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EBU selects Nevion’s HD video transport equipment for the Vancouver Winter Games
Published 3rd March 2010
Ventura’s JPEG 2000, multiplexing and system management solutions provide visually lossless, low latency and cost-efficient transmission
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has selected Nevion (www.nevion.com), formerly Network/VPG, a leading video transport solution provider for broadcasters, service providers and government entities worldwide, to provide video transport technology for the Winter Games in Vancouver from 12–28 February. High-quality HD signals have been transmitted using JPEG 2000 compression from EBU broadcast members at a range of sporting venues to EBU’s International Broadcast Centre (IBC) in Vancouver.
Solutions from Nevion’s modular, carrier-class Ventura product family combine to provide unmatched quality, operational savings and efficiency for multi-venue live signal transmissions. Its JPEG 2000 compression solution, as well as multiplexing and system management modules support more than 30 HD links at the Games.
“With continuous live-action sporting events taking place, we needed to find a reliable, innovative, value-based solution that would provide us with the high-quality video transport we were after,” said Oscar Teran, engineering manager of the EBU OPS Group. “Nevion products have helped us do just that, handling not only the contribution, but also the monitoring and management of the networks.”
Nevion’s advanced JPEG 2000 solution allows multiple cycles of signal compression and decompression without noticeable degradation of the original signal - ideal for the high-quality requirements of live events and sports contribution networks. JPEG 2000’s visually lossless quality and extremely low latency combine with time-division multiplexing to ensure maximum use of bandwidth and a high degree of flexibility. Due to strict adherence to standards, Ventura modules interoperate successfully with equipment from other vendors.
Nevion’s DataMiner, a complete network management system, has also been selected to monitor and manage video transport equipment utilised at the games. DataMiner interfaces with both Nevion and third-party element managers throughout the transport chain to create a high-level view and flexible central control. Nevion will be instrumental in the integration of the preconfigured system onsite in Vancouver.
Ventura equipment is widely used by large telecommunications service providers for global events such as Carnival in Brazil, the Academy Awards and Rose Parade broadcasts in the U.S., and the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Note to editors
Nevion’s Ventura family of modular products provides highly flexible and scalable video transport solutions across all video protocols. Ventura products integrate key compression technologies, multiplexing, network mapping, protection at all network layers and monitoring to ensure SLA compliance.
About Nevion
Nevion is a video transport solution provider for broadcasters, telecommunications service providers and government entities worldwide. With the most flexible and scalable video processing and transport over any network, Nevion puts power, reliability and quality behind global media transport solutions. Its Ventura, Flashlink and VikinX product lines deliver the full range of content transport, signal processing, and routing solutions, with comprehensive system management and control. With the lowest carbon footprint in the industry, Nevion products are the greenest of their kind, reducing customers’ operational expenses and benefiting the environment. Nevion maintains its world headquarters in Sandefjord, Norway and U.S. headquarters in Oxnard, CA, with global offices in Singapore, Dubai, and the United Kingdom. For more information, please visit www.nevion.com.
About EBU
The EBU is the world’s largest professional association of national broadcasters whose Members reach a weekly audience of 650 million people. Active Members are public service broadcasters in 56 countries corresponding to the ITU European Broadcasting Area and extending all the way to Russia, Central Asia, North Africa and the Middle East. Associate Members include broadcasters from Canada, the USA, Japan, Mexico, Brazil, India and Hong Kong, as well as many others. The EBU’s purpose is to serve and support the interests of its Members, and the values of public service broadcasting, which are central to Members’ activities. The organisation provides services to the broadcasting community at large, along with expertise specifically to Members on legal, technical and programming issues. It also conducts economic and market analyses and offers targeted training programmes.