WFTV, the Cox-owned ABC affiliate in Orlando, FL, has begun
using the T-VIPS TVG420 video gateway to transport MPEG-2 news
footage from its transmitter site over a microwave link to its
studio.  T-VIPS is providing the station with a backhaul
solution for its primary digital electronic newsgathering (ENG)
link over the station’s IP-based spread-spectrum microwave
system, said WFTV director of engineering John Demshock.
Because WFTV encapsulates an ASI stream using the TVG420, it has
an agnostic link between its truck-mounted encoders and studio
decode system, he said; therefore, the station can take
advantage of encoder advancements without concern for the
backhaul, allowing the station to build an IP-based distribution
system using an IP/ASI infrastructure, he added.  For more
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