IT-TV-Live an Integrated Concept for IP-based Distributed Broadcast Production with ‘SDI Quality’

Broadcast production has been growing in complexity for several decades. This growth has been incremental, based on a largely unchanged broadcast architecture. Key components necessary for production-centric functions have evolved continuously in quality and functionality, but have brought increased complexity in signal routing and control interconnections. — Today, signal routing is joining control in exploiting IP-based solutions; productions with widely-distributed acquisition and control locations must now be supported; new emerging control systems must be user-friendly; SDI-based studio quality must not be compromised in this transition. — The paper describes a new, fully-scalable production-centric architecture, with software virtualization of a modular hardware device's network location. GPU-based on-demand video processing with compression-free interconnection via IP routing allows natural execution of creative intent in live productions. The linking network is scalable from studio to intercontinental access level. The enhanced functionality and flexibility now demanded in today's live productions is elegantly achieved in this major rethink.

Published

2014-10

Content type

Original Research

Keywords

major rethink, distributed remote production, IP-based live production, scalable, low latency, SDI quality

DOI

10.5594/M001595

ISBN

978-1-61482-954-6