Asia-Pacific Broadcasting (APB) June 2018 Volume 35, Issue 5 | Page 27

DISTRIBUTION June 2018 it cellular, Wi-Fi or satellite, then you can’t deliver your live content. “The other thing is getting access to a large enough ‘pipe’ to be able to do bidirectional data transfers so that video and data can be worked on and packaged quickly and more efficiently.” Dejero is also a strong advocate of the HEVC/H.265 video com- pression standard, which Santillan describes as “a major step forward” as the demand for higher resolu- tion and better picture quality increases. HEVC/H.265 is now a standard feature in the EnGo mobile trans- mitter, which combines Dejero’s proprietary auto-transport and adaptive bitrate encoding technol- ogy to optimise picture quality when there is limited bandwidth. A new offering from Dejero is PathWay, an HEVC/H.265 rack-mount encoder/transmit- ter, which supports 1080p at 25/30/60fps. The increased frame rates, according to Santillan, deliv- ers “smooth, high-motion video” preferred by broadcasters for sports and eSports coverage. “On the receiving side, we introduced our four-output WayPoint re- ceiver, which provides the flex- ibility of receiving HEVC/H.265 and AVC/H.264 streams. This is helpful as broadcasters transition to HEVC/H.265,” he adds. In line with Dejero’s vision to provide reliable connectivity any- Dejero is working to enhance how it helps customers send live feeds via IP throughout the entire production chain. For instance, the company’s IP network blending technology was deployed at the Winter Games Winter Games in Pyeonchang, South Korea earlier this year. where to help broadcasters deliver their content from any location, at anytime, the company has also introduced CellSat, a blending cel- lular and Intelsat Ku-band IP satel- lite solution. Santillan illustrates: “If a news crew is in a remote location where cellular coverage may be limited, or in a heavily congested area where the available bandwidth may be sporadic, the Dejero CellSat solution that we developed with Intelsat enables mid-stream activation to blend in with satellite with the available connectivity. This provides enough bandwidth to deliver high-quality video, without losing the shot.” Because the satellite connec- tivity that is blended with cellular is available on-demand, users do not need to worry about making prior bookings for satellite time. Better cost management is offered, as they are billed for their CellSat connectivity by Dejero, instead of having to manage bills from multi- ple cellular and satellite providers. In essence, Dejero believes that IP workflows simply provide great- er flexibility for content creators involved in remote productions. For instance, the Dejero GateWay solution provides a big virtual pipe between the production vehicle and the Internet. This enables field crews to transfer large data files and digital assets back and forth from the remote location to the central broadcast facility. It also gives reporters and producers ac- cess to newsroom systems from a breaking news scene — an option that was just not possible before, says Santillan, who also adds a word of caution: “With 10G and 40G, and presumably 100G soon to be generally available, the idea of going full IP makes more sense, given its inherent advantages of flexibility and scalability. “However, it is the type of content that will really define the workflow. SDI is still the most cost- effective way if it’s just your ‘typical HD production’ — it also comes down to what your budget