Cloud
AI/metadata
Cloud gateway
Common platform Production tool chain
Multi-format delivery
Acquisition
Viewing
Public cloud Private cloud Remote operation/collaboration Live & file media exchange/5G/SDN Connect
Contribution
Distribution
Network & resource orchestration
Media transport
Hybrid processing & operations United cloud and on- premises processing & operations Distributable & stackable processors Cloud-agnostic processes
Federated orchestration across LAN/WAN/5G/cloud SDN & broadcast control
Real-time media transport across LAN/WAN/5G/cloud
y
y
y
High-quality video compression with
y y y
y
Advanced monitoring System provisioning
y
low latency
y y
For remote production, contribution and distribution
y
On-premises
Home
Local station
OB truck
WAN
Hub station
Data centre
SDI-based architecture within the M&E industry. But as the pandemic forced everyone to work from home, remote workflows really exploded – and continue to do so.” The sustained emergence of remote products has occurred because there are sizeable benefits, both financially and for workflow purposes. “That’s why connectivity becomes so important. We’ve seen an evolution, and Sony is proud to be leading it. We have a range of products that we’re bringing to market to help content creators take advantage,” LeCointe emphasises. An example of this is in Sony’s recent reimagining of the production switcher – which is traditionally built and placed within a machine room on-site or to a dedicated control room. The company recognised that they don’t need to be co-located to a specific studio or control room. “It’s about understanding that a switcher can be leveraged to multiple control rooms – a concept we like to call resource sharing. Each control room has access to the same pool of live production resources, such as the production switcher,” explains LeCointe. “We can do this today using our XVS Switchers, where you can split one physical switcher into two logical ones. We then took that concept further and introduced our MLS-X1 live production switcher.” Sony’s new switcher has a scalable, modular- based architecture, taking the logical switcher
concept even further. The idea is that you start with a single module (MLS-X1) with its own fixed number of resources; but as your production needs grow, you can add further resources. THE THREE P s “The reason we’re here and talking about this is because of that word: connectivity,” explains senior vice president of solution strategy at Nevion, Martin Walbum. “When we say connectivity, we refer to all the different elements of production.”
This is demonstrated by the three Ps: y Places y Processing y People
WE’VE SEEN A REMOTE WORKFLOW EVOLUTION, AND SONY IS PROUD TO BE LEADING IT
“What we offer, as part of the Networked Live programme, is a way to use the infrastructure as it is. If you need to interconnect things via a wide array of connections with lower capacity, then we offer a variety of compression technologies in order to allow you to still use those resources, wherever they might be,” Walbum concludes. To watch the full ‘How can you transform the logistics and economics of live production?’ webinar, head to: pro.sony/en_GB/events/ nevion-webinar-live
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