Media Management Commission Seminar 2017 in Lugano. Day 1 - presentation 4

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Transforming a silo into modular services.
The continuous evolution of RSI multimedia
archives.
Sarah-Haye Aziz, Lorenzo Vassallo (RSI)
Riccardo Savarè, Andrea Ceciarelli (Reply)
June 8th
FIAT/IFTA Lugano Seminar

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Context Evolution
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 Digital copy available
 Faster documentation
 Accessible to all RSI users
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 Same content – Different view
CMM
Sinequa
2007
2013

3. 3
Role Evolution
From mono to multi faceted profile
…

4. 4
Technologiestrategie 2013-2015: Massnahme 3.1 : Umsetzung Integrationsmodell
Infrastructure
Layer
Plattform
Layer
Application
Layer
Process
Layer
Building &
Facility
Layer
Buildings & Facilities
Networks
Datacenter- & Workplace Infrastructures
Plattforms
Business
Infrastructures
Business
Systems
Enterprise
Applications
Business
Applications
Business
Processes
Enterprise
Processes
Silos Platform
SRG Integration Model

5. 5
Silos Platform
Integration Model: From silos to platforms

6. Reply [MTA, STAR: REY] is a
Company of Consultancy, System
Integration and Application
Management specialized in the design
and implementation of innovative
solutions based on the new
communication channels and digital
media.
Reply offering aims to foster our
customers success by the promotion
of the innovation on the whole value
chain, thanks to the knowledge of
vertical technologies and the proven
experience on the core businesses of
the different industrial segments.
Reply supports the leading European
industrial groups belonging to Telco &
Media, Banks, Insurance and
Financial Operators, Industry &
Services, Energy & Utility and Public
Administration sectors.
REPLY GROUP

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Where We Are

8. Discovery Reply For
RSI – Roadmap
2006-2008
Multimedia Catalogue
Beta Archive digitization
2016
Technological Update
Start new project
2004-2005
Media Asset Manager
Digital Tape Library
Radio – Tape and CD transcription system
2010 Switch to HD
2011 -2014
Integrations, Technological & Functional Updates
(New Newsroom, Sinequa, MXF, AAF, HSM, Traffic
System, SOA, Radio Transcription)

9. RSI – Integrated Environment
Betasuisse
SINEQUA
Integration
(metadata)
TV Traffic System
LOUISE
TV Playlist
TV Rights
Radio Traffic
System
Radioprogramma
Digitalization Stations
TAPES
Digitalization
Stations CD
Digitalization Stations
BETA
Ingestion of Testi Redazionali
Ticino7 & Radioprogramma Magazines
SpeechToText / Semantic Analysis
Playout Radio
Music Production
Radio Production
Playout Video
TV Production
Newsroom
Video Purchase
Sony MBC (SOA)
Text and
Images
Radio Playlist
Events archiving
CD Ingestion
Audio tapes
ingestion
Video tapes
ingestion
Automatic and
massive ingestion
of Betacam in
MXF
Discovery
MAM Audio
Diiscovery
MAM Video
Workflows
Discovery Multimedia
Catalogue
Near-line / Long-term Repository
Sinequa Users
Documentarist
Production
Multimedia
S2T/Semantic
Analysis
Audio/Video/Text
materials

10. RSI Archive Applications

11. RSI Archive Media Tools & Formats
TOOLS
FORMATS

12. RSI Archives in numbers
 More than 1.600TB of High Quality
Audio & Video Material
 1.9M music tracks, 900K video contents,
260K radiophonic contents, 250K
documents & images
 Related to 140K hours of musical contents,
184K hours of video recordings, 95K hours
of radio recordings
 100TB of on-line storage for Television
 35TB of on-line storage for Radio

13. The system – AS-IS
• Plenty of software modules
• Fairly complex Data Model
• Heterogeneous and complex processes
implemented
• Wide integration models with external
systems
• User’s functions, dispersed and overlapping
• Overgrown level of process logic and
custom components
• Wide technology stack to cope with
Functional
Complexity
• Old styled GUI not appealing for End Users
• Separated access to Digital Contents (SB-V
and SB-A)
• MSIE9 reference browser for GUI, Fat-Client
.NET Archivist GUI for documentation
• Relevant time to search for information
• Dated Technology Stack nearly EOS
• Lack of high level service interface for
system integration
• Impacting introduction for new digital
format and processes
Technology
Obsolescence

14. The Restyling Project

15. Key Drivers for Update as Emerging form “AS-IS” Analysis
End-User Oriented System
Focus on easy access and usability for End Users
Modern browsers, Easy to Use
Architecture Compliant to SRG Model
Modular Platform and Services Oriented (SOA)
Multimedia Upgrade
New audio and video format for preview
Wide and flexible management for essence format
Performance Oriented System
Improved performances for effective services and
operational maintenance

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User Experience
Google Apps Paradigm
Responsive Interface
Tablet Friendly
Common Style

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Integrated with Company AD
User Authentication
Central Access Control
One only authentication for all Web-Apps
Open Standards

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Content Search and Access
New Technology Stack
Single Web-App for all Archive Searches
Google Like search on All Contents
Advanced Search Tailored on each Thematic Content
Faceting of Results

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Services : Supporting Applications
SOA Processes and Services
Processes : Import, Deploy, Media Management, Distribute
Behind the Scenes

20. Infrastructure
Network Storage Data Compute
Operating System
Containerization Engine
Containers
Computing Infrastructure - Containerization
Ingestion Services
PostgreSQL
CMM App
Shibboleth IdP Shibboleth SPApacheDSApache Wowza Enterprise BPM
Enterprise BPM
Processor
Media Repository Media Factory dMedia Transcoding
Processor
Media Repository
Processor
User Management
WebUploader
Utilities
Orchestration
Utilities
ESM Cache Media Access Storage Monitor Search Services Repository Services
Audio Logger myActivity
Silos Apps
& Search
Registrazioni Silos Radio Silos
Docker Images & Containers

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Infrastructure
Architecture – Transition

22. Architecture SRG compliant
• Clear Separation of System Layers (Presentation, Content, Media, Long-Term Archive
etc.) to decouple functional levels
• Modular System VS monolithic and vertical system. Reuse corporate-level
functionalities and share services for additional processes
• Service Oriented Architecture for System Integration, Process Orchestration, Interface
Adaptation and Exchange Protocols

23. Work Packages (1/3)
Security & Access Layer
• Shared modules for user’s authentication and
authorization services for applications offered
by the Archive.
• Integration with the Company's AD to support
centralized authentication and authorization
profiles
Media Layer
• Media Repository and Media Factory components to deliver services to handle ingest, persistency,
delivery, streaming, and digital media processing.
Orchestration Layer
• Current processes in the Base Systems and the CMM conveyed into a single engine Managing
Enterprise Wide Archive’s Processes
• The BPM (Business Process Management) and ESB (Enterprise Service Bus) implement all the
Archive’s orchestrating logic integrating internal, external components and archive services offered
by the platform

24. Work Packages (2/3)
Content Layer
• Provides the services to create, update,
index and search Archive Contents and
Entities
• Provides auxiliary editing and cataloguing
services (e.g. Thesaurus Management,
Reporting)
Presentation Layer - User Apps
• Provides the Access GUI applications for Catalogue’s End Users and Archivists
Presentation Layer - Admin Apps
• Provides the Access GUI for Administrators monitoring and controlling the system
processes

25. Work Packages (3/3)
Long Term Repository (HSM)
• Service Oriented revision of the deep archive
on to digital LTO tapes and StorageTek
Libraries
• Enhanced request execution, swim-laned and
prioritized, for the optimization of the
resources usage
Migration Fase1 SB-A/V
• First migration phase of current system to the new platform.
• SB/A migrated first, in turn SB/V will be migrated as well
Migration Fase2 CMM Catalogue
• Revision of the CMM (Multi-Media Catalogue) model, and final migration also of the
CMM (to the new platform.

26. Workpackages deployment plan organized
over 3 Baselines to guarantee the
business continuity of the archive
performances and operations.
Baseline 1
• Basic SOA components
• Audio System Migration
Baseline 2
• Upgrade SOA services
• Transition to new A/V formats (H.264, MP3,
MultiTrack-Audio)
• Video System Migration
• Multimedia Catalogue revision
Baseline 3
Complete migration of CMM and Tools.
Project Organization

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