Brief case study of BMEX, the Bristol Media Exchange. http://www.bmex.net

1. BMEX
Broadband Media Exchange
Matt Hamilton
matth@netsight.co.uk

2. Background
Started in 2002
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Founded by a group of local media companies
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Run as a not-for-profit consortium
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Entirely funded by membership subscriptions
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£200K sum total revenue in past 7 years
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3. Technical Infrastructure
Links provided in the most part by
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Telewest/Virgin 10/100Mbps managed fibres
Central Cisco switchs/routers
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Ethernet end-to-end
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VLAN trunks on links to allow private networks
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between connectees

4. Network

5. Case Study - Films@59
Pre- and post-production
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Comic Relief BBC
services to the film and Sport Relief BBC
Wife Swap RDF
television industry Dickinson's Read Deal RDF
Expedition Guyana BBC
Connected to BMEX via Everest - Beyond the Limit Discovery
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Being Human BBC
10Mbps managed fibre Painted Babies Granada
Pacifc Abyss BBC
Man vs Wild Diverse
'Approvals service',
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The Natural World (various) BBC
allowing clients with tight Antiques Roadshow BBC
Natures Great Events BBC
deadlines to review media It's Not Easy Being Green BBC
Skins Company Pictures
footage using the internet Coast BBC
The One Show BBC
Needs symmetric Dispatches - Wine C4
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Bonekickers Mammoth
bandwidth Beyond Boundaries Diverse
Planet Earth BBC
James and Oz BBC

6. Future