IP

Meeting: BOXfest 2018

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Date: Thu, June 28, 2018 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM BST
Location: Century Club, 61-63 Shaftesbury Ave, London, W1D 6LQ

The excellent BOXfest is back for its sixth year! On the theme of ‘Disruption’, this is a one day technology event in Central London. Following on from NAB, BOXfest highlights key technologies and products concentrating on customer case studies, sharing technology roadmaps and market trends. The audience is typically senior, technical management and engineers, with the day designed to allow time for people to network with their peers.

With the escalation of technologies including IP, AI and cloud alongside ever-changing business requirements how do you deliver future-proof solutions and innovation to your organisation?

Several technical authorities from a number of key vendors for product-agnostic presentations will provide insight into these topics:

IP – Where are we with IP?
AI – What is it and how does it affect me?
AI – Real world applications
Cloud – creating flexible infrastructure that works for media
IMF – What, why?
HDR – Real world experiences.

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Webinar: Transition to IP: to Compress or Not to Compress?

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Webinar: 20th June 2018 at 08:00 BST and 16:00 BST
Axon continue their IP 101 webinar series by looking at when to use compression like TICO and when not to. CEO Jan Eveleens will dive into the technology and application of compression covering the basic principles of compression, the mechanisms behind it and the reasons for using it.

This webinar will be presented twice on 20th June. Register now
Have a look at the previous webinars:
Transport Formats Demystified
Key Ingredients & Standards
Prepare for IP

Transition to IP: Broadcast 101 Series

Broadcasters are increasingly considering IP as the next step in their workflows and operations, attracted by the potential of greater agility, flexibility and efficiency. As an industry we have finally built a consensus on a common IP standard and are forging ahead with the SMPTE ST 2110 suite of standards. However, there are more challenges to conquer when moving to an IP broadcast infrastructure.

Meeting: Making SMPTE ST 2110 Installations Work

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Meeting: May 15th 2018
Location: Crystal Vision, Lion Technology Park Station Road East, Whittlesford, CB22 4WL See map: Google Maps
The meeting is two minutes walk from Whittlesford railway station with regular train services to London Liverpool Street and Cambridge. Good trains from London Liverpool St are at 17.13 slow and 17.37 fast returning on 20.30 or 21.11 or 21.30 (about an hour)

Crystal Vision’s System Architect Richard Lawrence and Managing Director Philip Scofield will explain how some of the problems of putting together a live media IP installation can be solved, covering subjects such as network security, compatibility between equipment suppliers, firewalls and new methods of monitoring.

With two weeks to go, this event is already half full. Register now

In this talk you will find out about some of the hazards of IP media systems and also suggestions for dealing with them. IP installations give great flexibility and will eventually be lower cost than SDI. We all need to know how to make use of this new technology.

There will also be a discussion of modular products in an IP environment. The rise in computer performance means that these can now be software Apps with both IP and SDI connectivity that are well suited to working with computer networks. This brings some interesting questions about timing. How do video synchronisers fit into a software environment with multiple streams of media? “Real time” does not have a lot of meaning in this world. Time stamping saves the day of course, but it is a new way of seeing things.

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Webinar: IP key ingredients & standards

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April 18th, 08:00 and 16:00 BST
In the second in the series, Axon’s Jan Evaleens discusses in detail the relevant standards for video and audio transport and how they relate to each other. He will also touch upon the latest IP developments presented during NAB2018.

Axon, working closely with early adopters of IP production workflows, has experienced first-hand the many challenges of making the transition from SDI and we are keen to share the lessons we have learnt with you. In our Broadcast IP 101 series, our team will be providing useful advice and resources to help you prepare to move to and navigate an IP environment, with vital insight from real-world examples. Over the coming weeks, we will explore topics including: traffic shaping, timing, audio, transport formats and network management.

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