Turner Preserves Video Quality at NBA All-Star Game with Media Links HD Transport System
Milford, CT – April 2, 2007 - Media Links Inc., a provider of the broadcast industry’s widest range of HD video transport solutions today announced that their MD6000™ high performance video transport system was deployed by Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc) to provide coverage of the National Basketball Association’s All-Star Game Weekend, held in February at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
The MD6000 enabled Turner to provide bi-directional uncompressed High Definition contribution and program links between three Las Vegas HD production sites: the Thomas & Mack Center, Caesars Palace Hotel and Mandalay Bay Hotel.
The MD6000 encapsulates uncompressed SD and HD video signals into IP packets for seamless transport over telecom infrastructures such as 2.4Gbps and 10Gbps SONET circuits. With hitless protection switching built into the design, the MD6000 offers superior fault tolerance for a variety of network architectures. This equipment has been successfully utilized for a number of live events around the world, including the 2006 FIFA™ World Cup in Germany.
“As the industry continues its progression towards uncompressed HD video transport we are pleased to be able to offer leading broadcasters like Turner a product suite designed to meet the specific requirements of various network applications,” said Mario Frattaroli, President of Media Links. “The MD6000 allows broadcasters and carriers alike to seamlessly integrate uncompressed video streams directly from a venue into the core of their network.”
About the MD6000
The MD6000 high performance video transport system provides the most reliable uncompressed HD video transport system over SONET/SDH and IP networks. Advanced technologies, including error correction, hitless protection switching, and differential delay adaptation allow flawless transport of the most demanding types of video signals. Uncompressed HD-SDI, SD-SDI, SDTI, STM-1 and DVB/ASI signals along with 10/100BT Ethernet can all be transported over a variety of networks, including OC-48/STM-16, OC-192/STM-64 or dark fiber.
Key Features:
Hitless protection switching
Differential Delay Adaptation allows Hitless Switching to work by automatically compensating for any differences in the signal transit times on the primary and secondary network links.
IP Encapsulation
Forward Error Correction
About Media Links Inc.
Media Links Inc., headquartered in Milford, CT is providing the technology of choice to transport HD signals reliably, over existing IP/SONET contribution and primary distribution network infrastructures, eliminating the need to install and manage expensive HD encoders and Telco adapters. Moreover, by utilizing standards complaint IP encapsulation, Media Links is poised to seamlessly integrate current products to next generation IP networks and offer a flexible and cost effective migration path for its customers.