Unitecnic and Nevion have inaugurated the first permanent laboratory for Networked Live in Spain.
The lab is located at the Madrid headquarters of Unitecnic, part of Grupo Mediapro, and will be available for use on request. Aiming to develop a multi-vendor environment based around Sony subsidiary Nevion’s VideoIPath media orchestration platform and additional components of Sony’s Networked Live ecosystem.
Widely used by broadcasters and telecommunications service providers globally, VideoIPath is an open system enables integration into existing environments, interfacing with any device and equipment and supporting existing control surfaces.
Miguel Gallardo, head of technology at Unitecnic Madrid, said, “Due to its ability to efficiently manage dynamic resource allocation, VideoIPath enables seamless operation between on-prem and cloud devices, integrating solutions from vendors such as Grass Valley, Techex, Kiloview, TAG and Telestream. This approach optimises bandwidth and cloud connectivity, enabling more agile, flexible and scalable production.”
VideoIPath enables native orchestration of advanced cloud workflows with the new resource routing concept automating and simplifying cloud connectivity, allowing signals to be routed to cloud as if they were local. Procedures for multi-hop signal routing and conversion are automatically assigned as required.
Oscar Garcia, senior solution architect, Nevion, added, “One of the most interesting aspects of the lab is that attendees were able to attend a real-time demo of most of the web-controllable systems and discover an extended workflow integrating software on generic servers on the ground and software in the Amazon Web Services cloud with the latest Nevion VideoIPath for orchestration and monitoring.”
The inauguration event provided a demonstration with SRT connections between Kiloview and Techex devices. Software media either on-premise or in the cloud can be switched on and off as needed, which was demonstrated with the Techex Edge integration and is also possible with the Sony M2L-X mixer.
VideoIPath also offer native support for SRT streams and connection nodes, as well as NDI source detection and routing of NDI signals between closed resources, a functionality complementing the existing support for handling JPEG-XS and HEVC compressed transport connections for ground-to-cloud by Nevion Virtuoso.
Marta Bragado, account manager sales south, Sony Europe, said, “We are very satisfied with the reception of the lab, and both customers and the other manufacturers participating in the lab welcome the initiative as it is a very valuable tool when making decisions and exploring use cases based on IP technology.”
