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98 Vol. 42 No. 2 - May 2020 Issue products For more information, see www.commscope.com Telestream®, a provider of workflow automation, media processing, quality monitoring and test and measurement solutions for the production and distribution of video, has launched its Inspect 2110 video monitoring solution for broadcast, production and distribution networks. Further extending the Telestream IQ Solutions monitoring family, Inspect 2110 monitors ST 2110 video streams at broadcast and production facilities for operations staff, network engineers and content creators. It is designed to ensure that video flow across the network is correct, working as expected and synchronised, enabling broadcasters to make the shift from SDI to IP video, while introducing several benefits in flexibility, scale, migration and efficiency. “With IP video now streaming across Ethernet instead of SDI, video operations have become blind to the more complex video network and need visibility and diagnostics to make sure live production, synchronisation and redundant networks are working properly. Inspect 2110 solves the problem of monitoring complex, growing and dynamic broadcast IP networks with limited staff. Any individual program can be tracked throughout the network to ensure that the video content on any particular stream is exactly what it should be in terms of media, format, audio and metadata. It also ensures that both sides of a redundant system are the same and that there has been no degradation to either side. Inspect 2110 also confirms PTP system synchronisation and that network traffic is correct and operating as expected,” the company told Broadband Journal . The video monitoring solution also offers a direct link to PRISM, Telestream’s IP media analysis platform, to expedite troubleshooting issues quickly while the Telestream IQ management system provides programme-correlated visibility across the network. “The broadcasting shift from SDI to IP provides many benefits, but video network visibility and rapid diagnostics are a challenge,” said Ian Valentine, VP Product Management, Telestream. “Inspect 2110 provides automated IP video network visibility with the tools that broadcast operators need to ensure that the IP video network is working as expected.” IP video monitoring For more information, see www.telestream.net Our zero footprint solutions address the issue of limited space and installation complexity through a modified CommScope base station antenna (including 8T8R functionality, mounting brackets to attach the antenna to the pole and mount points on the back of the antenna) and connection to an 8T8R radio provided by the operator. This also includes custom connectivity solutions such as jumper cables, radio mount and cable management brackets, as well as a service to attach and verify the installation,” said Commscope. The number of ports are increasing, which can lead to confusion and incorrect wiring. CommScope is introducing its M-LOC cluster connector to support the increase in antenna port quantities resulting from multiple bands on a single antenna. In less than five years, port counts have grown from less than ten to easily above 20 on a single antenna. M-LOC enables up to five network connections on a single push and lock motion, reportedly reducing installation time by more than 75 per cent. This also removes ports connections uncertainty to 8T8R and 4T4R antennas. The rollout of 5G means more remote radio units that are high-powered and, in some regions, a shift to massive MIMO architecture. To address the power needs that accompany this rollout, CommScope is offering a new version of its PowerShift line of products that is a single-rack unit, supporting up to 2,000 wattage per circuit, with power connectors in the front. The single rack-unit option addresses the issue of limited space, while the front connections offer easier access for installers.

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