Net Insight eases the complexities of IP-based connectivity with Facility Connect

Net Insight will demonstrate at NAB 2025, Facility Connect, a powerful solution designed to streamline and improve broadcast workflows across multiple facilities by providing a robust, scalable and efficient way to connect broadcast facilities, unlocking the full potential of IP-based production and ensuring seamless interoperability between locations.

Major players in the live media ecosystem rely on multiple facilities to ensure redundancy, scalability and operational efficiency. By distributing production across multiple locations, it is possible optimize resources, improve the cut resistance and allow the delivery of regionalized content. Now, Facility Connect simplifies these operations by providing a seamless half IP connectivity between dispersed facilities, enabling large-scale productions, remote collaboration, and dynamic resource allocation.

The shift to IP-based broadcast environments, driven by industry standards such as TR-07, SMPTE ST 2110 and NMOS, has transformed traditional workflows by enabling:

• Dynamic resource allocation- Balance workloads between facilities for optimal infrastructure utilization.
• Remote collaboration- Allow teams to access, edit and distribute content in real time, from anywhere.
• Scalability and flexibility: quickly adapt to new production needs without physical limitations.
• Profitability- Reducing duplication and maximizing resource efficiency through centralized content management.
• Improved disaster recovery: redundant infrastructure that guarantees business continuity in the event of failures.
• Seamless interoperability- Efficient management of media streams in different network environments.

While multi-facility workflows offer numerous benefits, they also present challenges such as latency, synchronization, data management complexity, and network reliability. Facility Connect is designed for a efficient media management over IP, integrating advanced media transport functions to support modern workflows based on up to 100G connectivity. By complying with SMPTE RP 2129 and ST 2110 standards, it guarantees a seamless interoperability and high-performance connectivity in all broadcast centers.

Beyond standard IP media connectivity, Facility Connect adds robust transport capabilities to meet the high demands of premium content. With a Comprehensive supervision of all transmissions at each point processing, broadcasters gain unprecedented visibility into their operations, simplifying failure investigation, especially in environments using third-party WAN interconnects.

"Facility Connect offers broadcasters a more efficient and reliable way to manage operations across multiple facilities. By addressing the complexities of IP-based production, it enables seamless connectivity, optimized workflows and greater resiliency between locations," he says. Kristian Mets, global director of sales business development at Net Insight.