Media Links Showcases entire Ecosystem of Transport Solutions at 2024 Paris Olympics

Complete IP portfolio, featuring Xscend Media Platform utilized for global media transmission

Media Links, manufacturer and pioneer in Media over IP transport technology, announces its participation in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, from July 26 to August 11.

With an expected global audience of 3+ billion, Media Links continues to celebrate its long-standing tradition of supplying IP technology for this premier sporting event. Broadcasters worldwide have put their trust in Media Links over many Olympics based on its stellar record of uncompromising product quality and rock-solid reliability.

The company’s complete range of IP media gateways, switches and network management software are deployed, anchored by its powerful and flexible Xscend™ platform. Media services are being sent across the ocean as well as from various sporting venues throughout France to the International Broadcasting Center (IBC) located by the Media Village in Dugny in Seine-Saint-Denis.

Over two hundred media and data services are transported between the IBC and the USA-based broadcast rights holder for final production and mass distribution to the viewing public. JPEG-XS compression is utilized to lower overall bandwidth usage and resulting transit costs while maintaining maximum signal quality with minimal latency.

Xscend’s hitless protection switching is additionally activated across multiple 100Gbps undersea optical trunks to allow for perfect media signal reconstruction at the receiving end in the event of intermittent or more frequently occurring physical layer errors in any one transoceanic path.

“Media Links is proud to once again provide advanced media over IP transport technology along with on-site professional services for the Olympics. Our solutions enable broadcasters to deliver the highest quality and most reliable media services to a global audience, underscoring our commitment to innovation, performance and customer support,” concluded Tom Canavan, Executive Vice President at Media Links.

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