“In addition to operational simplicity and cost-effectiveness, this new FiberLink gateway boasts functional breadth that facilitates an evolutionary migration from SDI-based environments to IP ST 2110-based implementations,” said Paul Seiden, Director of International and Channel Sales, Artel Video Systems. “With robust support for the SMPTE ST 2110 suite of standards, this powerful product gives broadcasters, service providers, and other users a convenient and flexible solution for moving SDI-based media into and out of an IP-based environment.”

The new offering supports SMPTE ST 2110-10 (system timing and definitions), ST 2110-20 (uncompressed active video), ST 2110-21 (narrow sender and wide receiver), and ST 2110-30 (PCM digital audio, conformance Level A, B, and C), as well as SMPTE ST 2022-7 for seamless protection switching of up to two video streams (up to 1080p).

The FiberLink ST 2110 Gateway supports 32+32 audio streams with WAN buffering, 16 channels of audio embed/extract per SDI interface, and shuffle functionality. Because the system can be managed with open control protocols including NMOS, EmBER+, and DashBoard, it can be deployed in a variety of environments.