BBC Studios worked with GlobalM’s cloud-based SRT distribution platform to deliver live feeds to its international rights holders of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral.
The company required a cloud-based media distribution workflow to deliver live feeds to its international rights holders with limited or non-existent satellite links. Already familiar with GlobalM and Matrox Video, BBC Studios used the GlobalM network and Matrox Monarch EDGE encoder technologies to launch a same-day IP-based distribution workflow.
The workflow began with the Monarch EDGE multi-channel encoders encoding high-quality, low-latency international and domestic feeds to the GlobalM SRT streaming platform. The GlobalM orchestration network then distributed and transmitted the SRT-enabled feeds—including backup and redundant paths—to international rights holders, while the master control monitored all streams in real-time with the GlobalM web dashboard. During the 12-hour broadcast, the GlobalM network did not drop a single packet for a seamless SRT distribution experience, said the company.
“GlobalM and Matrox Video are honoured to have been entrusted to support arguably one of the biggest events in broadcasting history,” said Paul Calleja, chief technology officer and co-founder, GlobalM. “Matrox Monarch EDGE’s high-quality and low-latency encoding support on the GlobalM private IP backbone provided BBC Studios with complete stability and quality for each stream, ensuring international rights holders near and far with exceptional event coverage.”
“Cloud-based contribution and primary distribution offers an affordable alternative and/or complementary workflow to satellite-based media transport,” added Francesco Scartozzi, vice president of sales and business development for the broadcast and media group (BMG), Matrox Video. “Matrox Video has been working closely with GlobalM so that customers like the BBC can benefit from quick-to-deploy cloud-native networks that are a fraction of the cost of double-hop satellite delivery models—but with the same broadcast quality and customer viewing experience.”
