Media Links to Develop New Range of IP Gateway Solutions for Broadcasters

“We are excited about developing the new range which will be available at an entry level price point, opening doors to a wider market place,” confirms John Smith, head of Media Links EMEA.  “Following discussions at IBC we anticipate sports broadcasters will be particularly interested in this technology as it enables signals to be transmitted from numerous remote venues such as football stadiums or other sports facilities, over established telcos networks, with both hitless switching and zero data loss.  We are already working with one major broadcaster to achieve this, now making the much talked about subject of remote production over IP, a viable workflow.

“Media Links’ IP gateways work by enabling traditional 3DHDI/SDI broadcast signals to be encoded into an IP data stream,” explains Smith.  “Sync is ensured with IP Genlock over multiple points on the network, using IEEE 1588V2 Precision Time Protocol.  This space and time coding means our broadcast clients can  now achieve signal transport and clean switching over both local and also, more importantly, wide area networks, as well as being scalable.”

“Over the years our global clients have relied on our video over IP and switching solutions to deliver pixel perfect video throughout the duration of some of the most widely viewed events in the world,” continues Smith.  “Now our accumulated expertise in broadcast and telecommunications will be available to broadcasters looking to make live production over IP a reality.”

About Media Links
Media Links is the umbrella brand name supported by Media Global Links, Japan, Media Links Inc., USA, Media Links EMEA and ML AU Pty Ltd., Australia. Founded in 1993 with its headquarters in Kawasaki, Japan, Media Global Links Co., Ltd. (MGL) is a leading developer and manufacturer of broadcast network infrastructure and media transport solutions. Its mission is to offer broadcasters and network providers throughout the world leading edge technology, enabling them to economically convert and move the complete suite of broadcast signals - whether video, audio or data - onto their multi-service IP/Ethernet networks. Operating as a pioneer at the forefront of technological innovations and advancements, MGL provides the only standards based product suite in the market that enables the adoption of media signal types to Telecommunication standards like Ethernet, IP, SDH and SONET. MGL’s common stock is listed and traded on the JASDAQ Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange under the Security Code Number 6659.