Report From The Satndards Vice President: Standards for IT-Based Systems
Alan Lambshead
Last year, I wrote about the initiatives that SMPTE is undertaking in developing standards for the all-IT-based facility. In the intervening year, a lot has transpired, but there is still much work to be done. The industry demand to transition facility infrastructures based on SDI interfaces to IT infrastructure and packet networks is becoming more urgent. Fundamental to this transition is the user demand for interoperable, open systems that allow mixing and matching of products from different vendors to meet users’ needs. There is a strong sentiment, both in the user and manufacturer communities that managing this transition from traditional infrastructures is critical, and time is of the essence.