Studio-Network
The general adoption of the HD-SDI standard 25 years ago has started a change in studio technology that is sill ongoing today – a technological evolution rather than a revolution, compared to the rapid change of the IT industry. But also in media production, the innovation cycles have become ever shorter due to higher audience expectations, general cost pressure and the rise of new media products.
Fiber optic systems already meet the demand for format-independent, scalable physical platforms for future media transmission. Advanced optic technology, such as wavelength multiplexing(xWDM) makes backbone bitrates of 40/100G or even 400G possible without major adjustments to the fiber optic cabling.
Fiber optic systems make scalable studio network capacity available for ever faster technological and economic developments in the long run.
The standards UHD 4K and ATSC 3.0 are technical developments for broadcast companies that will definitely show the performance limits of conventional studio infrastructures. High-performance fiber optic systems will become an important factor for the future. They support increased flexibility for previous value added chains by enabling production companies and broadcast stations to move literally boundless data volumes within the production hierarchy, thus using technical and personal resources at the best.
