Tuesday April 10 – Morning session – IP Use Cases Architectures and Connection Strategies Track
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In-use IP Installations are presented. Networking architectures are explained along with a special panel to help you understand connections control options.
IP Networking for Real-Time Video – Robert Welch (Technical Solutions Lead, Arista Networks)
9.30 – 10.00
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.
A National Broadcaster’s all IP Media LAN and WAN Infrastructure – Ole Johan Skogheim (Head of Systems, TV 2 Norway)
10.00 – 10.20
When the national broadcaster TV 2 recently relocated both of its locations, an all IP infrastructure for live production was chosen. The main goal was to reduce impact of distance and to merge production islands’ connecting all resources in a network based infrastructure. Initially based on SMPTE ST 2022-6/-7+AES67, but planned for SMPTE ST 2110 upgrade, the project resulted in a true multi-vendor environment giving TV 2 greater freedom in the allocation of resources and location of operations.
BCE’s Journey Video Over IP Infrastructure – Costas Colombus (Director of Technology, BCE)
10.20 – 10.40
BCE broadcasts more than 35 channels through its 100% IP-based infrastructure. With a very tight schedule, BCE implemented SMPTE ST 2022-7 in its IP workflow in order to be on air in Q1 2017 before the new standard’s publication.
IP Showcase Panel – Understand IP Connection and Traditional Interconnect Strategy
10.40 – 11.40
Thomas Edwards from FOX will deliver a short presentation on the benefits of AMWA IS-series followed by a panel to discuss existing and newer installation connection strategies
Live Centralized IP Sports Production Across Australia – Marc Segar (Director of Technology, NEP Australia)
11.40 – 12.00pm
Marc will explain the drivers and key benefits behind having a multi-client, multi-user and centralized environment as NEP Australia embark on the largest IP roll out to date. Four new all-IP broadcast trucks, seven upgraded existing trucks, and two new IP production centers are creating centralized facilities for equipment, whilst technical and production staff have the flexibility to work anywhere on the new network. All equipment and resources are shared in real-time across all connected 29 tier one sports arenas.
IP Showcase Explanatory Track
Besides overviews, this session covers specific unique topics you will want to know as you deploy real-time video IP systems.
What is the IP Showcase All About – Stan Moote (CTO, IABM)
12.30 – 12.40
A brief introduction about the IP Showcase
A Basic Guide for Real-Time IP Video – Andrew Jones (Head of Training, IABM)
12.40 – 1.00
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 Use Case Benefits – Luann Linnebur (Head of Business Development, Nevion)
1.00 – 1.20
Simply replacing SDI with IP is pointless unless tangible benefits can be obtained. Luann reviews the benefits installations have discovered by going IP.
Handling Metadata in SMPTE ST 2110 – Paul Briscoe (Consultant, Evertz)
1.20 – 1.40
Metadata serves many purposes and comes in many flavors. Additionally, SMPTE ST 2110 has its own metadata considerations. This presentation looks at the requirements that need to be met for business continuity and the new ones introduced by SMPTE ST 2110 and examines the solutions available in IP to accommodate them. Examples include closed captioning, time code, HDR metadata and SDP.
Practical Multi-Vendor Application of SMPTE ST 2110 – Technical Challenges and Solutions – Nestor A. Amaya (Director, IP Solutions and Infrastructure Product Marketing, Ross Video) and François Legrand (Senior Project Manager, CBC)
1.40 – 2.00
Standards only matter when multiple vendors are at play. Find out how SMPTE ST 2110 works in real deployments, and what challenges remain. François from CBC will join in this presentation providing an end-user point of view.
Understanding PreRoll in the SMPTE ST 2110 Domain – Thomas Burns (CTO, Media & Entertainment, Dell EMC)
2.00 – 2.20
Controlling latency is critical when using IP networks in production. The interval between “1st byte requested” from the disk subsystem and the delivery of a fully formed and discoverable SMPTE ST-2110 video stream is similar to “PreRoll”, and just as important to get correct. This presentation will discuss methods of measuring latency from disk to IP stream.
SMPTE ST 2110 infrastructure and IP flow monitoring – Thomas Gunkel (Broadcast Market Director, Skyline Communications)
2.20 – 2.40
Thomas reviews a practical example of a SMPTE ST 2110 UHD OB-truck and the challenges in monitoring its infrastructure and the media-over-IP flows. The presentation explores the most relevant KPIs in an ALL-IP environment, looks at SMPTE ST 2022-7 and PTP monitoring explains how to resolve multicast flow topology in combination with label management and how to present such aggregated data to an operator.
AIMS Reference System Architecture Guidelines – Chuck Meyer (Chief Technology Officer, Production, Grass Valley/AIMS)
2.40 – 3.00
Chuck discusses providing reference system designs and guidelines that take account of the different types of live productions, as technology moves from SDI to IP.
Disrupting Live Sports Contribution – Carl Petch (Business Development Executive, Telstra Broadcast Services)
3.00 – 3.20
Remote or “at home” production allows for the broadcast of more sports with more consistency, reducing operational costs while ensuring reliability, flexibility and scalability. This presentation introduces Telstra’s Distributed Production Network (DPN), which has enabled broadcasters to revolutionize the way sport is produced from distances of up to 3,500 kms (2000 miles). Don’t miss the opportunity to hear from one of the leading experts in remote production networks on the experience of developing, testing and launching the Telstra DPN in Australia.
The Advantages of Moving from Coax to Fiber – Greg Doyle (Sr. Consultant, Media and Entertainment Division, Diversified)
3.20 – 3.40
Greg will cover why you need to plan for a fiber infrastructure in your next system design, bandwidth requirements in an IP based signal flow, planning for growth and expanding bandwidth requirements for your broadcast and corporate infrastructure, and planning a structured fiber backbone.
SMPTE ST 2110 Transport Technical Track
This session covers traffic shaping, synchronization, ancillary data, high bandwidth throughputs and redundant path switching
SMPTE ST 2110 Step 2: Perfecting the Picture and Sorting the Sound – Optimizing IP Media Designs for Maximum Flexibility & Benefit – Andy Rayner (Chief Technologist, Nevion)
3.40 – 4.00
Based on experience of real-world deployments to-date, we will take a look at some of the principles for designing complete systems. Now the basics for SMPTE ST 2110 are complete and in place, developments and deployments are focusing on achieving the ‘whole solution’. An all-IP environment offers immense flexibility which is yet to be fully realized but is coming to fruition as vendors mature their capabilities. As well as basic architectures, some of the areas explored including optimising buffering, audio manipulation, conversion between ST 2110 and SMPTE ST 2022 & going on/off campus in IP.
The SMPTE ST 2110-21 Timing Profiles – Paul Briscoe (Consultant, Evertz)
4.00 – 4.20
Unlike SDI where pixels are delivered like clockwork, IP is a comparatively bursty and irregular means of sending groups of pixels. This jittery nature of IP means that buffering is required, and a lot of it by comparison to SDI. It’s also a reality that software-based transmitters have a harder time delivering low jitter packets. This presentation examines the differences between SDI and IP transmission, the buffering required, its impact on system latency, and how the SMPTE ST 2110-21 transmitter models work.
Deep dive into SMPTE ST 2110-40 Ancillary Data – Leigh Whitcomb (Architect, Imagine Communications)
4.20 – 4.40
This presentation is a deep dive into the SMPTE ST 2110-40 Ancillary Data standard. The ANC standard for SMPTE ST 2110 is made up of two parts, one from the IETF and one from SMPTE. This presentation covers how SDI ANC services are transported by SMPTE ST 2110. New flexibility enabled by the standard will also be covered.
Live Closed Captioning and Subtitling in SMPTE ST 2110 : Carriage, Synchronization, and Steps to Transition – Bill McLaughlin (VP Product Development, EEG)
4.40 – 5.00
This presentation will cover how live closed captioning and subtitling data is created and synchronized using the SMPTE ST 2110-40 metadata standard. Example workflows that leverage broadcasters’ existing relationships with live transcription vendors will be demonstrated for native SMPTE ST 2110 production, as well as transitional workflows from SDI to IP.
Deep dive into SMPTE ST 2110-21 Traffic Shaping and Delivery Timing for Video – Leigh Whitcomb (Architect, Imagine Communications)
5.00 – 5.20
Are you sure that the SMPTE ST 2110-20 receiver that you purchased can receive the SMPTE ST 2110-20 streams from all the SMPTE ST 2110-20 transmitters you purchased? What is this “Type N” and “W” all about? Why is there an SMPTE ST 2110-21 standard? This presentation explains the SMPTE ST 2110-21 standard and examines when equipment is interoperable and not.
How to Use SMPTE ST 2110 to Solve High Bandwidth Flows in IP Infrastructures – James Stellpflug (VP Product Marketing, Global, EVS) and Mike Cronk (Senior VP, Core Technologies, Grass Valley)
5.20 – 5.40
IP can do more than simply replace SDI, it can enable endpoints to become smart, simplify configurations, and provide flexible infrastructure choices that scale and meet the needs that match your business. Come learn about how IP and SMPTE ST 2110 can help us solve problems that SDI could not overcome for UHD-4K and SuperMotion cameras and workflows to video servers.
How Redundant Paths Work Using SMPTE ST 2022-7 for SMPTE ST 2110 Streams – Merrick Ackermans (Principal Engineer, MVA Broadcast Consulting)
5.40 – 6.00
SDI redundant paths required a frame sync to switch in to aid with a seamless switch over to a redundant feed. Not so with IP. The SMPTE ST 2022-7 is the standard for seamless protection which is packet-based, so no frame sync is required. Merrick explains how this works with SMPTE ST 2110 streams.
