Platinum™ IP3 delivers the highest integration of routing technology available.

Available in 28RU and 15RU models.

Field-tested and proven, running 24/7, our routers are at the core of SDI, hybrid SDI/IP and all-IP environments in broadcast and media operations worldwide.

Platinum IP3 supports a range of applications, from workflows at multichannel video programming distributors, large national broadcasters or network hubs that require thousands of inputs and outputs (I/O), to studios and mobile production trucks.

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Mixed-Format Video and Audio Routing

Mux/demux, multiviewer, frame sync and advanced I/O options: MADI and fiber

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Operator-Friendly Control Paradigm

On-air matrix expansion, set up and reconfiguration can be seamlessly executed

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Protecting Mission-Critical Signal Paths

Redundant crosspoints, and future-proofed to support UHD signals

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Enabling Hybrid Infrastructures

SD, HD, IP with seamless on-air expansion to matrices beyond 2Kx2K

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Dynamic Setup and Reconfiguration

Clean and quiet switching for on-air applications with full redundancy

Reliable, resilient, high-quality routing of all signal types

  • Highest integration of functionalities in a single frame – processing, multiviewers, and synchronization
  • Simplest path from SDI to IP and UHD – leverages your existing infrastructure
  • SDI expansion ability – creates larger routing systems than others, even while on-air
  • Fault tolerance and redundancy model – covers audio and video routing, and control system
  • Field-proven router control system – manages SDI and IP matrices simultaneously
  • Familiar user interface and panels – reduces errors and training during SDI to IP transition
  • Unlimited scaling – combines with a COTS switch

Large Scale Enterprise Routing

Up to 576×1024 video in a single 28RU frame

Small-Footprint Enterprise

Up to 288x512 video in a single 15RU frame

Features

Mixed Signal Routing
  • SD, HD, UHD, IP, and Audio Support
  • Routing support for almost any digital video signal from 3Mb/s to over 3Gb/s
  • Clean and quiet switching for on-air applications
  • Modular I/O in groups of eight or nine provide support for either coaxial or fiber connectivity
  • Redundant crosspoints protect all signal paths including integrated multiviewers
  • Front-loading, hot-swappable modules
    for 24/7 operation
  • Enhanced, easy-to-use Magellan™ Control System enables dynamic, on-air reconfiguration

Audio Processing Support
  • Mux/Demux 16 channels of audio per video stream
  • Optional eight-channel frame sync input card for wild feed ingest and audio shuffling
  • Full mono breakaway audio routing support
  • Seamless integration between demultiplexed and discrete audio
  • Digital audio signals including balanced and unbalanced AES
  • Discrete audio routing support
    and "Quiet Switch" with transitions
  • Support for Dolby and other compressed formats (without “Quiet Switch”)
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Scalable Solutions
  • Up to 288 x 512 video in a single 15RU frame
  • Up to 576 x 512 video in
    two interconnected 15RU frames
  • Up to 576×1024 video in a single 28RU frame
  • Up to 1152×1024 video
    in two interconnected 28RU frames
  • Independent signal paths and crosspoints
    for video and audio
  • Over 2000×2000 video matrices are supported with multiple-frame configurations
  • Wide range of hardware control panels
    and Platinum™ SX Pro integrated multiviewer

Applications

Protect Video, Audio and Multiviewer Signals

Platinum IP3 is the only router in the industry that protects audio, video and multiviewer signals. By adding redundant crosspoints to the Platinum line’s uniquely integrated architecture, the next-generation platform reduces cost and complexity, while maximizing on-air security.

Enhanced Control and Monitoring

Offering a highly intuitive, centralized controller that simplifies communications management between the router and other connected components. A rich, web-based user interface and template-driven configuration simplify access to information, speed setup of both the database and system, and enable updates to publish to the entire system in seconds — without going off-air.

Integrated Multiviewer

Platinum SX Pro is an output module that operates in any current Platinum router chassis (5, 9, 15 or 28RU). Occupying from one to four slots, the module can reside alone in a Platinum frame and function exclusively as a multiviewer or can be combined with routing cards for ultimate flexibility. Platinum SX Pro is capable of monitoring from 16 to 512 sources and driving up to 192 independent displays.

IP3 in the Real World

Videe’s OBX Gets Ready for their Live Production Future

“We chose the Platinum IP3 router from Imagine Communications because with in its 28RU frame it can handle all the switching we need – 512 x 1024 video and 8000 x 8000 audio – but it also houses a lot of other functionality, including the multiviewers. That is a great example of smart systems meeting practical needs, not least through processing density.”

Nicola dell’Asta, Director of Chromaline

READ THE FULL CASE STUDY
Touring Video Drives Flagship Production Truck into UHD/4K Future
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Global Production Supports 30 Full 4K Cameras in their State-of-the-Art OB Van
inside the Global Production mobile production truck
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BBC Studioworks Readies Iconic Television Centre for IP, UHD and HDR
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Your Ultimate Broadcast Networking Toolkit

Widely deployed software control system provides full support for ST 2110 and ST 2022-6, and simplifies hybrid workflows by offering same look and feel as a traditional SDI system. Learn More
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SDI-to-IP gateway, low latency, all-IP processing, full-featured frame sync, uncompressed UHD over IP using ST 2110, HD/UHD and SDR/HDR conversions – and so much more! Learn More
SNP Hardware
Easily configurable multiviewer on one or more of SNP’s four versatile internal processors, supporting SDI and IP SMPTE ST 2110 and/or ST 2022-6, UHD, SDR, HDR and ultra-low latency. Learn More
SNP Hardware
Industry-proven media workflow platform that can be run in a hybrid SDI or compressed or uncompressed IP environment, enables new channels to be launched quickly and cost effectively. Learn More
Versio Modular Playout
A lot has changed since IP-based media networks first started making headlines. Thanks to the game-changing SMPTE ST 2110 standard, you’re no longer an early adopter if you deploy IP infrastructure. It’s become mainstream. Learn More 

Ready to see what your routing solution can look like?

Explore routing options that fit your needs and build your ideal system. With the Platinum™ router line — and our Magellan™ Control System software control solution — every choice is the right one.

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Steve Reynolds

Steve Reynolds is President of Imagine Communications, a global leader in multiscreen video and ad management solutions that broadcasters, networks, video service providers and enterprises around the world rely on to support their mission-critical operations.

Steve brings 25 years of technology leadership in the video industry to Imagine Communications. He has served as the CTO at Imagine Communications and Harris Broadcast, Senior Vice President of Premises Technology at Comcast, Senior Vice President of Technology at OpenTV, and CTO at Intellocity USA.

Steve earned a MS in Computer Engineering from Widener University and BS in Computer Science from West Chester University. As the Chairman of the AIMS Alliance and a member of SMPTE and SCTE, he has participated in numerous standards-making bodies in the cable and digital video industries. Steve also holds over 40 patents relating to digital video, content security, interactive television and digital devices.