Red Bee opens its Red Lab research center in the Netherlands

La compañía abre el centro en Holanda tras la inauguración del primer laboratorio en Londres en febrero de 2019. Una tercera instalación se pondrá en marcha en Estocolmo durante este año.

Red Bee Media ha inaugurado el Red Lab en Hilversum (Holanda). Red Lab Hilversum se centrará en el desarrollo de productos, pruebas y demostraciones de soluciones basadas en IP y software para servicios de adquisición, compresión, contribución y distribución de vídeo.

Under the name Red Lab, Red Bee Media is formalizing its R&D efforts with multiple connected facilities around the world. The first laboratory opened in London in February 2019 and a third facility will be launched in Stockholm during the year.

Chris Langbridge, Head of Distribution Services at Red Bee Media, comments: "Red Lab Hilversum offers us a great opportunity to develop and test our IP-enabled capabilities, increasing the value we offer to our clients in live video and remote production services. We are committed to putting multi-tenant platform innovation at the heart of what we do as an agile managed services provider in the broadcast and media industry."

“With the combination of Red Lab London and Red Lab Hilversum, we will now be able to demonstrate end-to-end IP workflows across multiple countries and demonstrate how Red Bee Media is leading the industry in multi-user IP platform technology,” he said. David Travis, Chief Services Portfolio Officer de Red Bee Media.

With the launch of Red Lab Hilversum, Red Bee Media conducted a successful trial of IP contribution technologies. The trial consisted of testing the possibility of delivering uncompressed video over a long-distance (2 x 35 km) redundant connection from the Amsterdam Arena to the MCR test platform at Red Lab Hilversum. With a 100% stable IP connection, providing a 1080p HLG HDR signal, the test was a success.

Hang the Book, director of Strategic Product and Distribution Services at Red Bee Media, notes that "this test was a great achievement and validated our designs for time distribution protocols and stable package delivery. We were able to stretch and improve the capabilities of our current technology, adding cutting-edge components throughout its rhythms. As a result of this test, we now have a whole new list of exciting ideas to explore with our partners."