NBC Olympics to use Grass Valley IP technology at Tokyo 2020

An important selection of solutions Grass Valley will be present at the Tokyo International Broadcast Center during the Olympic Games at the service of NBC Olympics.

Grass Valley has supplied a range of IP systems whose objective is Increase efficiency at NBC Olympics studios inside the Tokyo International Broadcast Center (IBC). The infrastructure IP de Grass Valley will bear the processing live video and audio streams (both from the studios and the remote event venues) for delivery to the network's production and editing control rooms before live broadcasts.

NBC Olympics will deploy infrastructure IP Media of Grass Valley at the Tokyo IBC, taking advantage of the control of a switching topology Cisco Spine-and-Leaf through the router control and configuration system GV Orbit NMOS.

Open standards

The IP solution is compatible with SMPTE-2110, AMWA NMOS IS-04/05, SMPTE-2059, UHD y HDR, seeking to take advantage of the interoperability of industry standards. The system consists of more than 70 modular gateways IQUCP that use the product versions of 25GbE y 50GbE; 170 modules IP audio/video processing Density+ XIP-3901, SDR/HDR, IS-04/IS-05; y 16 multivisores MV-820-IP.

System management is carried out through the dynamic orchestration system GV Orbit, allowing production teams to leverage the benefits of IP using SDI workflows. As part of the IP infrastructure, Grass Valley has also provided audio gateway products MADI and multistream audio processing solution Audio Live.

Total involvement

Todd Donovan, vice president of engineering technology NBC Olympics, it was clear that Grass Valley had to be their partner again in Tokyo 2020: "Given our long relationship and trust in Grass Valley and given that we wanted to upgrade to a 2110 IP processing and routing core at the Tokyo International Broadcasting Center, it quickly became evident that Grass Valley was the right partner for this important upgrade in our critical infrastructure due to their experience and the breadth and maturity of their products. Grass Valley partnered with us in designing solutions that would enable our sophisticated flows. working at the IBC headquarters and facilities as we work to present the largest Olympic Games presentation in history. They have been deeply involved at all levels of their organization for the continued success of the NBC Olympic Games in Tokyo and beyond.”

On the other hand, Tim Shoulders, CEO of Grass Valley, comments: "We are proud to reinforce our close collaboration with NBC Olympics, cultivated over the last two decades. In addition to offering space and cost savings, the infrastructure will meet the needs of Tokyo and will easily adapt and scale to support future Olympic Games events."