Telefónica and national television broadcaster in Spain RTVE recently carried out a pioneering innovation pilot that makes it possible to replace live TV trucks with a simple connection to Telefónica’s edge capabilities.
The streaming of the fictional soundtrack “La Radio es Sueño” (Radio is a Dream) from the Cineteca de Matadero Madrid organized by Radio 3 is the first to be done using edge computing. The technology provides real-time bandwidth and a low latency of between 3-5 milliseconds, elements that will be required by many services and applications such as 8K video, virtual and augmented reality, or robotics that will become widespread with the advent of 5G.
Three cameras, connected to Telefónica’s edge capabilities through its current fibre network from Matadero, captured the experience in-situ while a technical team was in charge of the production from the RTVE facilities in Torrespaña (Madrid) using a remote interface for content production, thus avoiding the displacement of a live TV truck and the production team to Matadero.
“Production from the Edge” is a new service developed by Telefónica's Innovation area in collaboration with RTVE and the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid as part of a pilot project funded by the European Commission called 5G Media in which all three participate.
David del Val, Director of Product Innovation, Telefonica
The range of possibilities that this new service opens up is enormous, and we are very pleased that RTVE was the first television network to see the transformative potential that this technology has for television production.
Pere Vila, Director of Technology Strategy and Digital Innovation, RTVE
For a public broadcaster like RTVE it is very important to participate in this European project together with a technological partner like Telefónica, because we are testing emerging technologies that will undoubtedly open the door to new, more agile and powerful ways of producing content to offer viewers.
