GENEVA—BBC Studios labored with GlobalM, utilizing its cloud-based SRT distribution platform, and Matrox Video to stream protection of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, GlobalM stated as we speak.
BBC Studios used the GlobalM SRT distribution community to ship reside feeds to worldwide rights holders, enabling the broadcaster to ship 12 hours of occasion protection.
The BBC televised the funeral throughout the U.Okay. by way of its BBC One broadcast tv community. BBC Studios additionally required a cloud-based media distribution workflow to ship the feeds to its worldwide rights holders with restricted or non-existent satellite tv for pc hyperlinks.
BBC Studios used the GlobalM community and Matrox Monarch EDGE encoder applied sciences for an easy-to-use, easy-to-setup resolution to launch a same-day, cost-effective IP-based distribution workflow, it stated.
The workflow started with the Monarch EDGE multi-channel encoders encoding high-quality, low-latency worldwide and home feeds to the GlobalM SRT streaming platform. The GlobalM orchestration community then distributed and transmitted the SRT-enabled feeds, together with backup and redundant paths, to worldwide rights holders throughout the globe, whereas the grasp management monitored all streams in real-time with the GlobalM net dashboard. In the course of the 12-hour broadcast, the GlobalM community didn’t drop a single packet for a seamless SRT distribution expertise, it stated.
“GlobalM and Matrox Video are honored to have been entrusted to assist arguably one of many greatest occasions in broadcasting historical past,” stated Paul Calleja, chief know-how officer and co-founder of GlobalM. “Matrox Monarch EDGE’s high-quality and low-latency encoding assist on the GlobalM personal IP spine supplied BBC Studios with full stability and high quality for every stream, guaranteeing worldwide rights holders close to and much with distinctive occasion protection.”
Distribution through the cloud is a cheap different to satellite tv for pc distribution. It can also complement satellite tv for pc media transport, stated Francesco Scartozzi, vice chairman of gross sales and enterprise improvement for Matrox Video’s Broadcast and Media Group (BMG).
“Matrox Video has been working carefully with GlobalM in order that clients just like the BBC can profit from quick-to-deploy, cloud-native networks which might be a fraction of the price of double-hop satellite tv for pc supply fashions—however with the identical broadcast high quality and buyer viewing expertise,” he stated.
Extra data on GlobalM and Matrox Video’s Monarch EDGE is offered on-line.
