Telefnica Servicios Audiovisuales Moves Movistar Plus+ Playout to Grass Valley AMPP

Telef nica Servicios Audiovisuales (TSA) has deployed Grass Valley AMPP for Movistar Plus playout, moving the first 20 linear channels from a hardware-based environment to a software-defined platform designed to support almost 60 services. The system is now in production. It replaces a playout infrastructure that had supported Movistar Plus for more than 20 years.

Movistar Plus is Telef nica's pay-TV and streaming platform in Spain, with approximately 3.8 million subscribers across IPTV and OTT services. TSA is part of the Telef nica Group and provides audiovisual services and systems integration for the group and external customers.

The new environment is built on Grass Valley Playout X running on AMPP servers, with Framelight X handling media management. TSA has deployed 13 AMPP servers for playout and two dedicated Framelight X servers, with full redundancy providing main and backup operation. The system uses SMPTE ST 2022-2 inputs and outputs. Rather than tying each channel to a dedicated physical chain, playout runs as software services on shared infrastructure, which TSA says gives it more flexibility to allocate resources and expand the platform.

The deployment was completed within a short timeframe while Movistar Plus kept its existing channel services running. Movistar Plus handled integration with third-party systems, traffic and graphics.

TSA is now assessing the requirements of about 40 additional linear services, including channels with live sources. Telef nica is exploring cloud-based disaster recovery for the on-premises platform, and TSA sees further potential for AMPP in third-party playout services and remote production.

This project represents a significant change in how we approach playout, moving from dedicated hardware that has served the platform for many years to a more flexible software-defined environment, says Jos Luis Garc a Cabrera, COO, TSA. The first 20 channels are now operating on the new platform, giving us practical experience of the new approach as we consider the best way forward for the remaining channels.

Moving an established playout operation of this scale onto a software-defined platform requires a clear migration path as well as confidence in the technology, says Carlos Ferreira, VP Sales Southern and Central Europe, Grass Valley. AMPP gives TSA the flexibility to introduce the new environment progressively, while Playout X and Framelight X provide the playout and media management capabilities needed as its requirements develop.

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