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HOW IS IP ENABLING COLLABORATION BETWEEN DISTRIBUTED TEAMS?

WHAT IP INNOVATIONS ARE ENSURING MINIMAL LATENCY WHILE MAINTAINING HIGH QUALITY? CHRIS SCHECK: The possibility to enable geographic distribution, albeit on a much smaller scale, has always been at the heart of Lawo’s R&D activities. This started long before anyone even imagined the potential of porting broadcast activities to the IP world and the benefits this would bring in terms of flexibility and agility. As stated previously, IP allows teams on a given project to work from different locations as well as sharing processing resources among several on- premises control rooms or anywhere in the world. IP is already widely used to produce broadcasts from a fixed, remote location based on processing and ingestion tools set up at the venue where a given event takes place. Doing so enables host broadcasters, for instance, to cover global sporting events where all venues are connected to a central location, with essences – audio, video, control and ancillary – travelling over dedicated fibre lines. Maintaining maximum quality has been at the heart of developing the SMPTE ST 2110 suite of standards, which also include provisions made for lossless compressed video in order to save bandwidth while maintaining the highest-possible quality standards.

ADAM VANN: IP technology is fundamentally changing collaboration in broadcasting and media production for remote teams with rich, high- quality, real-time workflows across any location. With IP infrastructures, members of any team can access centralised resources such as video, audio and data files from practically anywhere. Cloud platforms take this a step further, allowing remote teams to store, edit and manage content without requiring physical transfers. Many standards have developed, such as SMPTE ST 2110, and they make it possible to transfer high-quality, low-latency video and audio via IP, allowing seamless production even with contributors dispersed geographically. IP enables live remote production whereby video feeds from facilities in various locations are sent to one central location for use in the control room. Since not everyone has to be physically present, expenses are lowered and large-scale multicamera productions made possible. In conclusion, IP technology offers flexibility, speed and quality, permitting seamless remote collaboration within dispersed teams developing high-quality content far from home.

JOHN WASTCOAT: While IP networks offer cost advantages, they’re inherently dynamic and can face congestion, which risks packet loss, higher latency and reduced quality. To achieve ultra-low latency and maintain broadcast-quality output, innovations in IP technology are essential. Advanced error correction, adaptive bit-rate streaming and packet recovery mechanisms help mitigate latency and packet loss, even over unpredictable IP networks. Multi-access edge computing (MEC) is also a critical development, enabling content processing to occur closer to the source, reducing latency by shortening the data’s travel path to reach viewers. Additionally, advancements in 5G have provided faster connection speeds and higher throughput with ultra-low latency, ideal for delivering high- quality live video. The SDVP exemplifies these innovations, featuring forward error correction (FEC) and congestion-aware adaptive streaming to ensure resilience and quality. The SDVP powered by the Zixi protocol enables low-latency, reliable video

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