October 15, 2015 – A live broadcast covering a sporting event is one of the most technically challenging assignments for any production crew, writes Dave Herfert, vice-president sales – Americas, Media Links. Large, demanding global audiences (like those viewing the Olympics and World Cup events) with ever increasing quality expectations create even more pressure to produce a well-choreographed, real-time production. Multiple signals in a wide variety of formats need to be transmitted around the sporting venue, as well as being seamlessly integrated with feeds from a studio or other locations to form a complete broadcast stream.
Increasingly, broadcasters are turning to IP technology in order to simplify their networks by consolidating all their media traffic on a common platform, and to take advantage of the increasing array of video devices that natively support IP.
Managing all of the different signal types and locations can be a daunting task without advanced transport technology. Most media signals need to be encapsulated or adapted to work efficiently over a backbone that carries multiple signals. The Media Links MD8000 IP-based platform has proven itself as an ultra-reliable, high-performance transport system for all types of signals used in live sports or any other form of media networking. Read the article on Sports Video Group Europe…
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