
operators to deliver high-
quality content in a more
cost-effective manner to
their audiences.
Shawn Liew reports.
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IBC TV, the official channel of IBC, is rolling
out a fully IP-connected live production
workflow at IBC2018, based on the
SMPTE ST 2110 standard. For the 10th
consecutive year, IBC TV is partnering
with EVS to deliver IBC-related news and
interviews live to screens throughout the
RAI exhibition centre in Amsterdam, and
to the IBC TV website. Explaining why EVS
was chosen again, Matthew Tomkinson,
technical director, IBC TV, said: “We knew
that adopting a full-IP system meant it was
crucial to choose live production tools that
would enable the simple management of
the overall infrastructure.”
In the interim, the AV1 video codec is likely to appeal more to operators who deliver content
primarily over the Internet to multiple connected devices.
f you are visiting IBC2018 this month,
and looking in particular for connectivity
solutions for live production, you may be
inclined to visit Dejero at booth 11.C15.
As a company, Dejero believes that
there is an inexorable shift towards the
HEVC/H.265 video compression standard
to efficiently transport high-quality video
from the field.
Todd Schneider, CTO of Dejero, tells
APB: “Dejero has been refining its encoder
in low-latency, high-quality live broadcast
applications, and you’ll see even better
video quality from us at IBC2018.
“We have a multi-faceted roadmap for
the improvement of video quality and it’s
not just the encoder — the whole system
must work in concert to deliver the goods.”
A roadmap that is supported by
HEVC/H.265 and manifested in solu-
tions such as the Dejero EnGo, which
is equipped with increasing processing
capa bility to boost overall performance
and deliver enhanced picture quality,
Schneider said, adding: “It combines our
industry-leading auto-transport and
adaptive bitrate encoding technology with
HEVC/H.265 compression.”
He also suggests that in challenging
network conditions in a live production
environment, HEVC/H.265 “really shines”.
“If you are in a mobile or nomadic sce-
nario and you do not have good connectivity,
HEVC/H.265 and the improved com-
pression efficiency it offers can be
incredibly useful — ensuring high-
quality video even in low-bandwidth
environments.”
As to how broadcasters and content
producers can most effectively make
HEVC/H.265 work in live production,
Schneider is keen to highlight that lab
measurements of video encoding qual-
ity only tell part of the story. Instead,
the entire system, which consists of
wireless, blending algorithm and the
adaptive rate video encoder, must be
considered because they all contribute
to picture quality.
To that end, Dejero’s auto trans-
❝ If you are in a mobile
or nomadic scenario and
you do not have good
connectivity, HEVC/H.265
and the improved
compression efficiency it
offers can be incredibly
useful. ❞
— Todd Schneider,
CTO, Dejero