Deutsche Welle relies on IP contribution solution from Rohde & Schwarz to distribute content around the world
Deutsche Welle (DW), Germany’s international broadcaster, relies on R&S RelayCaster from Rohde & Schwarz to distribute a broad range of content all over the world. R&S RelayCaster provides reliable contribution and distribution of live content via unmanaged IP networks. Now, for several months, DW is using this solution to transmit its content cost-effectively over the internet also to the USA, where it is distributed to an audience of millions. The project will be presented at IBC 2019 at Rohde & Schwarz booth B21, hall 7.
Deutsche Welle has been relying for years on the IP contribution solution for the secure and reliable distribution of content from its main studios in Bonn and Berlin. Partners in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Mauritius, Seychelles, Mexico and Malaysia benefit from the cost-effective live content distribution over the internet. The latest connection, established a few months ago, uses R&S RelayCaster to send DW signals from Bonn to a satellite provider in California, where they are injected into the satellite feed and distributed to millions of customers. A fully redundant configuration with two signal streams running in parallel via different internet providers makes the system even more reliable.
The DW services are linearly distributed via live web streaming, satellites, local rebroadcasters and cable headends. Leased lines and satellite links are used to contribute the signals to the headends. DW is increaslingy relying on transmission over the internet, which means an unmanaged IP network. This approach offers cost advantages, greater flexibility in content regionalization, and in part better coverage, allowing access to regions lacking any other transmission infrastructure.
R&S RelayCaster is a proven, reliable and economical system. Quality assurance and high transmission reliability are of paramount importance to global premium broadcasters. R&S RelayCaster reduces packet losses to a minimum, ensuring uninterrupted transmission and, as a result, consistent quality of service (QoS). Encryption based on the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) provides end-to-end protection of the transmitted data streams, preventing unauthorized access by third parties.
Rohde & Schwarz
The Rohde & Schwarz technology group develops, produces and markets innovative communications, information and security products for professional users. The group's test and measurement, broadcast and media, aerospace | defense | security, networks and cybersecurity business fields address many different industry and government-sector market segments. On June 30, 2018, Rohde & Schwarz had approximately 11,500 employees. The independent group achieved a net revenue of approximately EUR 2 billion in the 2017/2018 fiscal year (July to June). The company has its headquarters in Munich, Germany. Internationally, it has subsidiaries in more than 70 countries, with regional hubs in Asia and America.
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Rohde & Schwarz Broadcast & Media
Rohde & Schwarz has been an innovator in broadcast and media for over 70 years. The Rohde & Schwarz product portfolio covers the entire signal processing chain for digital video and audio content – from ingest and playout to encoding and multiplexing, from contribution to satellite and IP networks to terrestrial transmission. It includes solutions for monitoring in the studio, as well as for monitoring streaming and broadcast services and entire broadcast networks. The T&M expert also offers a diverse range of instruments for testing end user equipment and infrastructure components in development, production and quality assurance. Rohde & Schwarz invests in an IP and software based future built with the blend of innovation, experience and stability that the company can offer.
DEUTSCHE WELLE
Deutsche Welle (DW) is Germany’s international broadcaster. DW conveys a comprehensive image of Germany, reports events and developments, and incorporates German and other perspectives in a journalistically independent manner.
Deutsche Welle carries out its legal mandate through television, radio and internet. The German broadcaster stands for in-depth and reliable information in 30 languages, with TV in English, German, Spanish and Arabic. Its flagship is the 24-hour English language TV channel, which is available almost everywhere in the world. DW reaches 197 million people on a weekly basis. DW is organized as a public broadcaster and is financed by German federal tax resources. Peter Limbourg is DW's director general. Around 1,500 employees and nearly as many freelancers from 60 countries work at DW's headquarters in Bonn and main studio in Berlin.
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