Friday 13 Sept.
Saturday 14 Sept.
SMPTE ST 2110 Using JPEG-XS
Jean-Baptiste Lorent, intoPix
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JPEG-XS is a new ISO JPEG standard that has been created in collaboration with the broadcast industry to meet live production quality requirements while offering important bandwidth reductions that enable one to get more from the new ST 2110 standard.
IP Workflow Development with ST 2110 and VC2 Compression
Tae-Han Kim, IML Co. Ltd.
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A case study that examines the development and testing of an IP-enabled workflow for a broadcasting studio. In a small test studio, a managed SDN network with ST 2110-20/30 uncompressed sender and receiver hardware & IP, ST 2042 VC2 compressed encoder and decoder, and NMOS manager are implemented and live broadcasting tested for future design guide setup.
Remote Production: Approaches for Coping with Bandwidth Limitations
Erling Hedkvist, Lawo
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Remote production is becoming a matter of course and picture quality expectations are on the rise. More data needs to be pushed down the same lines. A close look at the strategies available to broadcasters for “doing more with less” at the highest quality level.
Efficient Carriage of Sub-rasters using ST 2110-20
Paul Briscoe, Televisionary Consulting
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This presentation discusses the use of ST 2110 for the carriage of small raster bitmaps such as logos and lower thirds.
Panel Discussion: Real-World SMPTE ST 2110 and AMWA NMOS Implementations
Moderated by Matthew Goldman, Senior Vice President Technology, MediaKind
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Hear from the experts! This panel session will discuss real-world examples of SMPTE ST 2110 Professional Media over Managed IP Networks implementations, including what worked well and areas where there have been challenges to overcome. The panel also will discuss the impact on real customers of the Joint Task Force on Network Media's (JT-NM) Technical Recommendation JT-NM TR-1001-1:2018, which addresses the configuration of SMPTE ST 2110 equipment and other issues, and AMWA NMOS Best Current Practices (BCPs).
Panelists:
Peter Brightwell, Lead Engineer, BBC R&D
François Legrand, Senior Director, Core Systems Media Technology and Infrastructure Services, CBC/Radio-Canada
Daniel Murphy, Broadcast Engineer, NEP Australia
Willem Vermost, Senior IP Media Technology Architect and Manager Technology & Innovation, EBU
IP Interoperability for Public Broadcasters
Judy Parnall, BBC and EBU
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What interoperability means for public broadcasters’ transition to IP. How ST 2110, NMOS and TR-1001 are important in making this happen, and a review of how in practice these are being adopted and used in EBU members’ new facilities.
Case Study on FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, the Largest Uncompressed IP Remote Production to Date
Robert Erickson, Grass Valley
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A case study on the equipment, infrastructure, and workflows that were leveraged by SVT Sweden to support FIS Alpine Ski World Cup. With the remote site in Åre, Sweden separated by over 600 km from the production studios in Stockholm, new and unique technologies were required to make this remote production a success.
Eurosport Technology Transformation
Gordon Castle, Discovery/Eurosport
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Eurosport Technology Transformation (ETT) is a major investment that will create two private clouds for live production. These private clouds will be fully ST 2110 compliant, with AES67 audio, supporting hundreds of playout channels in 22 languages. The ETT project is an industry-leading implementation of a fully IP-based infrastructure. We are at the early stages and can share the opportunities and the challenges.
Reinventing Intercom with SMPTE ST 2110-30
Martin Dyster, The Telos Alliance
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This presentation looks at the parallels between the emergence of audio over IP standards and the development of a product in the Intercom market sector that has taken full advantage of IP technology.
The 7th Circle of Hell; Making Facility-Wide Network Audio Work
Matt Ward, Jigsaw24
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An empirical, practical guide to making network audio systems with shared resources work.
ST 2110-30 and NMOS IS-08 - Audio Transport and Routing
Andreas Hildebrand, ALC NetworX
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This presentation explains how audio essence is transported with ST 2110 in general, and further explains how individual input channels are bundled into an audio stream and how they can be assigned to dedicated outputs on a receiving device utilizing NMOS IS-08.
Subtitling and Ancillary Workflow with 2110-40
Bill McLaughlin, EEG
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An updated tutorial on subtitling, closed captioning, and other ancillary data workflows using the ST 2110-40 standard. Topics include synchronization, merging of data from different sources, standards conversion, and differences between SDI, compressed IP, and uncompressed IP architectures.
Sunday 15 Sept.
Avoiding Traps and Pitfalls When Designing SMPTE 2059-2 PTP Networks
Thomas Kernen, Mellanox Technologies
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As the SMPTE ST 2059-2 flavour of the IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol is being deployed in many of the early adopter projects, constraints have arisen and a number of workarounds have been necessary due to either PTP stack, media node and/or network limitations. This may lead to a biased perspective as to what may actually be accomplished with the protocol. This presentation focuses on the key questions that need to be taken into account whilst designing for PTP.
PTP in Media Virtualized Environments
Alex Vainman – Mellanox Technologies
Nir Nitzani – Mellanox Technologies
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The M&E industry is moving to virtualized environments, cloud on premises and finally to cloud deployment. Timing is the next trivial step in adopting SW IP solutions and its advantages – but is it trivial? On the list of challenges, timing is high This presentation will try to describe the environment, understand the key challenges, explore existing solutions and look forward.
Tips for Successfully Commissioning and Monitoring an ST 2059/PTP System
Leigh Whitcomb, Imagine Communications
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ST 2110 requires an ST 2059/PTP infrastructure. These are complex and have many subtleties. If done well, they are easily deployed and monitored.
IP Test and Measurement for ST 2110 Systems
Kevin Salvidge, Leader Europe
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With video-over-IP standards now well established and earlier adopters demonstrating the operational and commercial benefits of COT’s IP infrastructure, what are the test and measurement tools you need to ensure you continue to deliver the same QoS that can be achieved with SDI infrastructure?
Panel Discussion: Keeping Control of the IP Transition
Moderated by Thomas Bause Mason, Director of Standards Development, SMPTE
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SMPTE ST 2110 is maturing as we near the verge of mainstream adoption of SMPTE ST 2110 IP infrastructure. While SMPTE ST 2110 has proven it’s great promise for success, some issues still remain. There are some misconceptions, and to a degree confusion, in the industry on what other standards and specifications are required beside the SMPTE ST 2110 transport of audio, video and data. How do I build a “full stack” IP facility for live production? What do I do about control? Is this technology secure? These are just a few of the question this panel will address. Listen to industry insiders who work on the relevant standards to keep abreast of what’s being adopted during this transition.
Panelists:
Brad Gilmer, Executive Director, AMWA
Karl Paulsen, Chief Technology Officer, Diversified
Félix Poulin, Director – Engineering Lab Services Architecture & Strategic Development, CBC/Radio-Canada
The Rise of IP in Remote Production Networks
Carl Petch, Telstra
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Two case studies on the journey from trial to deployment of a remote IP production for live sporting events. We’ll show and investigate the underlying network technologies, compression type, unprocessed vs compressed, and present different perspectives from broadcast production, telco and network service providers.
BBC Cardiff Central Square - Update
Mark Patrick and Andy Appleyard, BBC
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BBC Wales’s new headquarters building in Cardiff is going live a few months after IBC. This presentation gives an update on the implementation of the IP core built around ST 2110, AES67 and Dante.
The Good and the Ugly - IP Studio Production Case Study
Ammar Latif, Cisco Systems
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This session is a case study of a new IP production studio for a major broadcast in the US and will present the architecture, best practices and lessons learned from a real live studio production using an IP infrastructure.
A Conversation with NEP Netherlands on Their New IP Build
Ken Kerschbaumer, Sports Video Group with NEP Netherlands
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Join Peter Bruggink, CTO | NEP Europe & Media Solutions and Ken Kerschbaumer, co-executive director, editorial services, Sports Video Group for an informative discussion about NEP’s ongoing deployments of IP media technologies in the Netherlands and beyond.
Simplifying JT-NM TR-1001-1 Deployments Through Microservices
Richard Hastie, Mellanox Technologies
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This presentation shows how the full JT-NM TR-1001-1 specification can be implemented using container-based microservices. DNS, DNS-SD, DHCP and AMWA NMOS services can now be fully automated and abstracted through the use of dematerialised microservices. The result is broadcast engineers of tomorrow no longer need to worry about these services as they’ve become as ubiquitous as any other data centre technology.
Investigating Media Over IP Multicast Hurdles in Containerized Platforms
Greg Shay, The Telos Alliance
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Probing the conflicts between the SMPTE ST 2110 media over IP standards and the difficulties of multicast support in modern containerized server software methods.
Undertaking an Interoperability Lab at NFL Network
Alan Wollenstein – NFL Network
Charley Haggarty – NFL Network
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An outline of the benefits of using ST 2110 essence streams over WAN for remote & distributed live production, the challenges involved, and real-life implementations of distributed IP live productions.
Monday 16 Sept.
NMOS Now and Next
Peter Brightwell, BBC R&D
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An introduction to the AMWA Networked Media Open Specifications, including an outline of the specifications themselves, how they have been developed and tested, the state of industry adoption, and broadcaster perspectives.
AMWA NMOS Automated Testing
Andrew Bonney – BBC R&D
Gareth Sylvester-Bradley – Sony Europe
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An introduction to the open source AMWA NMOS Testing Tool, which can be used to automatically ensure that Media Nodes and other appliances are adhering to the NMOS specifications.
NMOS IS-07 – GPI Replacement and Much, Much More
Miroslav Jeras, Pebble Beach Systems
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IS-07 Event & Tally is a new addition to the NMOS suite that defines how states and state changes are communicated in an IP environment. It is not only a GPI replacement, but it also provides a platform for resolving many other problems broadcasters are facing in the IP transition.
Security for Discovery and Connection management of ST 2110 Media Devices
Arne Bönninghoff, Riedel Communications
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This session will describe the current workflow of the BCP-003 Security best practices. It elaborates current proposed mechanisms to encrypt NMOS APIs with TLS to prevent man in the middle attacks. Furthermore, AMWA IS-10 is reserved to specify authorization mechanisms to secure access to NMOS APIs like IS-04, -05, or -08. The current concept of an authorization server is explained, as well as how it can issue tokens for controllers and nodes. Access to NMOS-nodes for starting/stopping/configuring media endpoints can then be secured against unwanted access.
ST 2110 over WAN - Update
Andy Rayner, Nevion
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An update on the VSF Activity Group addressing the issues of transporting ST 2110 media essences over Wide Area Networks.
JT-NM Cybersecurity Assessment, August 2019 - Methods and Results
Gerben Dierick – Vlaamse Radio en Televisieomroep
Adi Kouadio – European Broadcasting Union
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As the industry continues the journey towards live IP technologies, cybersecurity is becoming a critical point of consideration. The EBU Infrastructures & Security group had teamed with JT-NM to perform a new round of vulnerabilities assessment during the JT-NM Tested August 2019 event. The methods and results will be presented during this talk.
BBC Studies of ST 2110 and NMOS in an On-Premise Cloud
Peter Brightwell, BBC R&D
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An overview of BBC R&D’s work on building on-premise facilities to examine how technology and architecture developed for cloud computing can provide flexibility and scalability for the broadcast industry, and how it can be used in conjunction with ST 2110 and NMOS.
CPAC - Replacement of a CWDM System with an IP System
Roy Folkman, Embrionix
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The Cable Public Affairs Channel’s critical bilingual governmental programming reaches 11 million homes in Canada. They implemented a unique real-time media-over-IP system to replace an aging CWDM system and realized the benefits of IP. The commissioning and training for this successful system took just 3 days and CPAC was ready for air.
Building a Large OB-Truck Using SMPTE ST 2110
Harttmut Opfermann, BFE Studio und Medien Systeme
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When ORF needed to build their FÜ22 OB-Truck, they chose to use IP technology and ST 2110 for media transport. In this presentation we talk about the challenges we faced and the lessons we have learned during the planning, integrating and testing of the truck.
The Transition to Microservices-Based Media Processing Architecture
Arnaud Caron, MediaKind
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This session provides an overview of the role of microservices architectures across a range of critical media processing tasks. Using real-world examples, the session examines the process changes and technical challenges that need to be overcome to meet the agility demands of end-to-end video flows.
NMOS and ST 2110 for AV over IP in Pro AV: How and Why?
Andrew Starks – Macnica
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The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) is working with standards organizations to promote an open standard for AV over IP in the Pro AV market. We’ll discuss the motivation for our work and share a high-level view of our approach.
NMOS and ST 2110 Pro AV Roadmap
Scott Barella – PESA
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In this presentation, we will introduce the roadmap for Pro AV technologies within the AIMS effort and discuss the progress, work left to be done and how to get involved.
ST 2110-41 Fast Metadata - Under the Hood and Applications
Paul Briscoe –Televisionary Consulting
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This presentation offers a look at the mechanisms of the coming ST 2110-41 Fast Metadata (FMX) standard. An overview of how it works and a number of potential applications are discussed.
Tuesday 17 Sept.
Using AMWA IS-06 for Flow Control on Professional Media Networks
Rob Porter, Sony Europe
Sachin Vishwarupe, Cisco Systems
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AMWA IS-06 is an open specification for setting up and modifying flows on a professional media network, allowing the use of Software Defined Networking to both authorise and optimise network usage. This talk describes the current IS-06 APIs and some of the future areas of development.
RIST Panel Discussion
Moderated by Ciro Noronha, Director of Technology, Cobalt Digital
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The Reliable Internet Stream Transport (RIST) Specification from the Video Services Forum aims to provide multi-vendor, interoperable video transport over the Internet using best-in-class techniques. This panel discussion will include a review of RIST Simple Profile field deployments, as well as the new features and functionality being added to RIST Main Profile. These features include tunneling, security, authentication, and further bandwidth optimization. Panelists include some of the major contributors to the Specification, as well as implementers.
Panelists:
Sergio Ammirata, Chief Technical Officer, DVEO
Kieran Kunhya, Founder, Open Broadcast Systems
Uri Avni, CTO and Co-Founder, Zixi
Mikael Wånggren, Senior Software Engineer, Net Insight
What's New in NMOS? - A Tutorial on the Latest in Video over IP Control and Security
Jed Deame, Nextera Video
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The latest advancements in NMOS, including IS-08 (Audio Mapping), IS-09 (System Discovery), BCP-002 (Grouping) and BCP-003 (Security) take NMOS to a new level, surpassing the level of control provided in SDI while also adding a layer of security that has been sorely needed in control systems for quite some time.