Live Audiovisual Contribution over 5G (RTVE)

Trial at the Parliament of Castilla La-Mancha

Participants:

• RTVE Innovation, Castilla-La Mancha Territorial Center Technical and Production staff, Instituto RTVE.

• CM Telecom

• Aviwest

Services

• Live contribution to news programme (Canal 24h TVE)​

Duration

• July 2020

Location

• Parliament of Castilla La-Mancha, Toledo (Spain)

​Technologies

• 5G-NSA​

Equipment and Infrastructure

• Professional camera (RTMP 5 MHz) to Aviwest decoder placed in Torrespaña (Madrid)

​Main goals

1. Testing contribution of live events from the Castilla La-Mancha Parliament through a 5G small cell.

2. Testing live contribution to the RTVE´s 24H news national channel.

Trial at FITUR

Participants:

• RTVE Innovation, Castilla-La Mancha Territorial Center Technical and Production staff, Instituto RTVE.

• Vodafone

• Watchity

• Aviwest

Services:

• Live contribution​

​Duration

• January 2020

Location

• FITUR and Puerta del Sol, Madrid (Spain)

​​Technologies

• 5G-NSA

​​Equipment and Infrastructure

• Professional camera (HD with RTMP) 5 MHz. Samsung smartphone used as modem

​​Spectrum / Frequencies

• 750-755 MHz (5 MHz)

Main Goals

1. Testing possibilities of 5G connectivity in crowded areas such as FITUR (Madrid) for live contribution.

Learn More...

https://www.rtve.es/play/videos/programa/td1_5g_190619/5287355/

https://www.caribroadcastunion.org/2022/01/10/using-5g-network-slicing-to-create-new-public-service-opportunities/

Trial at the European Parliament

Participants:

• RTVE Innovation, Castilla-La Mancha Territorial Center Technical and Production staff, Instituto RTVE.

• Vodafone

• Watchity

• European Parliament's technical staff

Services

• Multi-camera live production

Duration

• December 2019

Location

• European Parliament Office, Madrid (Spain)

Technologies

• 5G-NSA

Equipment and Infrastructure

• Professional camera (HD with RTMP) 5 MHz. Huawei CPE lent by Vodafone. Production mixed in the cloud.

Main goals

1. Test multi-camera live production with cloud mixing for live Twitter interviews.

2. Test possibilities for fast and low cost deployment without OB Van, no flyaway, no radio links, no backpack.

Trial at EuCNC'19

Participants:

• RTVE Innovation, Comunitat Valenciana and Castilla-La Mancha Territorial Center Technical and Production staff

• Universitat Politècnica de València

• Orange

• Palacio de Congresos de Valencia

• Watchity

• Cellnex

• Fenitel

Services

• Live contribution to news programmes from RTVE (Canal 24h, L'Informatiu Comunitat Valenciana, Noticias Castilla La-Mancha)

Duration

• June 2019

Location

• EuCNC 2019 y 7th Global 5G Event, Valencia (Spain)

​Technologies

• 5G-S

Equipment and Infrastructure

• Professional camera (RTMP 5 MHz) to Orange 5G network switch

Main goals

1. Deliver the first live connection through 5G SA network.

2. Test low latency setup to start a live contribution to news programme.