Barix Audio over IP Solutions Support Live Global Broadcasts for the 2010 Commonwealth Games

ZURICH, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-Asia/ —

Barix AG, a pioneer in IP-based audio, intercom, control, and monitoring, announces that more than 1000 Barix Audio over IP devices were used for contribution, distribution and monitoring of live broadcast audio for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India.

The games, held from October 3-14, were considered the largest multi-sport event staged in India. More than 6,000 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed. Host broadcaster Prasat Bharathi, India’s largest public broadcaster, produced the official live broadcast signal from 12 competition venues.

Mahanahar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), a telecom service provider and the largest provider of broadband services in Delhi, installed and operated a redundant fiber network to transport IP audio over MPLS from the venues to the International Broadcast Center (IBC). The IBC managed and delivered more than 40 contribution and 250 coordination feeds to and from the venues, and served as the origination point for broadcast signals delivered globally to rights holders.

Barix Exstreamer 1000 professional IP encoding/decoding devices were the core audio transport solutions, with special firmware from Barix to deliver very low-latency audio (between 20-30 milliseconds of delay). Redundant pairs of Exstreamer 1000 devices contributed live sports commentary and broadcast-quality event audio from each venue to the IBC.

Many broadcast facilities receiving live feeds from the IBC used Barix Exstreamer devices to receive and decode the program audio. Barix IP devices additionally provided SNMP traps that allowed MTNL personnel to monitor the links from the company’s operational headquarters.

Mr. Jidendra Garg, Deputy General Manager of MTNL, recognized the success of the IP network, noting high channel availability, reliable bilateral audio feeds, and superior quality of the coordination circuits.

“We are appreciative of the professional support provided by Barix and our systems integration partners HCL Infosystems and BNA Technology Consulting,” said Mr. Garg.

Johannes G. Rietschel, CEO of Barix AG, expressed gratitude at the opportunity to deploy more than 1000 Barix Audio over IP devices, which proved the reliability of Barix devices for live broadcast events and network monitoring.

“We are proud to have delivered ‘incident-free’ performance for the 12-day event at an affordable cost, working in a fully-redundant link model in cooperation with the region’s leading broadcast, production, telecom and integration companies,” said Rietschel.

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