IP INFRASTRUCTURE
BCE: (R)evolution in the digital media world While the media world goes digital, Broadcasting Center Europe (BCE), part of the RTL Group, the European media leader that operates TV and radio channels as well as production companies globally, continues to enrich its activities. Flashback on the first IPbased broadcast centre with state-of-the-art platforms and numerous innovative production and distribution applications to answer the needs of today and tomorrow media players. The 36,000 square meter IP-based facility supports 24/7 broadcasting of more than 35 channels, among those RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg, Chamber TV, Luxe.TV (Luxembourg), RTL TVI, Club RTL, Plug TV (Belgium), RTL4, RTL5, RTL7, RTL8, RTL Z, RTL Crime, RTL Telekids, RTL Lounge (Netherlands), 30 JULY ‘19
RTL9 and AB Groupe movie channels and Altice Group channels (France), RTL Hungary (Hungary) and Love Nature, Love Nature 4K, Blue Ant Extreme, Blue Ant Entertainment (Singapore). The broadcast centre was three years in the making and features an end-to-end IP infrastructure and wellconceived data IT network that manage mostly HD
“IP‐based platforms allow us to rapidly setup new channels,” comments Costas Colombus, Technology Projects & Support Director at BCE. “Whereas it is for conti‐ nuous or ephemeral chan‐ nels, we are able to give a fast answer and start bro‐ adcasting the content worldwide.”
(and some 4K) content and channels. The new broadcast centre is located in in the centre of Europe. All the radio and television production facilities and playout centre operations employ the latest IPenabled equipment from technology suppliers like Arista, Grass Valley (GV), Isilon, Juniper, Lawo, Harmonic.
Advanced research and systems integration All of the equipment and systems were installed and tested by BCE, a European leader in media services, system integration and software development in the areas of television, radio, production and postproduction, telecommunication and IT.