IP Infrastructure for Production Centers
IP INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PRODUCTION CENTERS
The SMPTE standards construction work and AMWA / NMOS specifications for IP systems continue.
Manufacturers and users are looking forward to standardization that makes multi-vendor systems installations easier.
In this panel, the status of these jobs will be discussed and system cases will be presented, where it was not possible to wait for the standards to complete.
Chair: José Antônio S. Garcia - EBC/SET
Technician in Electronics by ETE in Sta. Rita do Sapucaí in 1975 and Engineer in Telecommunications by Universidade São Judas in 1982. He has worked in television companies since 1975, currently engineering manager in TV Brasil-SP. Member of SET - Technology Board, SBTVD Forum - Technical Module, UHD Brazil Project - Distribution Group and IP Study Group of SET - Coordinator.
IP for Live Production
In this lecture, we will present a vision of the challenges and benefits of adopting IP technology in the infrastructure for live production, with some examples of real implementation cases and application possibilities. We will also learn the history of the evolution of NMI (Network Media Interface) technology, as well as the natural transition to the ST 2110 standard.
Speaker: Erick Soares - Technology Expert - Sony
Technology Expert for Marketing and Sales Support, acting more than 15 years at Sony, focusing in new technologies, workflow and products for the broadcast market. Graduated in Electronic Engineering at FEI(Brazil) and post-graduated in Business Administration at FIA(Brazil). Supported development of new products and new technologies implementation acting as strategic interface between Brazilian customers and development team from Japan. Attended and participated in different local and international events.
Case Study: New Facility Design for Radio Canada Television and Radio Production Center in Montreal, Canada
1. About Radio Canada and the New Maison Radio Canada Facility Project --
2. Project / Facility Objectives, Why IP --
3. Project Design Approach: Pilot and Proof of Concept Projects --
4. Lessons Learned and Key Architectural Decisions.
- Network Topology
- The surprise importance of ST-2110 Wide and Narrow Profiles
- PTP related challenges and chosen reference architecture
- The system configuration challenge
- The IT skills gap --
5. Conclusions
Speaker: Michel Proulx - Consultant - Radio Canada / Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Michel Proulx is a Media Industry technologist and executive with over 35 years of experience working with leading manufacturers and broadcasters in the television industry. Since retiring as CTO of Miranda technologies at the end of 2012 Michel has split his time between perfecting the art of being a ski bum and consulting for a number of broadcasters and broadcast industry vendors. Michel’s current focus is helping broadcasters understand and navigate the rapidly evolving OTT distribution landscape and transitioning to IT and IP based infrastructures. Michel is currently involved with a major project at Radio Canada / Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for the re-building of the Maison Radio Canada, the Canadian broadcaster’s flagship French Language Production and Playout facility in Montreal. Positioning the broadcaster to be able to adapt to rapidly changing production and distribution needs, the new facility will feature an all IP infrastructure and a combination of fixed function hardware, software defined hardware and virtualized software sub systems. Michel holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Software from the University of Waterloo. Michel is an active member of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.
SMPTE - STANDARDS UPDATE
Not specific to cinema and a brief explanation of mixing HDR and SDR content using live [inverse] tone mapping techniques
Speaker: Matthew Goldman - Senior Vice President Technology at MediaKind / Fellow & President of SMPTE / Senior Member at IEEE
Matthew Goldman is Senior Vice President of Technology at MediaKind, where he is focused on video processing and media delivery solutions. He has been actively involved in the development of digital television systems since 1992. He was a prominent participant in the Moving Picture Experts Group where he helped create the MPEG-2 Systems and DSM-CC standards, and he continues to be influential in other industry organizations including the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), the Alliance of IP Media Solutions (AIMS), the Ultra HD Forum, the Digital Video Broadcasting project, the Advanced Television Systems Committee, and the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers. Four of his projects have been later recognized by Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards. Mr. Goldman received bachelor (high honors) and master of sciences degrees in electrical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He holds six patents related to digital video transport. A SMPTE Fellow, he is also a senior member of the IEEE and an inductee of the Academy of Digital Television Pioneers. Mr. Goldman is currently serving as the President of SMPTE.
Case Study on successful SMPTE ST 2110 based installs
After the ratification of SMPTE ST 2110 the industry was quick to capitalize on the enhanced scale and workflow capabilities of a COTS based IP infrastructure.
Having done multiple fixed facility and mobile infrastructures based on SMPTE ST 2110, Robert will be discussing a case study on two of those installs. One ST 2110 based OB truck and an IP based fixed facility.
The case study discusses lessons learned on deploying non-blocking IP infrastructures, flexible FPGA processing platforms, control and orchestration layers, PTP timing, and the need to further the proliferation of open workflow tools such as AMWA IS-04 and IS-05.
Speaker: Robert Erickson – IP Evangelist – Grass Valley
Member of Grass Valley since 2008, with more than 18 years of experience in the Broadcast and IT market. In his career he has worked on projects and maintenance of infrastructure and playout systems based on emerging technologies. Participates in the Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS). He spends much of his time with client education for emerging IP technologies and internal team training. Design and manage 'proof of concept' - POC - for customers, testing and deploying solutions - including cameras, servers, routers, multiviewers, processors and software solutions. Robert is an active participant of SBE, SMPTE and HPA.