NextradioTV Deploys Extensive MediorNet Decentralized Routing Solution

French media powerhouse NextradioTV has chosen Riedel’s MediorNet to provide a large-scale, decentralized routing backbone for the broadcaster’s brand-new audiovisual infrastructure.

The 204-node MediorNet system has been installed in new NextradioTV facilities on the Paris campus of the Altice Group, which acquired NextradioTV in 2016, to support signal distribution, routing, and processing over a single real-time network.

NextRadioTV’s move to the Altice campus gave the broadcaster a tremendous opportunity to build technical facilities from scratch and to establish a common infrastructure for all its TV and radio channels. The scalable, state-of-the-art technology integrated into these new facilities gives NextRadioTV added agility in producing and broadcasting events from across its remarkable portfolio of 24/7 news, documentaries and live sport competition.

Antoine Robelin, Technical Director at NextradioTV, said: "In addition to supporting flexible day-to-day operations, our Riedel gear gives us the ability to take select advantage of mature and reliable network technologies while making sure Riedel is the right partner to grow with us and in due time support a smooth transition toward IP."

The Riedel installation at NextradioTV includes 18 MetroN fiber routers, as well as 182 MicroN frames distributed across three buildings, and provides integrated processing capabilities that dramatically simplify operations. The MediorNet routing solution takes advantage of a new cabling infrastructure, including a wealth of installed fibers, to address factors including long distances between production studios/control rooms/technical rooms and the need to be able to scale up quickly and easily.

MediorNet's decentralized concept was also very valuable to manage a smooth and incremental move from the former building to the new one; thanks to dark fibers, both buildings were indeed part of the same real-time network, which tremendously facilitated the migration process. The flexibility of the Riedel equipment even enabled NextradioTV to design and implement new galleries while the new installation was under way.

With MediorNet at the heart of this brand-new broadcast technology showcase in Paris, NextradioTV is equipped to embrace innovations such as decentralized routing while taking a thoughtful and gradual approach towards IP based workflows. The Altice campus installation demonstrates how an investment in Riedel equipment can yield valuable results immediately and as a broadcast organization evolves.