At CTV, we move video across the country and around the world on high-capacity fibre links — a kind of souped-up Internet. This system is relatively new — less than two years old. We call it the Gateway.
It lets me, for example, look at video on my desktop from CNN, APTN, or affiliates anywhere in the CTV system. It's how we move video between bureaus. I think it's a remarkable innovation.
In my print capacity, I'm used to seeing wires full of great content which helps me do my job. Gateway does something similar for us video journalists. I can see raw news clips and images which helps me tell better stories.
And all of this has largely been developed in-house at CTV. I bring all this up because today the Globe and Mail describes this system and its development:
CTV's Gateway opens door to a TV news revolution
The broadband evolution has sparked a broadcast revolution.
TV newsrooms across Canada are shunning traditional satellite and fibre-line feeds in favour of Internet protocol (IP) technology to move their video . . .