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Grass Valley Switcher Helps
DORNA Sports Shift Gears for
Production of MotoGP 2021 Season
G

rass Valley announces its Kahuna
6400 production switcher is
central to DORNA Sports' workflow for
the live production of the 2021 Grand
Prix motorcycling season. DORNA, the
commercial rights holder of the FIM
MotoGP™ World Championships, will
produce shows for 19 MotoGP events
in 15 countries all over the world. Grass
Valley's switcher will enable DORNA to
easily handle the wide array of formats
and feeds that typically challenge the
production of moto racing events,
including at the recent Grand Prix
event in Portugal last weekend.
Hundreds of millions of racing fans
will tune into MotoGP Grand Prix
events this year. To meet consumer
demand for a stunning-quality
experience of the fast-paced live
action, DORNA requires scalable and
reliable solutions. At every event,
DORNA has to handle different

sources and feeds, with
several partners requiring
various
formats
and
deliveries. Kahuna M/
Es and the on-board
FormatFusion3 technology,
equip DORNA's teams
with true multiformat
operations,
supporting
any combination of SD,
HD, 1080p and 4K UHD.
FormatFusion 4 technology supports
HDR conversion at M/E level, allowing
operators to seamlessly handle
SDR and HDR in parallel for live
productions.
Daniel Laviña, Technical Director of
DORNA said, " Production for the 2021
season will call for several special
requirements due to the exigent
conditions and technical challenges of
producing live sporting events. Grass
Valley's solution provides our team

with the assurance that it can reliably
and flexibly handle these challenges
along with the operational capacity for
remote production. "
Thanks to the Kahuna switcher,
DORNA teams can operate workflows
across several separate locations,
frequently spanning thousands of
kilometers. For example, a frame could
be used by teams at the Australia
circuit while another panel will be
located and utilized by teams in the

Metropole Television upgrades
with Riedel's MediorNet
R

iedel
Communications
has
announced that popular French
TV network Metropole Television (M6
Group) is upgrading its production
video routing infrastructure to Riedel's
MediorNet real-time video networking
topology. MediorNet replaces several
disparate routing systems deployed
across the M6 broadcast facility
in Neuilly-sur-Seine, bringing a
decentralized, consistent, and futureproof approach to the network's video
operation.
M6 is one of the most-watched
television networks in the Frenchspeaking world, offering a broad
and varied lineup of programs. The
previous M6 video routing architecture
consisted of various production
islands running their own routers
and connecting via video tie-lines, a
legacy configuration that has typified
broadcast operations for the past two
decades.
" With
disparate
technologies
built up over the years, we started
struggling with a lack of interaction

between routing, processing, and
signal distribution within our various
production islands, " said Mathias
Bejanin, Chief Technical Officer, M6.
" We were motivated to take a more
holistic, global approach to our
networking architecture and adopt a
comprehensive and yet decentralized
networking technology that would
make our entire infrastructure up-todate and future-proof. "
Bejanin added, " We have had
outstanding results with Riedel's
intercom solutions for many years, so
it made logical sense to take a closer
look at their MediorNet video portfolio
when this project arose. Right away,

DORNA master control
room
in
Barcelona,
Spain, with no delay
or compromise on the
quality of the production
workflow.
" In
today's
live
productions environment,
fast and smart ways of
working are central to our
customers' needs, " said
Tim Banks, Vice President Sales, EMEA
at Grass Valley. " We are delighted
that, once again, our solutions have
been selected by DORNA Sports for
production of this season's coverage.
We look forward to partnering with
the DORNA team on events such
as MotoGP and strengthening our
relationship ahead of a summer of the
long-awaited return of live sports. "

we could see that MediorNet
would deliver on all the benefits
of real-time networks, such as
resilience, multicast routing,
scalability, and modularity. At
the same time, MediorNet offers
Riedel's MediorNet provides a decentralized
Network for M6's video routing Upgrade
all the processing intelligence
required in cutting-edge broadcast M6. " It's clear that Riedel is committed
facilities while still being very to supporting its customers on this
accessible for operations and service journey; one example is the recent
teams. "
integration of Embrionix high-density
The new MediorNet installation is at video-over-IP expertise into the
the core of a two-year upgrade project MediorNet solution portfolio. "
currently underway at M6 that began
Franck Berger, Riedel's General
with two studio production galleries Manager,
France
and
Africa,
and is now focused on the central commented, " We are proud that our
infrastructure
router,
managing MediorNet technology is playing such
incoming and outgoing signals, as well a critical role in M6's foundational
as exchanges with production islands. routing and processing infrastructure
An additional production island is to be for MCR, live, and studio operations.
integrated later this year.
As this installation shows, MediorNet
" The unique, hybrid nature of is ideally suited for any project
MediorNet is a tremendous asset for to upgrade legacy video routing
broadcast operations such as ours capabilities, with features for a smooth
that are looking to make a smooth and risk-free path to IP embedded into
and safe transition towards IP, " said its DNA. "
Franck Martin, Head of Engineering,

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