IP Theatre Presentations

Recent years have seen the industry closes in on a unifying standard for uncompressed video and audio over IP, and with a number of major North American and European broadcast companies indicating that they will commence real-time IP production infrastructure projects this year.

View the videos and presentation from our theaters around the world by clicking the links below.

Harmonic – Large scale uncompressed IP playout & encoding

Ian Trow, Sr. Director, Emerging Technologies & Strategy, Harmonic Ian examines a real world solution that supports multi-channel playout feeding ...
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Lawo – A case study of IP-based infrastructure for the 2016 Euro soccer championship

Erling Hedkvist, SVP and Business Development Manager, Lawo Erling discusses how they provided a complete IP-based infrastructure for audio and ...
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Grass Valley – Why a broadcast platform should go over IP

Marcel Setiawan, Sr. Director Sales Engineering APAC, Grass Valley, a Belden Brand Marcel presents advantageous and challenges for going with ...
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Live Production Systems over IP – SAM drives IP based production solutions for Broadcast Centre Europe

Tim Felstead, Head of Product Marketing, SAM Tim examines the process Broadcast Centre Europe went through and how over the ...
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IP Imagine Communications – First mobile production vehicle to support uncompressed IP UHD production capabilities using SMPTE 2110

Glodina Lostanlen, CMO, Imagine Communications Glodina discusses how the new vehicle will provide tpc with a standards-based mobile production unit ...
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Explaining AIMS (the Alliance for IP Media Solutions)

Andreas Hilmer, Director Marketing & Communications, AIMS Andreas describes the role the alliance plays in the industry with the goal ...
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Leveraging IP and Software for Broadcasting – ABU Perspective

Dr Amal Punchihewa, Director of Technology and Innovation, ABU Dr Punchihewa discusses how in coming years we can expect the ...
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IP – Are we ready for it? – And it for us?

Stan Moote, CTO, IABM Stan asks what does the future hold for broadcast and media facilities and technology suppliers – ...
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Creating the Broadcast Operations Centre of the Future

Carl Petch (Telstra) discusses the Telstra Broadcast Operations Centre (BOC) which went live in June 2016. As a pioneering broadcast ...
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IP and SDI together

Georg Piorczynski (Rohde & Schwarz) gives a holistic look at the marriage of convenience between SDI and IP and finding ...
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Software Defined Production – The Future of IP

Todd Riggs (Ross Video) examines some typical production workflow challenges and offers up an alternative philosophy called Software Defined Production ...
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Two installs using audio over IP for TV Production

Philippe Guerinet (Director of International Sales, Solid State Logic) discusses how audio over IP solutions have been developed to meet ...
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OB Van 3.0

Bart Meeus (Business Development Manager, sonoVTS) discuss how sonoVTS are nearing completion of what will be the industry’s first pure ...
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A Basic Guide for Real Time IP Video

Hicham Ismail (Senior Solutions Architect, Avid) examines the challenges that broadcasters are facing today in relation to IP TV and ...
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Vimond Media Solutions

Stein Erik (VP Product Strategy, Vimond) discusses their IP products and how they are part of the generational shift in ...
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What real time IP is all about

Hassan Ghoul (MEA Director, IABM) gives an overview of IP and its applications ...
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Virtualization and SMPTE ST 2110

Thomas Edwards – VP Engineering & Development, FOX Thomas will explain the benefits of SMPTE ST 2110 with respect to ...
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UHD-1 OB Van from tpc

Andreas Lattmann – CTO, tpc switzerland ag SONO VTS from Germany is building a next generation UHD OB-Van for tpc ...
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Time compensated remote production in the all-IP world

Ed Calverley – Product Manager, Suitcase TV This session looks at how the current standards work is enabling true end-to-end ...
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The benefits of linked live venues over IP

Gary Schneider – Global Production Systems Lead, LinkedIn Media Productions This presentation demonstrates the benefits of IP by using a ...
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Synchronization and the IP evolution

Paul Briscoe – Consultant, Televisionary TV synchronization will migrate to network-based IEEE-1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) and the SMPTE ST ...
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Real world design for IP-based systems

Jeff Rivera – Managing Engineer, Diversified An introduction to IP-Based systems design. Real world examples of technology and infrastructure challenges ...
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News Bureau case study for IP Integration

Scott Griffin – SVP Engineering, M&E, Diversified A News Bureau presents a unique case for broadcast system IP technologies. Enhanced ...
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Managing live signals in an increasingly IP-based world

James Stellpflug – VP Product Marketing, EVS Remote production is one of the most significant benefits of IP infrastructure but ...
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IP media in the LAN and WAN – what happens in between?

Andy Rayner – SVP Engineering, Nevion This presentation reveals some of the challenges as the real time campus infrastructure migrates ...
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IP audio integration case studies

Scott Griffin – SVP Engineering, M&E, Diversified There are numerous Audio-over-IP formats that have been adopted by the major manufacturers, ...
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IP and SDI work seamlessly together

Patrick Daly – Director of Engineering, Atlanta M&E, Diversified One of the strong benefits of IP is that it works ...
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How openness drives opportunity – A look at IP cycles and value creation

John Quealy – Equity Research Analyst, Canaccord Genuity This short presentation will use historical examples (enterprise/ethernet, industrial/utility) of how IP ...
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How should I replace my 512×512 SDI router today?

Nestor A. Amaya – President, Coveloz Technologies Inc My router is on life support. It will not be around much ...
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Factors to consider while designing an IP media fabric

Patrick Daly – Director of Engineering, Atlanta M&E, Diversified Patrick has worked on several IP projects and will cover: baseband ...
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Engineering documentation for IP broadcast systems

Gary Olson – MD, GHO Group LLC Line drawings and wire lists are no longer sufficient to build and maintain ...
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Cyber security for broadcasters

David Meltzer – CTO, TripWire History confirms when it comes to cyber security that one particular pattern always holds. Disconnected ...
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BCE IP Broadcast Facility Case Study

Phil Myers – Product Manager, Snell Advanced Media (SAM) Phil presents a case study on Broadcasting Center Europe’s new IP ...
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Audio over IP for TV production

Antony David – CEO, Solid State Logic Antony explains the benefits of AOIP networks and why those implemented today will ...
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An open source IoT for IP media workflow

Richard Cartwright – CTO & Founder, Streampunk Media Ltd The JT-NM roadmap includes virtualization and dynamic scale-up, scale-down of facilities ...
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AES67 & SMPTE ST 2110: Commonalities & Constraints

Andreas Hildebrand – Technology Evangelist, ALC NetworX Andreas describes the basic principles of AES67 and the commonalities, differences and constraints ...
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A review of an actual SDI/IP facility and how IP allows for a graceful expansion

Dave Schwarz – Managing Engineer, Diversified Dave talks about a hybrid IP/SDI installation: where SDI was used and where IP ...
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A practical case study of UHD production over IP

Dafydd Rees – Deputy Director of Operations, Arena Television More than just showing promise, IP provides the practical scalability and ...
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A field guide to IP video

Wes Simpson – Consultant, Telecom Product Consulting With the variety of standards species that populate the IP video ecosystem, it ...
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What IP Showcase is all about

Stan Moote – Chief Technology Officer, IABM A brief introduction about the IP Showcase ...
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The Challenge of IP Video: Empower and Educate Staff

IP video systems need more than standards and cool new software to run smoothly, they need properly trained engineers and ...
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Practical Lessons: Managing Migration Towards SMPTE ST 2110

In 2013, Microsoft Production Studios began pioneering work on a property-wide audio-over-IP production workflow. Through its ties to MSNBC, it ...
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The Roles of AES67 and SMPTE ST 2110 in the Production World

Montgomery Scott (Star Trek) famously said, “You’ve got to use the right tool for the job, lad.” This session takes ...
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Deep Dive into SMPTE ST 2110-30, 31 and AES67 Audio

Why is there a separate SMPTE ST 2110-30 standard from AES67? Are AES67 devices compatible with SMPTE ST 2110-30? Why ...
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The Audio Parts of SMPTE ST 2110 Explained

When published in late 2017, SMPTE ST 2110 consisted of parts -10, -20 and -30 which cover the fundamental definitions ...
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IP Showcase Panel- JT-NM roadmap in action

Experiences learned from Telstra’s all-IP remote sports Digital Production Network (DPN) In this panel session chaired by Anna Lockwood (Telstra) ...
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The Journey to Live IP Infrastructure

With standards now ratified, Mark Davies (Director of Products & Technology, TSL Products) shares his experience with real live IP ...
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IS-06: The Network Traffic Cop to Protect and Reserve Your Bandwidth

For reliable IP media operation, bandwidth needs to be reserved for flows and the network needs to be protected from ...
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An update on the Live IP implementation for the BBC Wales Cardiff Central Square project

Mark Patrick (Lead Architect, BBC Design & Engineering) is working on the technical delivery of Cardiff Central Square, the new ...
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IP Panel discussion – IP Installations & Practical Applications

Thomas Edwards (VP Engineering & Development, FOX) will have an open discussion with people that have, or are planning, IP ...
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Practical Aspects for a Large Scale IP Install

Planning a large scale IP installation is one thing, the actual installation is another. Jeff Rivera (Managing Engineer, Diversified) will ...
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Essential Measurements in the SMPTE ST 2110 Environment

As the broadcast industry is now replacing SDI with IP for critical live applications, new ways of measuring, monitoring and ...
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Timeline’s IP 4K HDR Outside Broadcast Truck

Daniel McDonnell (Managing Director, Timeline Television) will discuss Timeline Television’s triple expanding, 32-camera IP 4K HDR outside broadcast truck, UHD2 ...
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What real time IP is all about

Luann Linnebur (Head of Business Development, Nevion) reviews the benefits installations have discovered by going IP ...
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How Redundant Paths Work Using SMPTE ST 2022-7 for SMPTE ST 2110 Streams

SDI redundant paths required a frame sync to switch in to aid with a seamless switch over to a redundant ...
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How to Use SMPTE ST 2110 to Solve High Bandwidth Flows in IP Infrastructures

IP can do more than simply replace SDI, it can enable endpoints to become smart, simplify configurations, and provide flexible ...
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Deep dive into SMPTE ST 2110-21 Traffic Shaping and Delivery Timing for Video

Are you sure that the SMPTE ST 2110-20 receiver that you purchased can receive the SMPTE ST 2110-20 streams from ...
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Live Closed Captioning and Subtitling in SMPTE ST 2110

Carriage, Synchronization, and Steps to Transition – In this presentation, Bill McLaughlin (VP Product Development, EEG) will cover how live ...
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Deep dive into SMPTE ST 2110-40 Ancillary Data

This presentation from Leigh Whitcomb (Architect, Imagine Communications) is a deep dive into the SMPTE ST 2110-40 Ancillary Data standard ...
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SMPTE ST 2110 Step 2: Perfecting the Picture and Sorting the Sound

Optimizing IP Media Designs for Maximum Flexibility & Benefit Based on experience of real-world deployments to-date, Andy Rayner (Chief Technologist, ...
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The Advantages of Moving from Coax to Fiber

Greg Doyle (Sr. Consultant, Media and Entertainment Division, Diversified) covers why you need to plan for a fiber infrastructure in ...
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Disrupting Live Sports Contribution

Remote or “at home” production allows for the broadcast of more sports with more consistency, reducing operational costs while ensuring ...
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AIMS Reference System Architecture Guidelines

Chuck Meyer (Chief Technology Officer, Production, Grass Valley/AIMS) discusses providing reference system designs and guidelines that take account of the ...
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SMPTE ST 2110 infrastructure and IP flow monitoring

Thomas Gunkel (Broadcast Market Director, Skyline Communications) reviews a practical example of a SMPTE ST 2110 UHD OB-truck and the ...
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Practical Multi-Vendor Application of SMPTE ST 2110 – Technical Challenges and Solutions

Standards only matter when multiple vendors are at play. Find out from Nestor A. Amaya (Director, IP Solutions and Infrastructure ...
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Handling Metadata in SMPTE ST 2110

Metadata serves many purposes and comes in many flavors. Additionally, SMPTE ST 2110 has its own metadata considerations. This presentation ...
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Live Centralized IP Sports Production Across Australia

Marc Segar (Director of Technology, NEP Australia) will explain the drivers and key benefits behind having a multi-client, multi-user and ...
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Panel – Understand IP Connection and Traditional Interconnect Strategy

Thomas Edwards from FOX will deliver a short presentation on the benefits of AMWA IS-series followed by a panel featuring ...
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BCE’s Journey Video Over IP Infrastructure

BCE broadcasts more than 35 channels through its 100% IP-based infrastructure. Costas Colombus (Director of Technology, BCE) describes how with ...
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A National Broadcaster’s all IP Media LAN and WAN Infrastructure

When the national broadcaster TV 2 recently relocated both of its locations, an all IP infrastructure for live production was ...
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SDN for Contribution, Live Production and Playout Environments – “To IGMP or not to IGMP, That is the Question”

An introduction to how IP Multicast flows, the foundation for the delivery of SMPTE ST 2110 and ST 2022-6/7, are ...
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Automation and Orchestration of Networked Media Workflows

As we move down the JT-NM road map and media professionals migrate to SMPTE ST 2110, a new set of ...
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Using AMWA IS-04/IS-05 Technologies in a Routing Control Environment

In parallel with the development of SMPTE ST 2110, AMWA has been developing registration, discovery, and connection management tools needed ...
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Standardized Connection Management for Essences and Network Flows in SMPTE ST 2110 and AES67

This session by Arne Bonninghoff (Head of IP Research, Riedel Communications) will demystify NMOS IS-04, IS-05 and IS-06. It will ...
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Getting Started with NMOS IS-04 and IS-05

The AMWA NMOS specifications, IS-04 and IS-05, provide methods for the discovery, registration and connection management of devices on professional ...
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Into the Green Zone – The Agile Media Blueprint

For the transition from broadcasting to personalized content, is it time to break down the walls of traditional media facilities? ...
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Planning a SMPTE ST-2110 Infrastructure for tpc sports, News and Technology Center in Zurich

tpc Switzerland AG is building a new sports, news and technology center in Zurich. The center will be built fully ...
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Report on Real World Uncompressed IP Media Infrastructures.

So how does all this work in the real world? IP based infrastructures have brought us new types of equipment, ...
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IP Networking for Real-Time Video

SMPTE ST 2110 is all about professional media over managed IP networks. Robert Welch (Technical Solutions Lead, Arista Networks) reveals ...
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Measuring latency in virtual networks

Software and system developers have learned to minimize latency and jitter when writing to physical NICs, but what are the ...
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True Native-IP Virtualization of Real-World Live Remote Production Explained

In this session Joop Janssen (CEO, Aperi) will use examples of real-world native-IP deployments to show the technology’s suitability for ...
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Evaluating Features of IP End Points

That shiny new box supports SMPTE ST 2110. Great but what else matters when selecting an IP endpoint? The SMPTE ...
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SMPTE ST 2059 – How to Synchronize the All-IP Studio Using the Precision Time Protocol

This presentation by Nikolaus Kerö (General Manager, Oregano Systems) will give a quick introduction on the principles of PTP followed ...
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Creating the Broadcast Operations Center of the Future

Located in Sydney, Australia, the Telstra Broadcast Operations Centre (BOC) went live in June 2016. As a pioneering broadcast data ...
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IP Showcase Panel – What is the Big Deal about Real-Time IP?

IABM’s CTO, Stan Moote will grill Mike Cronk, representing AIMS, Luann Linnebur from Nevion, and Mike Bany from FOX about ...
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IP Use Case Benefits

Simply replacing SDI with IP is pointless unless tangible benefits can be obtained. Luann Linnebur (Head of Business Development, Nevion) ...
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IP and SDI Work Seamlessly Together

One of the strong benefits of IP is that it works with SDI. Hybrid systems allow you to use existing ...
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A Basic Guide for Real-Time IP Video

The IP video ecosystem is filled with vocabularies we must know to migrate into the all-IP studio. Andrew Jones (IABM ...
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What is the IP Showcase All About

IABM CTO Stan Moote gives a brief introduction about the IP Showcase ...
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New Buildings and IP

Willem Vermost (Media Technology Architect, EBU) discusses how the JT-NM roadmap paves the way for many EBU members who will ...
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Virtualisation: The Ultimate Goal of IP

Professional networked media provides its greatest business value when we can fully virtualise and ‘dematerialise’ media processing into software, containers, ...
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to IP

While it may seem just as offbeat, the broadcast industry is about to embark on a voyage to discover a ...
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Understanding the Benefits of an IP Network

The Professional Media Network must be as predictable, resilient and programmable as SDI. It requires flexibility within the architecture to ...
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Uncompressed UHD IP Remote Production at the UEFA European U21 Championship Finals – A Real-World Case Study

Phil Myers (Product Manager, Snell Advanced Media (SAM)) presents a case study from the world’s first uncompressed UHD IP remote ...
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NMOS in the Real World

As broadcasters plan their next generation of facilities using IP, the ‘auto-provisioning’ part of the JT-NM roadmap becomes more essential ...
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Creating the Telstra Broadcast Operations Centre of the Future

The Telstra Broadcast Operations Centre (BOC) went live in June 2016. As a pioneering broadcast data centre, it continues to ...
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Synchronisation and the IP Evolution

TV synchronisation will migrate to network-based IEEE-1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) and the SMPTE ST 2059 Standard for a network-delivered ...
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SMPTE ST 2059, A Versatile Highly Accurate Synchronisation Technology for the All-IP Studio at Work

When moving to the All-IP Studio traditional synchronisation techniques like Black-burst or Tri-Level-Sync have to be replaced by a packet ...
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Managing Real Time Media IP Networks Inside a Facility

Nestor A. Amaya (President, Coveloz Technologies Inc.) presents a detailed look at the control and management of IP Infrastructures inside ...
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The Key to Remote and at Home Production

This presentation from Mo Goyal (Director, International Business Development, Evertz) will cover how IP enables remote/at home production for content ...
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Methodology for Integrating Specialty Cameras within IP Infrastructures using SMPTE ST 2110

Beyond having standard cameras for live sporting events, specialty cameras such as super slo-mo cameras or UHD cameras in an ...
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Live Centralised IP Sports Production Across Australia

Designed around a multi-client, multi user and centralised environment, NEP Australia is embarking on the largest IP roll out to ...
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Demystifying Dematerialised Facilities

The end-game of the JT-NM roadmap is not an overnight journey, primarily because a lot of people are still in ...
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AIMS Reference System Architecture Guidelines

Kerry Wheeles (AIMS Technical Working Group Chair, Imagine Communications/AIMS) discusses AIMS’ Reference System Architecture Guidelines, that take into account the ...
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IP and SDI Work Seamlessly Together

One of the strong benefits of IP is that it works with SDI. Hybrid systems allow you to use existing ...
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There’s an App for that – Delivering Virtualised Media Services Through a Community of Developers

Native IP not only means less cables, multi-signal capabilities and faster connections but it’s also able to become the basis ...
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Case Study of Building a National Broadcast Network using IP

Over the past 18 months, BT and the BBC have built a national broadcast network using IP transport and SMPTE ...
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SDI to IP Core Infrastructure Change Out – Case Study, NHK, Japan

In this case study presentation, John Dale III (Chairman, CEO and President, Media Links) will step through an actual SDI ...
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Beyond IP – Virtualisation and Elastic Production, Broadcast’s Next Frontier

While deploying IP connectivity over SDI brings about immediate benefits within workflows like faster, multi-point connections – it’s really only ...
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Uncompressed Video in the Cloud

With the continued buzz around cloud computing, there are challenges of handling full bandwidth IP video streams in a data ...
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Practical Benefits Through AES67 Deployment in the Broadcast Industry

The migration to the network is now firmly on the horizon as we look to leverage commodity infrastructure for real-time ...
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CBC move to IP Enabling Virtualised Facility

In this presentation, François Legrand (Senior Director, Core Systems, CBC/Radio-Canada) will present the Canadian public broadcasters vision of leaner production ...
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Time Compensated Remote Production in the All-IP World

In this presentation Ed Calverley (Product Director, Suitcase TV) looks at how the current standards work is enabling true end-to-end ...
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Cyber Security Hygiene in IP Broadcast Systems

With the adoption of IP Systems in the broadcast arena, cyber security must be built in from the start with ...
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IP Production – What’s Next?

As we reach the conclusion of the SMPTE process for first round of video and audio transports over IP David ...
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Timeline’s IP 4K HDR Outside Broadcast Truck

In this presentation Daniel McDonnell (Managing Director, Timeline Television) outlines how Timeline’s triple expanding, IP 4K HDR outside broadcast truck ...
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IP UHD OB – a Year on the Road

Arena TV launched their first UHD IP OB truck a year ago and now have a fleet of 4 IP ...
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BCE at RTL City – Video Over IP Infrastructure

Having a really tight schedule, BCE had to implement SMPTE ST 2022-6 to go on air beginning of 2017, utilising ...
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Aggregation is Key to Optimising IP Network Design

In this presentation, Chuck Meyer (Chief Technology Officer, Production, Grass Valley) examines the system design scenarios now facing broadcasters and ...
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The ‘Wild West’ of Dematerialised Facilities – The ‘How and Why’ of Actual Cloud Based Workflows

The JT-NM Phase IV, dematerialised facilities roadmap, is due to commence the standardisation process by IBC 18 / NAB 19 ...
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The JT-NM Roadmap Explained

The JT-NM roadmap has become a key document as our industry moves toward IT and IP. However, some questions have ...
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Two Installs Using Audio over IP for TV Production

Audio over IP solutions have been developed to meet TV Production requirements and have been integrated into digital infrastructures that ...
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Essential Elements of the Evolution to Essence – Practical Examples of the Technical Journey from SDI & 2022-6 to 2110

Andy Rayner (Chief Technologist, Nevion) looks at some practical examples of the migration from an SDI environment to ST 2110 ...
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A Basic Guide for Real Time IP Video

Andrew Jones (Head of Training, IABM) provides an overview of the IP terms like SMPTE ST 2110, IEEE 1588 and ...
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ST 2110 & AES67: The Audio Parts of ST 2110

Andreas Hildebrand (Technology Evangelist, ALC NetworX) describes the basic principles of AES67 and the commonalities, differences and constraints defined in ...
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Climbing the Beanstalk: IP Studio and NMOS in the Cloud

Alex Rawcliffe (Project R&D Engineer, BBC) gives an overview of how BBC R&D is using NMOS and its own IP ...
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