Navigating the peaks and troughs of a dynamic broadcast environment is never easy. Lawo is here to guide you
hen sitting on a terrace somewhere warm, soaking in
this a reality, not least thanks to the ST 2110 suite of open standards, AES67/RAVENNA and ST 2022-7 for rock-solid redundant set-ups. Other initiatives have focused on pooling compute power in a central location – or two, for redundancy. In such data-centre- based infrastructures, the devices doing the number crunching are remotely controlled, using hardware- or software-enabled UIs, and often
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the evening sun and sipping a glass of wine with your friends, it never takes long for the conversation to veer towards the delightfully absurd. One memorable example is a get- together that featured a semi-serious discussion about a blow-up butler that would be inflated when needed – to bring more wine and snacks – then deflated and stowed
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away when its service was no longer required. Those present enjoyed trying to outdo each other with the implementation and features of such a convenient concept.
All of the above works like clockwork, while there are enough computational units available to serve all production needs. For Tier 1 sporting events, host broadcasters and broadcast service providers often rent additional equipment for the duration of the event. Renting infrastructure at peak
GAME CHANGER Agility and flexibility are about to take on a whole new meaning
Though a bit wacky, this isn’t unlike some recurring agility brainstorms in the broadcast world. Usually, they pertain to an urge for squeezing budgets, making it harder to justify capital expenditure on infrastructure that is only used sporadically or at peak times. CHANNELLING THE FLUX For larger organisations, one way of balancing fluctuating capacity requirements is to connect the various sites to a distributed WAN IP infrastructure and leverage the compute power in Los Angeles, say, from Sydney or Milan. IP has made
Broadcast control systems like VSM or bespoke software solutions make allocating required production capacity a breeze. Most operators are now comfortable with a centralised approach – even if they don’t know exactly where their audio and video data is being processed. Just think of a commentary studio in Ankara (Turkey) connected to one of 20 Power Core processors in either London (UK) or Hilversum (the Netherlands); or a video processor that performs up/down/cross conversions in Oslo (Norway) for a production in Bergen (Norway again).
times is, after all, a good approach to avoid investing in
extra production capacity that may not be needed again until next year. If requested, the company
providing additional equipment can send a small team to the event to assist the broadcaster with setting everything up. For decades, this approach has made broadcast
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