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Passion City Church Builds Future-Proof Live Audio Transport Solution on Artel Quarra PTP Ethernet Switch
Artel Video Systems, a world-class provider of innovative, real-time multimedia delivery solutions, today announced that Passion City Church is using two Artel Quarra 1G PTP Ethernet switches to support IP-based handling of audio signals being transported between its two main Atlanta church locations — “515” and Cumberland — and a third site in Trilith, Georgia, to support worship services, events, and other productions.
“The high-performance feature set of Quarra and its level of timing accuracy allows us to leverage the power and flexibility of IP in the most reliable way,” said Stephen Bailey, Lead Audio Engineer at Passion City Church. “Having this infrastructure in place allows us to be ‘living in the future,’ capable of exchanging full-resolution audio to wherever there’s an internet connection while being ST 2110-ready at the push of a button.”
Passion City Church uses a dark fiber connection between the three locations to support bidirectional RAVENNA audio transport. This approach allows the church to implement audio over IP (AoIP) transport now while maintaining the flexibility and scalability to move toward SMPTE ST 2110-based media transport in the future.
Fully compatible with RAVENNA, Artel’s Quarra switch serves as the networking element that allows Passion City Church to move a large volume of audio signals between multiple sites with ease and reliability. With exceptionally accurate IEEE 1588v2 timing, the switch also provides the accurate PTP synchronization essential for audio over IP applications. During concurrent live services across all three sites, Passion City Church leverages this accuracy to allow three separate bands at different sites to perform together live, all playing the same song at the same time.
“Few houses of worship embrace the possibilities of AoIP, and it’s exciting to see Passion City Church approach this recent audio transport challenge with an eye toward the future,” said Paul Seiden, Director of Sales at Artel. “Designed for demanding applications including pro AV and broadcast, Quarra is a great choice for any worship facility with plans for IP migration. It ensures interoperability along this journey and boasts the capabilities needed to maintain the quality of real-time audio streams.”
Case Study: SLG Broadcast
Swiss systems integrator SLG Broadcast provides radio and TV broadcasters with consulting, installation, and integration services. With experts in networked radio and TV production workflows, the company supports customers in migrating from baseband to IP-based real-time production environments.
Artel’s Quarra Switches Support SLG’s Install of IP-Native Lawo Diamond Radio Consoles for CH Media Group
Artel Video Systems, a world-class provider of innovative, real-time multimedia delivery solutions, today announced that Swiss systems integrator SLG has installed Artel Quarra PTP Ethernet switches to support seven Lawo IP-native diamond radio consoles installed in control and production rooms at CH Media Group. The Quarra switches facilitate an audio-over-IP workflow for this industry-first deployment of the brand-new Lawo consoles.8
“This was a large-scale implementation of media-over-IP, and we chose to work with Artel because we trust both the company and its Quarra switches,” said Francesco Mattuzzi, Project Manager at SLG Broadcast. “The install was straightforward, as we anticipated, and our customer was very pleased with how smoothly we were able to complete the project.”
“We knew going into the project that Quarra has enabled many successful migrations to IP,” added Steve Handke, Head of Technology TV & Radio at CH Media. “Given this track record, we were confident following SLG’s recommendation of the Quarra along with our new Lawo consoles.”
The IP-native diamond radio console is based on the open AES67/RAVENNA audio-over-IP network standards and complies with SMPTE ST 2110-30/-31 and ST2022-7 standards. Artel’s Quarra PTP Ethernet switch accommodates all of these standards, provides leading-edge PTP switch technology, and supports the CH Media Group’s implementation of the Lawo consoles by providing the breadth of essential features and functionality.
“SLG is a leading systems integrator specializing in IP migrations, and we’re proud to be trusted by the company — and innovative end users including CH Media Group — for these types of mission-critical implementations,” said Paul Seiden, Director of Sales at Artel.
Case Study: General Dynamics Electric Boat
General Dynamics Electric Boat already uses fiber to enable audio and data transport for use in a large-scale 24/7 emergency system at its shipyard in Groton, Connecticut. The Casualty Control (CASCON) System is mandated by the U.S. Navy to be operational during a submarine’s construction. Unsatisfied with the performance of its existing fiber transport equipment, however, the company sought another solution that would accommodate the unique signal types involved in this project — audio and RS data over multimode fiber — while improving signal integrity and overall system reliability.
Artel in Action – Winter 2022
Welcome to 2022's first Artel in Action, our quarterly newsletter keeping you up to date with what we’ve been doing lately.
Artel’s FiberLink Ensures Reliable Audio and Data Transport for General Dynamics Electric Boat Shipyard
General Dynamics Electric Boat has upgraded audio and data transport for the large-scale, 24/7 Casualty Control (CASCON) System at its Groton, Connecticut, shipyard with the installation of Artel's FiberLink 5200/5201 systems.
Artel the 2022 NAB Show
At Booth C2128 at the 2022 NAB Show, Artel will feature products that simplify broadcasters' shift to hybrid IP/SDI and all-IP operations. Visitors to the Artel booth will have the opportunity to see firsthand new features and capabilities recently added to the company's award-winning SMART Multimedia Delivery Platform in openGear®, along with the DigiLink/InfinityLink SMART Multimedia Delivery Platform, Quarra IP PTP switches and FiberLink® family of media transport products.
Artel’s New Award-Winning SMART OG Brings Software-Defined Functionality to openGear Platform
Artel Video Systems is proud to announce the release of the award-winning SMART Multimedia Delivery Platform in openGear® (SMART OG). A software-defined, four-channel auto-sense SD-SDI/HD-SDI/3G/4K-over-IP multifunction gateway, SMART OG is the first to bring the family of JPEG compression engines, including those specified in VSF TR-01, TR-07, and TR-08, onto the openGear platform. With SMART OG, users can deploy hardware once and easily change the gateway function via software update.
Artel and Calrec Collaborate to Simplify Deployment of Rock-Solid IP Solutions
Collaboration between Calrec and Artel has helped the companies’ customers to deploy and leverage IP-based audio systems quickly and effectively. Their partnership shows how closer collaboration among vendors can go far in harnessing the power and flexibility of IP to address evolving market needs.
Artel Wins 2021 NAB Show Product of the Year Award
Artel is happy to announce that our SMART OpenGear is a Best New Hardware Infrastructure Technology winner in the 2021 NAB Show Product of the Year Awards. This official awards program recognizes the most significant and promising new products and technologies showcased by corporate partners of NAB Show.
Lessons Learned From Real World IP Deployments Ebook
This eBook contains some of the top lessons learned by Artel engineers in building IP-based solutions for our customers, in supporting deployments in IP environments, and in responding to evolving customer requirements as they extend their use of IP networks for media transport.
Artel in Action – Fall 2021
Welcome to the third installment of Artel in Action, our quarterly newsletter keeping you up to date with what we’ve been doing lately.
FiberLink: An Easy Win for Sports Venues
If you’re a fan of pro sports in the U.S., there’s a good chance you’ve seen FiberLink fiber optic transmission products at work. This is true not only because the FiberLink line has been around since 1997 — with major additions to the line over the years — but also because it has been deployed league-wide in football stadiums and hockey arenas, and at a whole lot of baseball fields too.
PTP Boundary Clock Testing of Artel’s Quarra switch
Video, audio, and metadata signals have always depended on precise synchronization along the entire delivery chain. As the industry transitions to IP networks for all aspects of the signal processing path, accurate timing becomes more difficult, due to the fundamentally asynchronous, non-deterministic nature of packet-based networks.
As we know by now the solution is Precision Time Protocol (PTP) as it can synchronize device clocks to within nanoseconds across a large network with many hundreds of nodes.
The Quarra range of boundary and transparent clock switches are PTP capable, offering an excellent solution set for reducing jitter in a real-time media IP network. As the broadcast industry continues to migrate toward all-IP networks, providing reliable solutions to manage IP-based workflows becomes paramount to maintaining efficiencies and ensuring the delivery of mission-critical multimedia streams.
Read this PTP Boundary Clock Testing of Artel’s Quarra switch by Simplexity to find out exactly how precise it is!
Artel Extends FiberLink Family Into the IP Realm With New SDI-to-SMPTE ST 2110 Gateway
Artel Video Systems today introduced the FiberLink ST 2110 Gateway, which bridges SDI interfaces to JT-NM-tested SMPTE ST 2110 IP media streams.
FiberLink Shines in Education Applications
Well before distance learning became a necessary part of modern educational offerings, fiber-based transport of video, audio, and data played a critical role in supporting teaching, administrative, and other vital activities — particularly for colleges and universities spread across larger campuses, or even multiple locations.
Lessons Learned Part 5: Why Diagnostics Are Key to IP
In this last of our “lessons learned” from real-world deployments, we look at diagnostics. If you’re deploying PTP-aware switches in an IP environment you’ll want proper diagnostics during staging to get everything humming along nicely. Down the road, of course, you’ll want diagnostic tools to accelerate troubleshooting, or to prevent small issues from becoming big problems.
Artel in Action – Summer 2021
Welcome to the second installment of Artel in Action, our quarterly newsletter keeping you up to date with what we’ve been doing lately.
Artel in Action – Spring 2021
Artel in Action is our quarterly newsletter created to say hello, keep in touch, and let you know what we’ve been up to lately, especially as we've not been able to meet up recently!
How FiberLink Tends to the Healthcare Industry
Like many industries, healthcare has come to rely heavily on high-resolution imaging and secure high-bandwidth transport of media over longer and longer distances. All of these requirements have made fiber optic cabling — and products from the Artel FiberLink® family — a great fit for medical facilities and applications.
TV Station Enhances Affiliate Link With Artel’s SMART J2K
When a TV station in the Eastern U.S. planned to add HD video services, the station’s engineering team found that it couldn’t move the higher-resolution video to its affiliate over its existing 1G station-to-affiliate link, an SDI/ASI over fiber and Gigabit Ethernet hybrid network built on Artel base fiber infrastructure.
Lessons Learned Part 4: Ensuring Interoperability
If you’ve been following along at home, you know that the first three blogs in this “lessons learned” series dig into the benefits of PTP-aware switches in an IP environment, correct handing of PTP and synchronization in IP-based media workflows. We shift gears just a bit with this blog to look more closely at interoperability — or, making sure everything works!
FiberLink Meets Government/Military Need for Secure, Real-Time Video and Data
Why are our FiberLink products found in government and military installations including submarines, training centers, rocket launch facilities, aircraft carriers, UAVs, and field operations in active war zones?
Lessons Learned Part 3: Networking and Transport
So far in this blog series, we’ve examined the importance of PTP-aware switches in an IP environment, as well as correct handling of Precision Time Protocol (PTP) data to ensure proper timing and synchronization. In this third post, we look at networking and transport — the actual movement of video, audio, data, control, monitoring, intercom, and other signals over the IP network.
A Fresh Look at FiberLink
Did you know that our FiberLink family of fiber optic transmission products is a quarter-century old? This blog series will take a closer look at FiberLink — how it has enabled advances in professional video, and how it continues to meet the latest requirements for broadcast or corporate studios, education, stadiums and theaters, airports and transportation hubs, rental and staging, surgical or medical imaging, government and military, and more.
Lessons Learned Part 2: Optimal Handling of PTP
The first blog in this “lessons learned” series took a close look at how important it is to use a PTP-aware switch when implementing IP-based media workflows. In this second installment, we’ll focus more on IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) itself and how to handle PTP configuration and data correctly.
The IP Migration: Working With Audio Studios
When you hear about the audio industry’s migration to IP, the “classic” implementation that comes to mind is that of either a greenfield application or a complete equipment replacement. Either response is valid, given that many of the initial implementations highlighted were just these kinds of projects: entirely new builds undertaken by high-profile media organizations.
Artel Video Systems Enhances SMART Media Delivery Platform With New Genlock Synchronization Function
Artel Video Systems, today introduced built-in genlock synchronization functionality for the award-winning SMART Media Delivery Platform used in the company's DigiLink and InfinityLink systems.
Teaming Up With TecNec
At Artel we focus on delivering the products and functionality our customers need. This commitment drives every part of our business. It’s also the reason we have built longstanding relationships with companies like TecNec Distributing.
Fiber Is Here to Stay
Fiber optic media-over-wavelength transport has been a staple of live television production for decades now, but any application with high bandwidth and/or high bit rate requirements can benefit from fiber.
Lessons Learned Part 1: Getting IP Right With a PTP-Aware Switch
At a recent meeting of Artel engineers, we decided to collect some “lessons learned” stories. We figured we’d share these stories — focused around IP-based media workflows — in case they can help you to prevent unwanted downtime or avoid a painful failure.
Dave Rowell and Filo Classical
In the 15 years since he founded FiLO Classical, recording engineer Dave Rowell has consistently garnered praise — and no small number of awards — for his artistic and technical skill in location recording and broadcasting classical music.
Read how Rowell adopted a RAVENNA-based real-time AoIP solution including two Artel Quarra PTP- aware ethernet switches to keep everything perfectly synced.
Configuring Your IP Switch: The Why Behind the How
Artel's documentation page has dozens of PDF files explaining how best to configure your equipment for your operations. Page through any guide, and you’ll learn exactly what to do to get you up and running. Simple and helpful screenshots allow you to get through setup quickly and successfully without necessarily understanding every switch feature so you’re pretty much good to go. But maybe you’re interested in the “why” as well as the “how”? This blog takes a closer look at three key features — IGMP snooping, QoS, and IEEE 1588 PTP — and why they are important in supporting a stable AES67 network.
Doing the Job (Every Job!) and Doing It Right
From the moment Artel receives a PO or a request for delivery, the company’s operations team is hard at work doing all it takes to get the job done and do it right. Responsible for assembly, testing, packaging, and shipping, operations drives delivery of the products essential to customer success.
2020: How an Industrywide Slowdown Drove Progress
In the decade leading up to 2020, we saw a flurry of work on standards that would pave the way for the industry’s migration to IP. Though many of those standards, including SMPTE ST 2110, continue to be refined and optimized, it has been more than a year since we truly began to see implementation of IP.
The Engine Driving Success for Artel and Its Customers
Perhaps because it is an employee-owned company, or because it is committed to being a good citizen within the larger industry, Artel is dedicated to being responsive to customers’ requirements — and a contributor to their success, as well.
This is why the engineering department at Artel is the company’s largest team, responsible for developing the features and functionality that address new and evolving market needs.
ALL WORKFLOWS LEAD TO THE CLOUD
TVB Europe's virtual roundtable on the points of challenge and opportunity in media delivery and distribution with Rafael Fonseca, VP of product management, Artel; James Abell, distribution manager, ITV; and Bill Admans, senior vice president of operations, Ownzones.
Department Highlight: Customer Support and Service
At Artel, we’re proud to offer flexible solutions for real-time media delivery in critical applications across sports, news, entertainment, and more. Just as important as our award-winning product line is our top-shelf customer support and service department, which guides deployments from design through the life of the product.
Preserving PTP in Remote Production Environments
The industry has been talking about remote production for a while, and for good reason. The conventional live production model, in which you send a team and equipment to the venue, can be costly in terms of both time and money. Travel is expensive not only because you need to pay for transportation and lodging, but also because the human and technical resources are tied up all that time and unavailable for any other production. As a result, you’re limited in the frequency and number of events you can produce.
Artel Video Systems Joins the Arista Partner Program
Artel Video Systems, a world-class provider of innovative, real-time multimedia delivery solutions, today announced that the company has become a member of the Arista Partner Program. Artel's membership in the Arista Networks program formalizes the companies' collaboration in bringing shared customers complete switching solutions that extend from the network core to the network edge.
Case Study: Cablenet
Cablenet operates a next-gen hybrid fiber-coaxial network that supports broadband and HDTV services. In a project designed to augment this network, Cablenet sought to link to stadiums across Cyprus to two remote production sites to bring content to the network hub and on to the headend. They wanted to introduce Media over IP into the network, position themselves to use SMPTE ST2022-7 redundancy as an option in the future, and avoid the cost of Satellite links in spans where Wave Division Multiplexing didn’t meet the loss budget.
Case Study: MEDIAparc
When completed in 2019 by Swiss broadcasters RadioFr and La Télé, the 3,000-square-meter MEDIAparc facility just outside Fribourg became Switzerland’s first all-IP media facility. Formally known as MEDIAparc Maison des Médias at Villars-sur-Glâne, the purpose-built facility boasts a 360° media offering the includes RadioFr in French, RadioFr in German, and RadioFr Music; La Télé Vaud-Fribourg; MédiaPub SA; the news website Sept.ch; digital media ad agency Skippr.ch; and FRiStyle, an online regional event advisor platform. SLG Broadcast served as the system architect and general contractor for the green-field project, which incorporates the latest in IP technologies.
Quarra PTP Ethernet Switches Hit New Milestone: Deployment in Asia, Europe, and North America
Artel Video Systems announced that its Quarra series of PTP-aware managed IP switches has now been installed in facilities across Asia, Europe, and North America in radio and television broadcast stations, multimedia/multiplatform production facilities, live performance environments, and other general switching applications requiring PTP.
Quarra Fits the Bill for Calrec
As a leading designer and supplier of audio broadcast mixing equipment, Calrec offers solutions that help radio broadcasters to engage audiences in innovative ways. The rising popularity of streaming services has increased competition and made interactive engagement with listeners an increasingly important capability for these broadcasters.
5 Tips for Simplifying Immersive Audio
Immersive audio has always had the potential to make broadcast and AV content more engaging, but the industry’s current shift toward media over IP (MoIP) is making this format much more accessible to content creators and distributors. Supported by a flexible, scalable IP infrastructure, broadcasters can use immersive audio to extend the creative possibilities open to them and to transform the way their audiences experience content. They can take their programming to a new level.
The Road to IP
BroadcastPro ME reached out to Artel's Rafael Fonseca, VP Product Management, to ask what he thought were some of the key drivers behind IP adoption in the market.
Calrec Commissions Quarra Switches Remotely Over IP for RTHK
Earlier this year, Calrec specified Artel Quarra switches as part of an audio-over-IP (AoIP) project for Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK). Working with its local distribution partner, Jolly Pro Audio, Calrec completed a fully remote commissioning of two new Type R radio stations for RTHK and demonstrated that broadcasters can continue adoption of media over IP even within their current business continuity schema.
Quarra Raises the Bar for PTP Switch Functionality
Many switches offer full PTP support. What you may not know is Artel’s Quarra PTP Ethernet switches are also a boundary clock. Why is it important that your PTP switch has the ability to act as a boundary clock rather than just a transparent clock?
Immersive Audio: Optimizing Infrastructure
Immersive audio is fast gaining traction in broadcast and the shift to IP has made it easier for broadcasters to handle the increased signal flow. Recent times have forced broadcasters to be more creative and innovative, and even though live sports took a hiatus, great steps have been taken to bring viewers engaging content. Learn how infrastructures are being optimized and new technologies are being implemented that are relevant now and in the future.
Immersive Audio: Ready for Prime Time
Thanks to the media and entertainment industry’s shift to IP, immersive audio is truly making the scene. Immersive audio formats have been employed successfully in the cinema, theater, and performing arts center, and now the time has come for immersive audio in live broadcasts.
The IP Migration: More Than a Technical Refresh
The transition to IP requires not just a technical shift, but also a cultural shift — and it’s never wise to underestimate the challenges that come with new ways of working!
Advice for the IP Transition
The transition to IP is complex, but a few simple considerations can help you avoid some rough spots along your journey. We’ve created this shortlist of advice based on our experience guiding customers into the IP realm. Take a look and see if any ideas change your thinking or address a challenge you haven’t yet tackled.
Time Travels – A Closer Look at PTP
IP video and audio technology is moving rapidly into all facets of media production, and PTP is the essential technology to provide absolute synchronization of the timing relationships of all devices. This is a requirement in delivering mission-critical media signals in IP- and fiber-based ecosystems.
PTP specifies a methodology for synchronizing devices to a single, shared clock across packet-based networks, including Ethernet switches and IP routers. This standard, which was originally developed for laboratory and industrial installations, is now fundamental for IP video/audio signal transport using SMPTE ST 2110 and IP audio signals using AES67, among other media applications. PTP creates a common time base for multiple video cameras and is used to synchronize video and audio devices to a uniform clock or timecode. When used properly, PTP can synchronize device clocks to within nanoseconds of each other across a large network with hundreds of nodes.
“Time Travels — A Closer Look at PTP” examines the key elements and considerations of PTP deployments including PTP synchronization, master clock selection, transparent and boundary clock functions, PTP domain and profile configuration, and other network considerations.
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It’s About (Precision) Time
With the emergence of IP in sport broadcasts, the need to maintain and improve synchronization among end points, devices, and processes across a broadcasters’ network is critical. This is of most importance in live sports broadcast productions. Precision Timing Protocol (PTP) is the backbone of an IP live sports broadcast as it enables the integration of audio and video in the time and phase domain, allowing for effective media processing. By leveraging the networking flexibilities of IP and combining it with a sound implementation of PTP, sports broadcasters could cost effectively introduce novel workflows, resulting in an improved and unique viewer experience. In addition, it allows for leveraging the efficiencies of media essence integration, remote production, and the ubiquity of IP networks to deliver live content of second and third-tier sports production.
PTP is the foundation upon which sports broadcasters can build automatic processes, creative workflows, and innovation. In this white paper, we will provide an overview of the importance of PTP, using the SMPTE Epoch for synchronization; benefits, system components, and applications for media. Complete the form below to receive a copy.
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The Case for Precision Timing
With the transition to IP networks for all aspects of the signal processing path, accurate timing becomes more difficult, due to the fundamentally asynchronous, non-deteriministic nature of packet-based networks. Fortunately, a solution is available, in the form of IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP). Learn why PTP is a necessary standard in today's modern networks.
The Benefits of PTP
With the transition to IP networks for all aspects of the signal processing path, accurate timing becomes more difficult, due to the fundamentally asynchronous, non-deterministic nature of packet-based networks. Fortunately, a solution is available, in the form of IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP). When used properly, this technology can provide a very accurate and stable time base for all types of signals within modern media operations. Learn more about the benefits of PTP.
PTP System Components
As IP video and audio technology moves rapidly into the domain of IP networking, IEEE-1588 Precision Time Protocol has become essential to all facets of media production. This fundamental enabling technology permits hundreds and even thousands of devices to work together in absolute synchronization and support all the timing relationships that are so critical to properly formatted media signals. Network infrastructure, including Ethernet switches and other devices will need to natively support PTP functions. Learn more about PTP system components.
PTP Applications for Media
As IP video and audio technology moves rapidly into the domain of IP networking, IEEE-1588 Precision Time Protocol has become essential to all facets of media production. The primary use of PTP in these standards permits hundreds and even thousands of devices to work together in absolute synchronization to provide a stable time base that can be used to synchronize video, audio and other signals so that they can be processed easily and delivered to local and remote audiences. Learn more about it's applications.
Aligning to the SMPTE Epoch for Synchronization
With the transition to IP networks for all aspects of the signal processing path, accurate timing becomes more difficult, due to the fundamentally asynchronous, non-deterministic nature of packet-based networks. With Ethernet networks, which are inherently bi-directional, it is possible to distribute a common time signal using IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) to every device without a separate overlay sync network. Each device can then accurately synchronize its internal clock to a single master clock which can then be used to accurately achieve media signal synchronization by means of the SMPTE Epoch.
Artel Takes a Closer Look at PTP in New White Paper
Artel Releases New Precision Timing Protocol White Paper. ‘Time Travels – A Closer Look at PTP’ examines the key elements and considerations of PTP deployments including PTP synchronization, master clock selection, transparent and boundary clock functions, PTP domain and profile configuration, and other network considerations.
Artel Video Systems’ Quarra PTP Ethernet Switches Offer Low-Noise Performance Ideal for Live Performance Venues
Artel Video Systems, a world-class provider of innovative, real-time multimedia delivery solutions, will be highlighting enhancements to its Quarra series of PTP Ethernet switches in Booth SU5021 at the 2020 NAB Show, April 18-22 in Las Vegas. Already offering the industry’s most accurate IEEE 1588-compliant timing and synchronization, Artel’s Quarra family of PTP-aware managed IP switches now boasts optimization for the most demanding of live performance environments.
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Artel Awarded Second Technology and Engineering Emmy Award
Artel Video Systems today announced that The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has awarded Artel a Technology and Engineering Emmy® Award for Pioneering Reliable Transmission Method for Live Contribution and Distribution TV Links.
Artel Video Systems Announces xView Management Platform
Artel is pleased to announce the xView Management Platform, a browser-based, network-level monitoring platform that aids operators in managing Artel’s DigiLink, InfinityLink, and SMART Media Delivery Platform™ solutions.
Audio over IP Technologies and Formats
Focusing on the evolving journey into Media over IP, Rafael Fonseca discusses some of the technologies used in IP audio and intercom with a comparison between popular formats used today. This is an excerpt from "IP Audio and Intercom: Connecting, Converting and Switching for Production" presented at the SMPTE New York Section meeting on June 6, 2018.
Artel Video Systems Announces IP and Video Technology Training Program
Artel Video Systems is pleased to announce a new series of technology and solutions training programs aimed at helping broadcast video professionals prepare for the industry’s transition to IP and at providing IT networking professionals an understanding of video technology. The new courses are designed to accelerate understanding of the underlying technologies needed in the broadcast industry’s migration to IP and to facilitate productivity as IT and video workflows converge.
Artel Video Systems Announces SMART Media Delivery Platform
Artel Video Systems is pleased to announce the SMART Media Delivery Platform™. The SMART Media Delivery Platform is a four-channel, auto-sense, 3G/HD/SD-SDI-over-IP multifunction gateway with an integrated, nonblocking Layer 2/3 switch. Winner of the IABM Design & Innovation Award in the Content & Communications Infrastructure category, the SMART Media Delivery Platform was designed to serve as a conduit for simplifying IT and broadcast ecosystems.
Artel Video Systems Opens New Office in UK
Artel Video Systems announces the expansion of the company’s operations with the addition of an office in the U.K. to support product development and EMEA sales.
Its About Precision Time White Paper
Artel has released the first of two precision timing protocol white papers “It’s About (Precision) Time.” This white paper addresses the use of IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) for ensuring accurate timing all along the signal-processing path for AES67 audio and SMPTE ST 2110 video. The white paper is available for download from www.artel.com/precision.
Industry Insight Advantage IP
Artel's Rafael Fonseca, Vice President Product Management explores the advantages, challenges, and opportunities for broadcasters as they start to develop and implement strategies to migrate towards all-IP infrastructures. Insights were shared with Digital Studio India for inclusion in the article "Advantage IP".
Hitless Protection Switching Applications
Artel's white paper, Broadcasters Can't Miss with Hitless Technology, examines SMPTE ST 2022-7 Seamless Protection Switching. With ever-increasing demands for transporting high-bandwidth signals at improved quality levels, hitless protection switching has become a valuable tool for broadcasters. Multiple equipment and service providers have demonstrated interoperability between devices that support SMPTE ST 2022-7. As the only available technology that can withstand partial network outages lasting multiple seconds, coupled with the flexibility to support uncompressed UHD video and 10 Gbps data flows, hitless protection switching has a “can’t-miss” future in high reliability networking.
Transitioning to ATSC 3 with InfinityLink Solutions
Artel’s InfinityLink ATSC 3.0 Transition Solutions enable next-generation, over-the-air broadcast and content delivery for the new IP-based ATSC 3.0 standard while retaining legacy signal transport capabilities for ATSC 1.0. The InfinityLink ATSC 3.0 Transition Over Fiber and ATSC 3.0 Transition Over IP solutions include all necessary platform components and optical and/or electrical transceivers, ready for interconnection with either customer-furnished, single-mode fiber or a local, carrier-supplied IP GigE service.
Hitless Protection Switching Benefits
Artel's white paper, Broadcasters Can't Miss with Hitless Technology, examines the benefits of SMPTE ST 2022-7 Seamless Protection Switching. With ever-increasing demands for transporting high-bandwidth signals at improved quality levels, hitless protection switching has become a valuable tool for broadcasters. Multiple equipment and service providers have demonstrated interoperability between devices that support SMPTE ST 2022-7. As the only available technology that can withstand partial network outages lasting multiple seconds, coupled with the flexibility to support uncompressed UHD video and 10 Gbps data flows, hitless protection switching has a “can’t-miss” future in high reliability networking.
Hitless Protection Switching An Overview
Artel's white paper, Broadcasters Can't Miss with Hitless Technology, examines SMPTE ST 2022-7 Seamless Protection Switching. With ever-increasing demands for transporting high-bandwidth signals at improved quality levels, hitless protection switching has become a valuable tool for broadcasters. Multiple equipment and service providers have demonstrated interoperability between devices that support SMPTE ST 2022-7. As the only available technology that can withstand partial network outages lasting multiple seconds, coupled with the flexibility to support uncompressed UHD video and 10 Gbps data flows, hitless protection switching has a “can’t-miss” future in high reliability networking.
The Need for Hitless Protection Switching
While being hitless isn’t a path to success for baseball batters (or aspiring rock stars), hitless signals are another thing entirely. Smooth, uninterrupted video and audio streams provide the best possible viewing and listening experiences. Live television broadcasts are very demanding environments for signal transmission and broadcasters have long been interested in technologies that can reduce or eliminate the number and intensity of signal disruptions.
Artel Joins RAVENNA Community
Artel Video Systems is pleased to announce that the company has entered into a partnership with RAVENNA®. The ARG Quarra aligns perfectly with RAVENNA’s network requirements and supports customers’ demands for flexibility of standard IT networks on the transport layer. Its embedded PTP support provides the fundamental basis for utmost timing precision, which translates into superior media clock regeneration at the RAVENNA end nodes.
Artel Releases White Paper on Seamless Protection Switching
Artel Video Systems publishes white paper, ‘Broadcasters Can’t Miss With Hitless Technology’ detailing technology's abilility to overcome signal degration during short and long term outages. The paper describes seamless protection switching and its ability to provide long-term error correction in a live-television environment.
Artel Acquires ARG ElectroDesign Intellectual Property
Artel Video Systems, a world-class provider of innovative real-time multimedia delivery solutions, today announced the acquisition of selected intellectual property from ARG ElectroDesign. The transaction provides Artel with core IP switch technology from the Quarra 1G and 10G IP Switch family. In addition, Artel will take over the Automatic Repeat Query (ARQ) product line, which serves Reliable Internet Streaming Transport (RIST) for video applications.
Artel Establishes Strategic Board of Advisors
Artel Video Systems today announced the establishment of a Board of Advisors and welcomed Brian Cabeceiras and Eric Pfaff as its first members. As technology advances and the uses of multimedia expand beyond the traditional broadcast market, Artel is poised for growth,” said Mike Rizzo, President and CEO, Artel Video Systems. “Brian and Eric have been deeply entrenched in the industry and bring with them the expertise to guide Artel as the company forges a new direction in delivering real-time multimedia to the masses."
Crystal and Artel Solve Signal Acquisition Challenge for Global News Network
Automated solution simplifies downlink of contribution news feeds for global news channels. Crystal, a provider of advanced software control systems, and Artel, a provider of real-time multimedia delivery solutions, have teamed to solve a vexing signal acquisition challenge for a leading global news network, which consumed valuable staff time in its broadcast center.
Mitigating Jitter
While there are many benefits to deploying all-IP or hybrid IP / fiber networks, IP infrastructures come with their own set of issues. Jitter and latency are two of the most common problems hindering broadcast quality of audio and video transmissions over IP networks. IT and video engineers who understand the causes can take steps to reduce jitter and improve audio and video quality.
The Big Switch
Rafael Fonseca and other vendors tell Vinita Bhatia, Digital Solutions India, that IP-based infrastructure is ready for primetime and can offer broadcasters operational and economic benefits over SDI-based studios.
Artel Video Systems to Expand Element Management Offerings for DigiLink and InfinityLink
Artel Video Systems featured new element management functionality for the company’s DigiLink and InfinityLink media transport platforms at the 2017 NAB Show. Artel’s expanding element management offering will provide alarm monitoring and greater visibility to DigiLink and InfinityLink deployments across networks, allowing end users the ability to identify quickly issues for fast decision making to resolve issues in the network.
Artel Aims to Increase Efficiencies in IP Transport Services with InfinityLink and DigiLink
At the 2017 NAB Show, Artel highlighted improved IP features and functionality in our DigiLink and InfinityLink media transport platform providing greater utilization of bandwidth for more efficient video-over-IP transport services including greater port density for transporting 3G/HD/SD-SDI and ASI, as well as high-speed data transport over 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) interfaces supporting SMPTE 2022-7 Seamless Protection Switching.
Artel Video Systems Announces Global Partnership With ARG ElectroDesign Ltd
Artel to Distribute ARG’s PTP Switches and ARQ Media Streaming Technology Artel and ARG ElectroDesign, a provider of IP-based broadcast and telecommunications equipment design and manufacturing, today announced a strategic partnership. Artel will exclusively distribute ARG’s PTP-based Quarra Switches and ARQ media streaming devices in the Americas, and will support opportunities around the globe on a nonexclusive basis. Artel will feature the 1G Quarra, 10G Quarra, and the ARQ products at the 2017 NAB Show in booth N4511.
Artel Video Systems and Qligent Announce Integration Partnership
Artel Video Systems, today announced an integration partnership with Qligent, a specialist in cloud-based, enterprise-level media monitoring and analysis, to help broadcasters ease the transition to ATSC 3.0. As part of this partnership, Qligent has integrated Artel’s DigiLink and InfinityLink platforms into its Qligent® Vision software-based monitoring and analysis solution offering broadcasters a broader view of end-to-end signal paths and Artel’s solutions deployed across multiple sites and points throughout IP and fiber-based network.
Artel Video Systems to Expand Element Management Offerings for DigiLink and InfinityLink Platforms
Artel Video Systems plans to feature new element management functionality for the company’s DigiLink and InfinityLink media transport platforms at the 2017 NAB Show. Artel’s expanding element management offering will provide alarm monitoring and greater visibility to DigiLink and InfinityLink deployments across networks, allowing end users the ability to identify quickly issues for fast decision making to resolve issues in the network.
Artel Aims to Increase Efficiencies in IP Transport Services with DigiLink and InfinityLink
As the industry continues to migrate towards all-IP networks, Artel’s DigiLink and InfinityLink platforms continue to offer new solutions providing greater utilization of bandwidth for more efficient video-over-IP transport services. At the 2017 NAB Show, Artel will highlight improved IP features and functionality in our DigiLink and InfinityLink media transport platforms.
Artel Video Systems Announces ATSC Transition Solutions
Artel’s InfinityLink ATSC 3.0 Transition Solutions enable next-generation, over-the-air broadcast and content delivery for the new IP-based ATSC 3.0 standard while retaining legacy signal transport capabilities for ATSC 1.0.
Artel Video Systems Joins Alliance for IP Media Solutions
“AIMS’ dedication to facilitating the creation and adoption of new IP standards, by supporting the activities of standards bodies, aligns with Artel’s mission,” said Mike Rizzo, President and CEO, Artel Video Systems. “As an industry leader of multimedia delivery solutions, Artel looks forward to participating actively in AIMS activities."
AIMS Welcomes Five New Members
The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) today announced that five more companies have joined the organization as associate members, Artel Video Systems, BFE Studio und Medien Systeme, Leader Electronics Corporation, Meinberg, and Pebble Beach Systems.
Artel Announces Strategic Partnership With Aerdos to Expand Its Multimedia Offering to Government
Artel Video Systems, a world-class provider of innovative IP- and fiber-based media transport solutions supporting global telecommunications, broadcast, government, and related markets, today announced a strategic partnership with Aerdos, a leading provider of privacy technologies and mission-critical multimedia products and services, establishing Aerdos as the primary U.S. government sales channel for Artel’s media transport solutions.
Artel Announces New InfinityLink Solution Extending Transport Capabilities for 3G HD SD and ASI
Artel Video Systems introduces the ILC103A 3G/HD/SD-SDI and ASI Transmitter/Receiver, the newest member of Artel’s InfinityLink platform of broadcast media transport solutions.
Wheatstone
Wheatstone, an IP audio network manufacturer will demonstrate how to mix remote sporting events from a home studio in booth 960 at NAB Show New York. Wheatstone is collaborating with Artel Video Systems, to create a WAN using Artel’s InfinityLink IL6000 broadcast media transport chassis equipped with an ILC205 9 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch with VLAN and the ILC103A 3G/HD/SD-SDI, ASI Transmitter/Receiver.
Artel Video Systems Announces InfinityLink IP Based Transport Capabilities
Artel announces two new members of our InfinityLink broadcast media transport solution. These include the ILC450 10G HD/SD-SDI, ASI IP Gateway & GigE Data Transport module and the ILC410 SD-SDI or ASI Two-Channel Bidirectional IP Gateway. The ILC450 and ILC410 add seamless IP capabilities to Artel’s InfinityLink platform to address the industry’s growing requirements as they migrate from direct fiber to IP networks.
Artel Video Systems Welcomes Rafael Fonseca Vice President and Director of Product Management
Artel Video Systems announces the appointment of Rafael Fonseca as Vice President and Director of Product Management. Fonseca brings significant experience in executive management, product management and marketing, and sales at established and startup companies.
Artel Video Systems InfinityLink Teams Up With HARMANs Studer A Link Interface
Artel’s new InfinityLink broadcast media transport solution has been successfully deployed to transport Studer A-Link audio data streams across fiber infrastructures. The InfinityLink product line will make its debut at IBC2016 on Artel’s stand, 10.B20.
Artel Video Systems and Dimetis Announce Multi Platform Integration Partnership
Through an extended partnership, Dimetis will integrate Artel’s new InfinityLink broadcast media transport solution into its BOSS LINK Manager™ platform management and scheduling solution. With BOSS LINK Manager™, users will have the ability to dynamically configure, schedule, monitor, and control InfinityLink chassis and solution modules in their network.
Artel Video Systems Introduces InfinityLink Product Line
Designed for Broadcasters, New Modular Media Transport Solution Complements DigiLink Platform and FiberLink Products. InfinityLink, is an integrated media transport solution designed for broadcast-quality applications. The solution’s scalable architecture creates an easy-to-deploy solution ideal for customers that require reliable broadcast-quality transmission and the flexibility to manage future growth and emerging technologies while maximizing their investment.
Artel Introduces Quad SD HD 3G SDI Multiviewer
Artel introduces the DLC910 Quad SD-HD-3G SDI Multiviewer, adding four-channel SD-HD-3G multiviewer capabilities to Artel’s flagship DigiLink media transport platform.
Artel Video Systems Introduces Artel Care
Services and Support Program Complements Product Offerings. Today, Artel Video Systems announced the launch of Artel Care, a multi-tiered services program including technical support, hardware and software coverage, and other service and support options
Artel Video Systems Launches Integrated Website
Artel Video Systems today announced the launch of the company’s new multiplatform website. The new site integrates the previous DigiLink and FiberLink sites and offers new features and functionality designed to provide a simplified and more user-friendly experience for both mobile and desktop users.
Artel to Demonstrate Integration of DigiLink Fiberlink and Scan Do Product Lines
Showcase to Include IP, Fiber, and 4K Media Transport Solutions for Video, Audio and Data.
DigiLinks Ethernet Aggregators Simplify Transport and Routing With VLAN Capabilities
Artel’s DLM205 and DLC205 9-Port Ethernet Aggregators and Optical Transceivers Enhanced With VLAN Trunking and Tagging
Artel Video Systems Completes the Acquisition of Communications Specialties Inc Products
Artel Now Offers One of Industry’s Largest Portfolios of Broadcast-Quality Media Transport Solutions for Video, Audio, and Data.
Snell demonstrates SMPTE 20226 interoperability with Artel Video Systems
Open standards key to full scale IP routing deployment
Artel Video Systems and Mellanox Deliver HDSDI Video Over Ethernet
Interoperability Between Devices Enables Delivery of Cost-Effective Streaming Solution
Artel Video Systems to Acquire Assets of Communications Specialties Inc
With Acquisition, Artel Will Offer One of Industry’s Largest Portfolios of Broadcast-Quality Media Transport Solutions
TICO Compression Supporters Announce the Launch of the TICO Alliance to Move to 4KUHD in Live Broadcast Production
The new TICO® compression technology will ease the challenge of moving 4K/UHD over current SDI infrastructure and IP Networks
Artel Video Systems Is Now Employee Owned
New Employee Stock Ownership Program Strengthens Company Charter
Artel Video Systems Forms Employee Ownership Trust
Artel Video Systems is Now Employee Owned
Artel Video Systems Receives Technology and Engineering Emmy Award
NATAS Recognizes Artel for Contribution on JPEG 2000 Interoperability Standardization
The National Academy of Television Arts Sciences Announces Recipients of the 66th Annual Technology Engineering EMMY Awards
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Dimetis and Artel Video Systems Announce Integration Partnership
Artel’s DigiLink Platform Integrated into Dimetis BOSS LINK Manager®
Artel Video Systems Joins Forces with HARMANs Studer ALink Interface
DigiLink Platform Enables “zero latency” Digital Audio Transport
Artel Video Systems to Offer Embrionix SFP Modules
SFP Modules Now Available for DigiLink Media Transport Platform
Artel Video Systems integrates JPEG2000 Compression capabilities into DigiLink utilizing intoPIX high performance IPcores
Artel Video Systems introduces JPEG2000 compression capabilities based on intoPIX JPEG2000 IP-cores at CCW 2013
Artel Video Systems New DigiLink Chassis and Modules Achieve NEBS Level 3 Certification
NEBS Certified Equipment Offers Increased Reliability and Cost Savings.
Artel Video Systems Simplifies Ethernet Traffic Transport With 9Port Ethernet Aggregators and Optical Transceivers
New DLM205 and DLC205 9-Port Ethernet Aggregators and Optical Transceivers Now Shipping
Artel and Nevion Successfully Complete HDSDI Over IP Interoperability and Compliance to SMPTE 20226 Standard
Compatibility Testing Demonstrated at the 2013 NAB Show
Artel Video Systems Offers Uncompressed HDSDI Video over IP Capabilities with New DLC450 Gateway
Cost-Effective, Easily Configurable, and Supporting SMPTE 2022-5/6 Standard, the DLC450 Will Debut at the 2013 NAB Show
Artel Video Systems Integrates Video and Ethernet Routing and Trunking Into DigiLink Platform
Artel Video Systems announces the DigiLink DL4360x video transport and processing chassis capable of routing video and Ethernet traffic in native format through a unique internal cross point.
Artel Video Systems Extends DigiLink Capabilities
Artel adds new video over IP, Ethernet transport and integrated routing capabilities to the DigiLink platform
New DigiLink System Simplifies Video Transport
Artel Video Systems will be showcasing new capabilities for the DigiLink Video Transport platform at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo in Orlando FL on October 17-19, and SMPTE Conference & Expo in Hollywood, CA on October 23-25.
Artel Video Systems Introduces New Functionality for the DigiLink 4000 Platform
Artel Video Systems, a leading provider of video transport solutions, today announced general availability of the DLC156 function module set designed for use in the DigiLink 4000 platform.
Artel Integrates Video Transport Platform With Skyline DataMiner Network Management System
Artel Video Systems, a leading provider of video transport-over-fiber solutions, today announced the integration of the company’s flagship DL4000 video transport platform with the award-winning DataMiner™ network management system (NMS) from Skyline Communications.
Artel Video Systems Releases Enhanced Monitoring and Management System for DigiLink Video Transport Platform
Artel Video Systems, a leading global provider of video transport hardware, announces the release of DL-Manager II Element Management System.
Artel Video Systems Introduces 3RU 12Slot Chassis for its Modular Video Transport Platform
Artel Video Systems, a leading provider of video-over-fiber and IP transport solutions, today announced the release of the DL4300, an expanded 12-slot chassis for the company’s DL4000 modular video transport platform.
Artel Announces General Availability of a Low Cost Multiformat 3GSDI Capable Signal Generator and Test Module
Artel is pleased to announce general availability of the DLT710, a low cost multi-format 3G-SDI capable signal generator and test module. The DLT710 is an innovative DL4000 based module designed for simple, automatic link verification of all serial digital video formats.
Artel Announces Interoperation between DL4000 and Media Links MD8000 Video Transport Platforms
Artel Video Systems is pleased to announce that in cooperation with Media Links Inc. it has successfully completed an interoperability test between DL4000 and MD8000 Video Transport Platforms.
Broadcasters Can’t Miss with Hitless Technology
IP video and audio technology is moving rapidly into all facets of media production, and PTP is the essential technology to provide absolute synchronization of the timing relationships of all devices. This is a requirement in delivering mission-critical media signals in IP- and fiber-based ecosystems.
PTP specifies a methodology for synchronizing devices to a single, shared clock across packet-based networks, including Ethernet switches and IP routers. This standard, which was originally developed for laboratory and industrial installations, is now fundamental for IP video/audio signal transport using SMPTE ST 2110 and IP audio signals using AES67, among other media applications. PTP creates a common time base for multiple video cameras and is used to synchronize video and audio devices to a uniform clock or timecode. When used properly, PTP can synchronize device clocks to within nanoseconds of each other across a large network with hundreds of nodes.
“Time Travels — A Closer Look at PTP” examines the key elements and considerations of PTP deployments including PTP synchronization, master clock selection, transparent and boundary clock functions, PTP domain and profile configuration, and other network considerations.
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