Case Study: IP Integration of the Modern News Bureau Sco$ Griffin – SVP Engineering, M&E Diversified
Diversified is an industry leader in the design and installa2on of a broad spectrum of custom engineered and integrated audiovisual media delivery solu2ons. They specialize in the use of audiovisual technology for complex and scalable professional broadcast, corporate communica2ons and digital signage networks providing businesses with the enhanced capability of crea2ng, managing and mone2zing original digital content. Holding a degree in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University, ScoE Griffin co-‐founded The Systems Group in 1993 and became SVP Engineering for the Media & Entertainment Division at Diversified in 2016. His extensive career has been focused on the conceptualiza2on and implementa2on of advanced technology for media opera2ons. His design porRolio includes facili2es for news, sports, entertainment, and web content producers, including extensive project work in TV and radio broadcast, film/video/audio post-‐produc2on, mobile event produc2on, content aggrega2on and delivery, corporate communica2ons and narrowcas2ng. ScoE is a member of SMPTE, AES & SVG
IP Systemization in the Modern News Bureau • Scheduling Systems • Control Systems • System Health Monitoring • Media File Movement • Audio/Video-‐Over-‐IP Rou2ng • IP Transmission Systems • Cloud Services
Scheduling Systems • Traffic Systems
ü sales across mul2ple outlets ü spot placement engine ü BXF for dynamic changes to playlists
• Work Order Systems
ü reserve resources – inbound feeds, QC processes ü request service or project comple2on ü reconcile ac2vi2es
• Newsroom Computer Systems
ü create rundows ü associate media objects with story rundown elements ü stack clip and graphics playout for automa2on systems
Control Systems • Acquisi2on Control
ü antenna steering – recall of peaked Azi/El presets ü signal rou2ng – Lband/ASI/SDI/IP ü record control – scheduled or loop/clip
• Playout Control
ü simple playout of A/B/C/… stacks of clips ü crash playout from GUIs and tac2le controllers ü “content-‐ready” indica2on
• Resource Management
ü assignment of studios to control rooms ü assignment of processors to signal paths
System Health Monitoring • Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Monitoring & Control ü applica2on layer protocol for query/control of device parameters over IP ü agent/manager communica2ons ü traps allow sensing & repor2ng of status by SNMP Agent ü sets allow changing of sehngs in a device from SNMP Manager
• Data Center Management Systems
ü u2lize SNMP to remotely monitor facility infrastructure ü power monitoring -‐ PDU, UPS ü Smoke, heat & moisture monitoring ü device health monitoring – power supplies, drives, OS, applica2ons
• Big Data Analy2cs
ü troubleshoo2ng through trend analysis
Media File Movement • File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
ü simple client/server interface ü small file movement
• File Accelerators
ü large file transfers ü TCP on top of UDP with flow control and conges2on sensing ü automated retries ü auto-‐discovery
• Orchestrators
ü media movement through workflows ü transcoding ü File-‐based QC
Audio/Video-Over-IP Routing • SMPTE 2022-‐6/7
ü transport of video with embedded audio ü requires de-‐embedding at endpoints
• SMPTE ST-‐2110
ü transport of audio, video and ancillary data as separate elements ü RTC-‐4175 for video ü AES67 for audio ü SMPTE 2059 for 2ming ü auto-‐discovery ü transport over 10G, 25G, 40G and 100G possible ü HD/3G/4K transport supported ü VC2/J2K/TICO/LLVC compression supported
IP Transmission Systems • Streaming Media ü webstreamers ü IPTV codecs ü OTT systems
• Mul2ple Network Type Media Transport PlaRorms ü IP transports – MPLS, ATM, OC3 ü wavelength channelized transport ü sta2c & occasional use combined
• Wireless-‐IP
ü WiFi connected communica2ons ü Zixi – Real2me Protocol (RTP) with Forward Error Correc2on (FEC) ü mobile bonded cellular links
Cloud Services • Content Management Systems (CMS) ü cloud storage ü transcoding services ü virtualized applica2on servers
• Cloud Playout
ü playout & branding – cap2ons, signaling, audio adds ü playlisted media program files & live encoded feeds ü integrate with cloud storage ü replay in the cloud
• Produc2on
ü produc2on switching in the cloud – sources live stream encoded ü mul2viewer in the cloud – source monitoring ü remote/local split opera2ons
Integration Considerations • Network Architecture
ü switch provisioning ü segmenta2on strategy
• Risk Management
ü reliability of links ü redundancy opportuni2es
• Virtualiza2on Compa2bili2es ü UCS vs. VM ü public vs. private
• Resiliency in Cloud Architecture ü mul2ple service providers ü mul2ple processing paths