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Sky Deutschland Upgrades to
Next-Generation UHD Rohde &
Schwarz VENICE and SpycerNode
for Sport Production
Broadcaster gains flexibility, scale to support ingest, transcoding and playout for premium football coverage...
ohde & Schwarz, a global leader in
media technologies, has supplied
the latest version of its R&S®VENICE
media
R
server
and
R&S®SpycerNode
intelligent storage solution to Sky
Deutschland. The German broadcaster
will now benefit from a highly robust
workflow, with full built-in redundancy
and no single point of failure, for its
coverage of premium sports content,
such as the Bundesliga and Champions
League.
The broadcaster has invested in
six new VENICE units, along with a
new SpycerNode, delivering a total
of 24 channels of scalable centralised
and external storage capability as
well as support for UHDp50. The
upgraded workflow handles ingest
to VENICE and transfers files directly
into SpycerNode, allowing the Sky
Deutschland team to access and
edit growing files, pull out clips for
highlights packages and playout
directly. VENICE also ensures correct
flagging and handling of UHD and HDR
material, eliminating errors in the
delivery chain without the need for
external third-party systems.
" Consistency and quality are the
bedrock of our brand and two things
we pride ourselves on. As we meet our
viewers' demands for higher volumes
of richer content, having a rock-solid
24/7 channel playout workflow that
can meet our evolving needs is a
must have, " said Christian
Barth,
Director of Production Platforms &
Playout at Sky Deutschland. " Rohde &
Schwarz has a clear understanding of
our requirements and with this new
generation of VENICE and SpycerNode,
we have all the scalability we need
now, and in the future. This upgrade
also gives us the redundancy necessary
in our playout environment. "
VENICE is
specifically designed to
support mission-critical broadcast
applications, such as group ingest and
playout to studio and master control,
managing complex signal processing
and storage requirements. The system
provides scheduled recording, clip
transforms and playout,
integrating
with Rohde & Schwarz shared storage,
SpycerNode as well as certified thirdparty
systems. This solution
offers support for 4K Ultra
HD signals, using either
single link 12G SDI or quad
link 3G SDI (incl. 2SI option),
and is also capable of SMPTE
ST-2110.
maximum flexibility for
further deployments and
system expansion.
" Today
broadcasters
SpycerNode leverages High
Performance Computing
(HPC) file systems for high scalability
and full redundancy with even the
smallest unit. Easily configurable
to meet broadcasters' capacity and
bandwidth requirements - including
during operation - this solution
offers shared storage to support fast
turnaround workflows.
In addition, Rohde & Schwarz VSA
(Virtual
Storage
Access)
technology
is being deployed at Sky Deutschland
and provides maximum fail safety
and seamless redundancy for all R&S
applications for ingest and playout.
This software-based solution ensures
need efficient ways of
working in high-pressure
live environments. They also
need solutions that deliver
an unmatched level of
reliability and the scalability to ensure
their operations can keep pace with
the growing demand for high quality
content., " said Andreas Loges pictured,
Vice President of Media Solutions.
" At Rohde & Schwarz, we are focused
on developing solutions that meet our
customers real world challenges today
but will also grow with them in future.
We are extremely proud that Sky
Deutschland has chosen to implement
the latest iterations of our VENICE and
SpycerNode solutions and extend our
long-standing partnership. "
https://www.rohde-schwarz.com

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