Satellite, Broadcast, and Broadband Networks Powered with Storage Area Networks (SAN)

The emergence of Digital Television (DTV) digital media integrated with Storage Area Network (SAN) systems creates one of the most significant technological change ever experienced by the broadcast, entertainment and media industry. A whole new set of variables and business issues are emerging which impact the entire video distribution chain for production houses, content aggregators, broadcasters and even service providers. As a result, industry players must adapt their IT infrastructures for new challenges such as: the transition from analog to digital formats (including HDTV), new codecs, implementing media asset management, digital rights management, IP and ATM video transmission, and transitioning from tape libraries to SAN based disk architectures. This paper will examine the video supply chain management workflow process in the media and broadcast environments and the impact of intgrating storage area networks for streaming video.

Published

2001-11

Content type

Original Research

DOI

10.5594/M00996

ISBN

978-1-61482-935-5