Broadcast infrastructure virtualization: Twelve syllables that represent a dizzying variety of implementations. Sean Kelly, founder of Seagull.fm in Exeter, Torbay, and South Devon England, is enabling local presenters and other contributors to be on-air, live from their homes and small studios. Building a virtualized backend infrastructure has been a key element to the reliability and usability of Sean’s broadcast workflow. Sean reveals both rationale and technical details on this episode of TWiRT.
Show links:
Seagull.fm - listen live from here
The popular (refurbished) Dell R710 server (pdf spec sheet)
How to install VMWare ESXI on the Dell R710
ENCO radio automation (used by Seagull.fm)
Rivendell radio automation
Guest:
Sean Kelly - Radio Presenter/Engineer at Coast 2 Coast Digital and Seagull.fm
Hosts:
Chris Tobin, IP-Solutionist
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting
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