Wireless 5G has the potential to replace conventional wired and wireless links to television cameras at outside events like sports, music concerts and parades, bringing down the costs to buy, store and maintain equipment. 5G connectivity may even replace TV mobile production trucks with permanent facilities linked wirelessly to cameras and audio sources, according to the NAB Show Daily.
“Remote working means newer methods for collaboration are required and 5G is a clear backhaul contender. With home networks occasionally crashing, 5G also provides a much higher layer of confidence in connection with protected feeds, IFBs and [remote] control functions,” says Stan Moote, chief technology officer at the International Trade Association for Broadcast & Media Technology.
A cross industry organization, the 5G Media Action Group or “5G-MAG,” has been created to facilitate collaboration of all media distribution stakeholders in the deployment of services via 5G.
Broadcast equipment manufacturers are introducing products for connecting to 5G networks. Several are exhibiting at the 2022 NAB Show, including the Aviwest new PRO460 5G transmitter. The company says it’s the next evolution of its flagship PRO bonded-cellular transmitter series for remote and at home video production, notes the NAB Show Daily.
Vidovation’s 5G-enabled encoder/transmitter is displayed at the Aviwest booth. The LiveU exhibit showcases the LU300 HEVC encoder for connecting to 5G networks.
Additional exhibitors addressing 5G include Cisco, Dejero, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, HISPASAT, NATE: The Communications Infrastructure Contractors Association, NOVELSAT, Rohde & Schwarz, ST Engineering iDirect, Verizon, Viking Satcom and Vislink Technologies.
The 2022 NAB Show runs through today, Wednesday, April 27.
By Leslie Stimson, Inside Towers Washington Bureau Chief
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