Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) has chosen the Scientific-Atlanta Prisma IP platform to transport its raw, studio-quality video from multiple sites in the metropolitan area to the network's central editing facilities in Atlanta, US.

This point-to-point implementation of the Prisma IP system will allow TBS networks to collect video from satellite, fibre and other sources at multiple locations and use a single platform to deliver the signals to a central editing location with no loss of resolution or overall quality.
TBS' Prisma IP network will be the first commercial deployment of Scientific-Atlanta's new SDI (Synchronous Digital Interface) line card, operating at 270 MB/sec per port and includes eight ports per line card.

In addition to SDI, Prisma IP supports a host of video, data and TDM voice line interfaces: ASI (asynchronous serial interface), IF (intermediate frequency), 10/100 Base-T, Gigabit Ethernet, OC-3, DS-3 and T-1. An integrated DWDM subsystem capable of carrying optical private line in OC-12 and OC-48 formats enables network operators to integrate multiple services over a single transport network. Provisioning and management of these services is made easy through a powerful 'point and click' network management system, claims an official release.

Scientific-Atlanta's Prisma IP system, the result of a joint development effort by Scientific-Atlanta and Luminous Networks, is an MPLS-enabled, RPR-based multi-protocol transport system capable of transporting broadcast video, voice and data over a single fibre using DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing). In addition to point-to-point deployment, the Prisma IP platform can be deployed in RPT/RPR (Resilient Packet Transport/Ring) rings.