Monday April 9 – Morning session – IP Showcase Informative Track
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This session explains the specifics of IP and Hybrid SDI and IP. SMPTE ST 2110 is explained along with case examples and a special panel session.
What is the IP Showcase All About – Stan Moote (CTO, IABM)
10.30 – 10.40
A brief introduction about the IP Showcase
A Basic Guide for Real-Time IP Video – Andrew Jones (Head of Training, IABM)
10.40 – 11.00
The IP video ecosystem is filled with vocabularies we must know to migrate into the all-IP studio. Andrew provides an overview of the IP terms such as SMPTE ST 2110, IEEE 1588 and NMOS IS-04/05 to get you up to speed and how they all work together in the IP and IP/SDI hybrid environment.
IP and SDI Work Seamlessly Together – Karl Paulsen (CTO, Diversified)
11.00 – 11.20
One of the strong benefits of IP is that it works with SDI. Hybrid systems allow you to use existing workflows while migrating over to IP. Karl explains the ins and outs of IP/SDI Hybrid systems that are in use today with a clear focus on migrating to 100% SMPTE ST 2110 in the future.
IP Use Case Benefits – Luann Linnebur (Head of Business Development, Nevion)
11.20 – 11.40
Simply replacing SDI with IP is pointless unless tangible benefits can be obtained. Luann reviews the benefits installations have discovered by going IP.
IP Showcase Panel – What is the Big Deal about Real-Time IP?
11.40 – 12.30
IABM’s CTO, Stan Moote will grill Mike Cronk, representing AIMS, Luann Linnebur from Nevion, and Mike Bany from FOX about installations, technical hang ups and real-world interactions, and will uncover whether going IP within a studio is worth the effort.
Monday April 9 – Afternoon session – Benefits, Use Cases and Understanding IP Track
IP isn’t about replacing SDI, it is about growth, scalability, business and new workflows. These presentations will help you on your way towards understanding why and how to go IP.
Creating the Broadcast Operations Center of the Future – Paul Suters (GM, Engineering and Service Management, Telstra Broadcast Services)
1.00 – 1.20
Located in Sydney, Australia, the Telstra Broadcast Operations Centre (BOC) went live in June 2016. As a pioneering broadcast data center, it continues to evolve on the journey towards a fully IP facility. This state-of-the-art facility manages over 400 satellite, media and data services for Australian and international customers, including leading global media companies. Three million permanent channel hours and 20,000 ad hoc event bookings pass through the BOC every year. This presentation covers the journey so far, lessons learned, and the next steps on our transition to a fully IP facility.
SMPTE ST 2059 – How to Synchronize the All-IP Studio Using the Precision Time Protocol – Nikolaus Kerö (General Manager, Oregano Systems)
1.20 – 1.40
This presentation will give a quick introduction on the principles of PTP followed by highlighting different deployment strategies for use cases in the broadcasting industry, demonstrating effective yet simple ways for improved reliability as well as quality monitoring.
Evaluating Features of IP End Points – Patrick Daly (Director of Technology, Diversified)
1.40 – 2.00
That shiny new box supports SMPTE ST 2110. Great but what else matters when selecting an IP endpoint? The SMPTE ST 2110 standard provides a robust technical framework upon which vendors build their application solutions. Vendor implementations can and do vary. In this presentation, we discuss an approach to evaluating IP endpoints that considers the functional requirements of the end-user’s system and the particulars of the use-case.
True Native-IP Virtualization of Real-World Live Remote Production Explained – Joop Janssen (CEO, Aperi)
2.00 – 2.20
In this session Joop will use examples of real-world native-IP deployments to show the technology’s suitability for live production environments. At the same time, the presentation will address the still-present misunderstandings around live IP advanced workflows and how content producers can really benefit from virtualized media functions.
How to Select the Right Server Package for Virtualized Production – Thomas Burns (CTO, Media & Entertainment, Dell EMC)
2.20 – 2.40
Software and system developers have learned to minimize latency and jitter when writing to physical NICs, but what are the parameters for virtual NICs in virtual machines? This presentation will explore select variables in hardware and software packages for virtual production.
IP Networking for Real-Time Video – Robert Welch (Technical Solutions Lead, Arista Networks)
2.40 – 3.00
SMPTE ST 2110 is all about professional media over managed IP networks. Robert reveals the considerations and design architectures for building, maintaining and operating the all-IP real-time workflow.
Report on Real World Uncompressed IP Media Infrastructures. Lessons Learned Through Multiple Open Standards-Based Installations – Robert Erickson (Advanced Technology Manager, Grass Valley)
3.00 – 3.20
So how does all this work in the real world? IP based infrastructures have brought us new types of equipment, new standards, and new capabilities that have been revolutionary to the broadcast TV industry. Robert will be sharing vendor agnostic experiences and lessons learned from years of applying these.
Planning a SMPTE ST-2110 Infrastructure for tpc sports, News and Technology Center in Zurich – Ulrich Voigt (Head of Design, Qvest Media GmbH) and Andreas Lattmann (CTO of tpc Switzerland AG)
3.20 – 3.40
tpc Switzerland AG is building a new sports, news and technology center in Zurich. The center will be built fully on an SMPTE ST 2110 infrastructure and as such is one of the largest SMPTE ST 2110 projects in Europe. The start of this project had been announced during NAB Show 2017. Now, 12 months later, tpc and Qvest Media will jointly describe the journey taken during that time, where PoCs and tests have been conducted, specification and planning work has been performed and RFIs have been issued and evaluated.
Into the Green Zone – The Agile Media Blueprint – Richard Cartwright (CTO, Streampunk Media Ltd)
3.40 – 4.00
For the transition from broadcasting to personalized content, is it time to break down the walls of traditional media facilities? The Agile Media Blueprint (AMB) is a plan for end-to-end media production using Internet technologies. Complementary to SMPTE ST 2110, NMOS and MXF, what is the AMB, when will it be realized and how?
Understanding Connection Management – Connecting Devices into an IP Infrastructure Requires a Different Approach from SDI to Achieve the Benefits of IP
This session explains AMWA’s NMOS and more importantly arms you with the tools you need to learn about for orchestration and connections.
Getting Started with NMOS IS-04 and IS-05 – Robert Porter (Project Manager, Sony Europe Limited)
4.00 – 4.20
The AMWA NMOS specifications, IS-04 and IS-05, provide methods for the discovery, registration and connection management of devices on professional media networks. This talk will explain how to get started with NMOS development and describes the open source software that is available to assist implementers, including Sony’s own nmos-cpp contribution. Robert will go on to discuss how this software is being used to conduct a scalability study to address some of the key user requirements for the NMOS specifications, namely that they can be used reliably for very large networks comprising thousands of devices such as might be found in a typical broadcast installation.
Standardized Connection Management for Essences and Network Flows in SMPTE ST 2110 and AES67 – Arne Bonninghoff (Head of IP Research, Riedel Communications)
4.20 – 4.40
This session will demystify NMOS IS-04, IS-05 and IS-06. It will explain what they offer to small ad hoc installations, as well as large facility systems. It will also demonstrate, how to realize plug and play connection management for all SMPTE ST 2110 and AES67 network flows with standard IT technology.
Using AMWA IS-04/IS-05 Technologies in a Routing Control Environment – John Mailhot (CTO, Networking & Infrastructure, Imagine Communications)
4.40 – 5.00
In parallel with the development of SMPTE ST 2110, AMWA has been developing registration, discovery, and connection management tools needed to build IP-based workflow systems more rapidly. This talk covers the IS-04/05 specifications and how they integrate into routing control environments.
Automation and Orchestration of Networked Media Workflows – Glenn Booth (VP, Marketing, Dimetis)
5.00 – 5.20
As we move down the JT-NM road map and media professionals migrate to SMPTE ST 2110, a new set of workflow tools are being developed to help make the transition easier – management, automation and orchestration of workflows. They can manage and monitor these IP flows and help optimize a media production and distribution system.
SDN for Contribution, Live Production and Playout Environments – “To IGMP or not to IGMP, That is the Question” – Gerard Phillips (Systems Engineer, Arista Networks)
5.20 – 5.40
An introduction to how IP Multicast flows, the foundation for the delivery of SMPTE ST 2110 and ST 2022-6/7, are delivered from source to destination in an IP network. Both IGMP and SDN approaches are discussed, with the aim to help end users identify when and where these two approaches may be useful in their media networks.
Benefits of AMWA NMOS IS-04 Registration and Discovery – Daniel Lynch (VP of Broadcasting Services, Xytech)
5.40 – 6.00
A major challenge in spinning up a resource and scheduling management system is the time-consuming data entry of the resource inventory. AMWA’s NMOS IS-04 registration and discovery solves this challenge by automatically registering equipment into the inventory for immediate and future scheduling. NMOS IS-04 assists facilities with equipment asset tracking and onboarding of new equipment as well as providing valuable insight into usage patterns, reliability statistics and efficiencies.
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