CASE STUDY
Locations: London, Atlanta
www.telegenic.co.uk

Telegenics’ T-Wiz Decentralizes
with MediorNet from Riedel
Telegenic, a major remote production company with its main office in theU.K. and U.S. office in Atlanta, chose MediorNet to provide the redundantand decentralized signal routing and transport infrastructure required for
its US golf coverage. Their use of the MediorNet real-time signal transport, processing, and routing network resulted in several key advantages:• Unprecedented flexibility in workflow design• Integrated glue functions streamline operations• Drastically simplified setup with decreased time for set and strike• Integrated redundancies to enable disaster recovery in live production
environments and widely varying weather conditions

CASE STUDY:TELEGENIC“MediorNet, controlledby VSM hardware andvirtual panels, provides the technical andproduction crews withunprecedented flexibility. The all-in-one
approach, where we do
not need to route signals
in and out of various bitsof equipment, drastically simplifies setup.
Riedel’s network-based
design makes connecting
the trucks and sharing
resources much easier.”
Andrew Wisniewski
US Operations Supervisor
Telegenic

THE CUSTOMER
Telegenic stands at the forefront of one of the broadcast industry’s most demanding fields of operation, that of outside (remote)broadcasting. For over 30 years Telegenic has delivered the highest
standards of quality, expertise, and service to the world’s leading
broadcasters. Highly skilled in project management, engineering,and execution they have helped deliver some of the most spectacular live events on the planet. Pioneers in High Definition and world
leaders in 3D and 4K, they continually embrace and develop the latest technologies to exceed client expectations.

THE CHALLENGE
In order to effectively keep T-Wiz on the road for over 34 weeks ayear covering golf tour events, Telegenic needed an integrated andcomprehensive signal transport, routing, and processing solution.
Having previously used a non-integrated solution made up of partsand pieces from multiple vendors, they realized that the only way tostay on schedule would be to invest in an infrastructure that could
keep up with their demands.
Telegenic had looked at various IP and ‘software defined hardware’solutions from other vendors. The team at Riedel was able to demonstrate not only forward thinking, network based design, but also
a proven track record for their hardware.

THE SOLUTION
Telegenic’s MediorNet network consists of a MediorNet MetroN corerouter, 10 MicroN high-density media distribution network devices,and four MediorNet Compact Pro stagebox/mainframes to facilitatetransport of HD video and a variety of audio and data signals.
At each golf course venue, the MediorNet components are all connected over a 10 Gbps opticalfiber network to form a decentralized routing matrix. WDM multiplexers within the system cut thenumber of fiber connections required for the Riedel Compact Pros from six singlemode cores down
to just two. With MediorNet’s automatic signal rerouting capabilities, Telegenic teams are then able
to create full optical redundancy over just fourcores.

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That built-in redundancy would prove critical during one event. Oneof the MediorNet Compact frames had only 7 out of 9 links to startand, over the course of a live half-hour show, went down to only 2links. The system did its job, switching from link to link, keeping theshow on the air.

Integrated signal processing functions such as audio and video routing, audio embedding, de-embedding, and the distribution of sync
are also of great value and eliminate the need for additional hardware.
In addition, running on two of the MicroNs, the MediorNet MultiViewer App provides multiviewing capabilities for up to 18 video
signals that can be used to create up tp four Multiviewer screens.
These can then be used locally or redistributed to any of the MediorNet nodes. Also included is Riedel’s RockNet real-time audio networkthat rides atop the MediorNet backbone to provide backup audio
transport from several remote locations.

THE RESULTS
Riedel’s MediorNet network is used in all aspects of the production
from fiber-based acquisition of video and audio signals from the Host
Broadcaster trucks in the TV compound, thru integration of various
on-site locations, to the replacement of traditional broadcast routing and multiviewing hardware. And, thanks to the implementationof optical multiplexing within the system, they are able to reduce
the number of fibers required for remote locations while taking fulladvantage of MediorNet’s unique ability to automatically reroute signals in case of cable issues.

“Multiple formats,low-latency SRC, andplenty of MADI support provide for a
fully interoperable
audio domain.
Integrating MediorNet
and RockNet together
into the Telegenic
project has beena simple andeffective process.”
Simon “Foz” Foster
Deputy Head of Sound
Telegenic UK