Oslo, Norway, 6th May 2025 – Nevion, a Sony Group Company, has today published a new whitepaper which details the different IP architecture options for live production and offers a best-practice solution for organizations looking to optimize their resources.

In this whitepaper, Nevion puts forward the case for deploying shared spine-leaf (“purple”) network architectures in all but the very smallest networks, as they best support requirements such as scalability, capacity, better use of resources, and resilience.

While historically, broadcasters have adopted a central IP router to manage live production, such topologies have problems with resilience and scalability. Segmented spine-leaf (“red-blue”) networks offer some of the advantages of shared spine-leaf networks, but also have some important short-comings, including resilience and poorer load balancing.

Olivier Suard, VP of Marketing, Nevion, says, “IP technology has represented a major step-change in the broadcast industry. It offers agility and flexibility to operations, while maintaining reliability and maximum uptime. But a successful IP deployment depends on carefully designed infrastructure, and our hope is that this whitepaper will be valuable in helping organizations navigate that challenge.”

The whitepaper is a must-read for anyone considering a move to IP in their facilities or in outside broadcast trucks. 

To download the paper in full, click here.

About Nevion ​ 

As the architect of virtualized media production, Nevion, a Sony Group Company, provides media network and broadcast infrastructure solutions to broadcasters, telecommunication service providers, government agencies and other industries. Increasingly based on IP, virtualization and Cloud technology, Nevion’s solutions enable the management, transport and processing of professional-quality video, audio and data – in real time, reliably and securely. From content production to distribution, Nevion solutions are used to power major sporting and live events across the globe. Some of the world’s largest media groups and telecom service providers use Nevion technology, including AT&T, NBC Universal, Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., NASA, Arqiva, BBC, CCTV, EBU, BT, TDF and Telefonica. 

For more information please visit www.nevion.com. Follow Nevion on Twitter @nevioncorp