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Brief case study of BMEX, the Bristol Media Exchange. http://www.bmex.net
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Background
● Started in 2002● Founded by a group of local media companies● Run as a not-for-profit consortium● Entirely funded by membership subscriptions● £200K sum total revenue in past 7 years
Technical Infrastructure
● Links provided in the most part by Telewest/Virgin 10/100Mbps managed fibres
● Central Cisco switchs/routers● Ethernet end-to-end● VLAN trunks on links to allow private networks
between connectees
Network
Case Study - Films@59
Comic Relief BBCSport Relief BBCWife Swap RDFDickinson's Read Deal RDFExpedition Guyana BBCEverest - Beyond the Limit DiscoveryBeing Human BBCPainted Babies GranadaPacifc Abyss BBCMan vs Wild DiverseThe Natural World (various) BBCAntiques Roadshow BBCNatures Great Events BBCIt's Not Easy Being Green BBCSkins Company PicturesCoast BBCThe One Show BBCDispatches - Wine C4Bonekickers MammothBeyond Boundaries DiversePlanet Earth BBCJames and Oz BBC
● Pre- and post-production services to the film and television industry
● Connected to BMEX via 10Mbps managed fibre
● 'Approvals service', allowing clients with tight deadlines to review media footage using the internet
● Needs symmetric bandwidth
Future
