Server Based Content Delivery Systems

Telecommunication options for the broadcast industry are changing rapidly. This means that many areas of business are likely to be affected by new ways of transferring programme content and data. One such area is the contribution / distribution market in which the transfer of programme content and data is managed between studios, outside broadcast sites and ENG units. Digital transfer between sites offers flexibility and scalability beyond that of traditional analogue contribution and distribution networks. — In the digital domain Store and Forward servers handle the task of shuffling material between sites. Material and metadata can be stored and transferred as files, allowing alternative network types like low bandwidth IP networks to be utilised. Benefits of manpower reduction, flexibility in data delivery and network cost bring new options to the broadcaster to scale costs to match the priority of the programme material. This paper discusses these issues and provides example scenarios for the use of servers in content delivery systems.

Published

1999-07

Content type

Original Research

DOI

10.5594/M001208

ISBN

978-1-61482-948-5