RTL City Luxembourg Our Journey, 74 Weeks Later

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1 C U R A T E D B Y RTL City Luxemburg Our Jurney, 74 Weeks Later Cstas Clmbus, Directr f Technlgy Prjects and Supprt BROADCASTING CENTER EUROPE S.A. IP SHOWCASE THEATRE AT IBC SEPT , 2018 RTL CITY Luxemburg Landmark In the heart f the City In the heart f Eurpe Curated by the Vide Services Frum vsf.tv 1

2 Cnstructin MOVE ON AIR Technlgy Evaluatin PC Installatin Pineers f the IP media wrld 3 TV Technlgy Buzz Familiar trend fr the last years in ur industry Since 2011 gains in ppularity every year Even in 2018 is nt number ne trend but 4K (r mre?) is emerging Nt many big prjects had been realized s far, nw? But still BCE had t fulfill a really tight schedule Curated by the Vide Services Frum vsf.tv 2

3 BCE ges ON AIR Preliminary Requirements Frmat Agnstic (1080p, 4K) Future prf Flexibility, Scalability Redundancy, Reliability Cst savings n cabling, installatin Reduce TCO Reduced cmplexity Multivendr selectin COTS equipment Innvatin Curated by the Vide Services Frum vsf.tv 3

4 Achievement vs expectatins Frmat Agnstic (1080p, 4K) Future prf Flexibility, Scalability Redundancy, Reliability Cst savings n cabling, installatin Reduce TCO Reduced cmplexity, well almst Multivendr selectin COTS equipment Innvatin Standards applied BCE Nvember 2017 SMPTE ST /-7 fr SDI ver IP and AES67 fr audi ver IP DANTE In use at RTL Radi PTPv2 (IEEE1588) PTPv1 fr Dante TR04 Sftware upgrades unlck future standardizatin (e.g. ST2110 family) Curated by the Vide Services Frum vsf.tv 4

5 Telecm area Prductin area Bradcast area HD SDI exist nly intra rack / intra rm All rms intercnnected via Fiber Curated by the Vide Services Frum vsf.tv 5

6 SAT feeds IP IP Ruter IP Ruter SDI ROUTER Multiviewer Case 1 External line feeds Edit Suites IP LEGACY IP SDI Latest Investment in 2014 IP Used as a backbne Curated by the Vide Services Frum vsf.tv 6

7 SAT & External feeds IP Ruter IP Ruter Case 2 Multiviewer Cameras Graphics VISION MIXER STUDIOS Shuffling Server AES67 T MADI Edit Suites AUDIO MIXER Servers IP LEGACY IP SDI SDI fr Legacy equipment with n replace available in Q Key Cmpnents Netwrk Switches and Optics IQMIX gateway IQMADI audi gw Audi Shuffler Ruting Cntrller Visin Mixer Servers Encders Cameras Audi Mixer SPG/PTP Generatr T&M PTP Master Clck Audi Mix & Ruting fr radi Pineers f the IP media wrld Curated by the Vide Services Frum vsf.tv 7

8 Our IP Ruter size 19/06/2017 Vide Level 964 x /12/2017 Vide Level 1024 x x 44 Increase with Sftware cnfiguratin and simple equipment cnnectin DATAMINER (Alarms) PRTG, Syslg and sflw (Lgging) TIMEKEEPER (Timing Mnitring) Mnitring and Lgging 16 Curated by the Vide Services Frum vsf.tv 8

9 17 BCE Mnitring Tl example 2 Curated by the Vide Services Frum vsf.tv 9

10 Key Findings Design perid is the mst imprtant, d nt underestimate the cmplexity Test, PC and then test again Skillset f Bradcast Engineer Needs t be adapted Mnitring slutins d nt really exist Time t react Being practive Other Findings Tw different vendrs fr the dual central switches Hardware and/r sftware redundancy Mnlithic netwrk switches remves cmplexity Clean switching is nt mandatry fr mst f the signals D nt underestimate the switch latency behaviur fr playut systems Third party brands integratin is cmplex and time cnsuming Curated by the Vide Services Frum vsf.tv 10

11 Hints IP cntrl systems can be single pint f failure Test Inbund cntrl layer using packet strm r any feasible methd PTP distributin perfrmance and scalability Originally we had serius limitatins Fiber cnnectivity and QSFP s Abslute clean fiber cnnectivity, Validate the QSFP quality Cmpliance f the IP edge devices with respect t specificatins r recmmendatins Future prf system Thank yu cstas_clmbus@bce.lu Curated by the Vide Services Frum vsf.tv 11