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InMedia

SIS LIVE Selects Net Insight To
Deliver Live HD Football Content
N

et Insight, a leading provider of
efficient and scalable transport
solutions for media, IP and broadcast
networks, has announced that the
company's media transport solution
has been deployed by SIS LIVE,
one of the UK's leading broadcast
connectivity experts, to transport live
content from English Premier League
football matches for aggregation at its
MediaCityUK hub in Salford.
As broadcasters look to transport
live sporting content across networks
with increasingly higher quality, they
face greater challenges in doing so
efficiently, both in terms of time and
cost. In addition to this industrywide issue, SIS LIVE faced the unique
challenge in looking for further
flexibility in switching circuits and a
need for increased visibility from a
network management perspective. The
company's NOC (Network Operations
Centre) team needed these features
to ensure SIS LIVE responds to faults
effectively and efficiently.
To help SIS LIVE address these

challenges and achieve greater
efficiencies, the company has deployed
Net Insight's Nimbra 600 series media
switch routers (MSRs) across English
Premier League football grounds for
JPEG2000 encoding and decoding of
live content over a 1G link. The Nimbra
MSRs are being used to take live feeds
from each English Premier League
stadium to the SIS LIVE MediaCityUK
hub over a dedicated IP network for
aggregation, enabling editing of live
content and create its programming,
in both Standard Definition and
High Definition (HD). SIS LIVE is also
using Net Insight's Touch&Switch
technology, which offers a simple and
intuitive way to connect ports and
switch Nimbra services using a touchscreen or PC application.
"When choosing a solution we
looked at a number of alternatives
but none compared to Net Insight's
offerings. We required a solution that
not only offered end-to-end visibility
in the network but also on every single
service, with the ability to switch from

any port to another, so Net Insight's
Nimbra was the clear choice based
on its service centric properties, ease
of use and operational simplicity,"
says Dave Gill, Head of Solutions
at SIS LIVE. "We're also making
really efficient use of our bandwidth
too, through Net Insight's Nimbra
Touch&Switch
solution,
enabling
us to turn circuits on and off when
necessary, while both ourselves and
our customers are delighted
with the quality achieved,
the rapid response to pulling
circuits up and the increase in
visibility and management of
the network."
"We are aware of the
changing
requirements
of service providers and
broadcasters as they look
to transport live media
content in a variety of new
formats, with high QoS and
in a profitable way. This
deployment with SIS LIVE
stands testimony to that and

once again demonstrates our strength
in delivering the right solutions that
clearly match, and go beyond, the
needs of our customers," says Fredrik
Tumegard, CEO of Net Insight.
Net Insight was awarded the SIS LIVE
project in November 2014 and was
able to get the majority of stadiums on
net within a three-week period, with
the first stadiums going live within a
few days of installation.

Net Insight's Nimbra 600
series media switch router

Rohde & Schwarz Provides
Digital Transmitters For RTV
R

adiotelevisión
de
Veracruz
(RTV), the public broadcaster
of the Mexican state of Veracruz,
has been using four digital R&S
THU9 high-power transmitters from
Rohde & Schwarz since late 2014.

Rohde & Schwarz even took on overall
responsibility for planning and carrying
out the construction work at the
Potroltepec site

Like all Mexican broadcasters, RTV
has until the end of 2015 to ensure
its broadcasts are transmitted in the
digital ATSC standard, which will run
alongside analogue TV for the time
being. RTV decided to use Rohde &
Schwarz transmission and measuring
equipment as well as services for the
transmitter sites to be upgraded.
The Mexican state of Veracruz
hosted the Central American and
Caribbean Games in November 2014.
This strengthened the government's
resolve to provide its broadcasting
corporation with digital transmitters
before the official switchover deadline.
The Games were to be broadcast in HD
quality. This would make it possible
to meet the requirements of the
regulatory authority while addressing
viewer desires for high-resolution
images. To meet these needs, RTV
decided to use Rohde & Schwarz R&S
THU9 high power transmitters. The

excellent efficiency of the R&S THU9
transmitters also had an impact on
this decision, as the broadcaster was
dissatisfied with the high electricity
costs of its analogue transmitters. The
R&S THU9 offers outstanding energy
efficiency of up to 42% for ATSC
broadcasts, which, in turn, reduces
energy costs by up to 50%.
RTV contracted Rohde & Schwarz
to
equip
the
Coatzacoalcos,
Ocozotepec, Las Lajas and Potroltepec
transmitter sites, which now have
transmitters with output powers
ranging between 5 kW and 20 kW to
support ATSC, analogue TV and FM
broadcasting. The project was created
as a complete solution. That meant
that Rohde & Schwarz integrated
other manufacturers' products in
addition to its own transmission
and measuring equipment. The
additional items include transmission
lines, antennas, voltage regulators,

microwave connections, emergency
power systems and monitoring
devices. The R&S ETL TV analyzer, R&S
FSH3-TV portable TV and spectrum
analyzer, R&S DVSG digital video
signal generator and R&S NRP2 power
meter from Rohde & Schwarz were
also integrated as part of the overall
system.
Rohde & Schwarz even took on
overall responsibility for planning and
carrying out the construction work
at the Potroltepec site, as the entire
station moved to a new location. The
new transmitter building is situated in
a rain forest and designed to match
the RTV logo. It features a moisture
and rainwater capture system to
supply the location's water needs.
Rohde & Schwarz did more than
establish itself as an equipment
manufacturer with the contract in
Mexico. It also proved its worth as a
turnkey solutions provider.
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