(PT) Nova Era Digital: Luiz Claudio Costa

The use of computing platforms for broadcast-related applications, which began in the early 1990s, helped the market undergo several transformations in relation to content distribution.

In terms of connectivity, we can mention the new standards that have emerged for internal signal traffic to broadcasters, distributions and contributions. In this sense, we are talking about the advent of standards such as SDI (3G or 12G), ST-2022, ST-2110, SRT, NDI, control protocols such as NMOS, etc.

Video processing took an important leap forward by using CPUs, GPUs and FPGAs, associated with software layers.

A major change was also noticed in relation to the ways in which these systems were deployed, through the emergence of distributed computing, known as cloud, which now allows for much more flexible installations, which can be completely on-premises, completely cloud or hybrid, bringing together the best of both worlds.

The lecture aims to discuss how the use of the same computing platforms, which enabled us to make so many improvements in relation to the generation, contribution and distribution of content, can help the Broadcast market to simplify its internal infrastructure, through a concept called hyperconvergence. , where different equipment can converge on just one platform, in an end-to-end production chain, being able to manage the different I/O formats available today, in addition to having its functions defined on demand and by software.