Broadcast Beat Magazine 2018 NAB Show Edition | Page 50
Making the Impossible
Possible:
Unique Transport Protocol Cuts
Contribution/Distribution Costs in
Multisource, Live-Action Productions
By Jim Jachetta,
Executive Vice President &
Chief Technology Officer,
VidOvation
B
roadcast engineers and operators are
always looking for ways to cut the cost
of contributing and distributing video
between the network and affiliates or
between the field and master control — espe-
cially when it is not practical to have a produc-
tion truck on site. The traditional approach is to
use a telecom connection or sate