PAC-12 Distribution Center: Winner of network automation

摘要

Comcast Media Center (CMC) successfully launched seven new HD sports networks for PAC-12 Enterprises (PAC-12) from a new origination environment in CMC's Centennial, CO-based facility. Known as the PAC-12 Distribution Center (DC), this environment complements the PAC-12 Network Center (NC) in San Francisco. CMC also provides PAC-12 with occasional satellite and terrestrial fiber acquisition, feed record, media prep, content storage, compression/ encryption and uplink services. Given the dynamic nature of live sports networks, CMC determined that interoperability between the DC and the NC was paramount to the PAC-12 team. Therefore, CMC designed the systems to allow the San Francisco staff to produce and contribute file-based content, remotely schedule and segment feed records, and drive programmatic changes as necessary.