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IRN Digital File Distribution


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By Simon Brierley - Tuesday, July 18, 2006 1:38:19 PM

I've had a letter from IRN explaining the introduction of digital file distribution (DFD) as a successor to internet delivery for the Net Newsroom.

 

A new piece of hardware will be installed in all IRN stations during September.

 

I’m guessing this will have implications for Scoop.  What are the plans, if any?

 

Thanks, Simon

By Peter Jarrett - Monday, August 7, 2006 11:41:33 AM

Hello all,

In the interests of keeping everyone informed, I just thought I'd give and update on our testing of the new DFD System.

It works perfectly with no modifications needed.

Thats all.

No Really.

I'm serious.

Ok, technically there is one change which needs to be made - you have to "point" your scoop capture at the local DFD device rather than the IRN website, but thats it.

Theres still a lot of testing going on, and we're continuing to work extremely closely with IRN to make sure the transition is as easy as possible and theres still a few more weeks of evaluation before everything is finalised, but so far everything is working just fine.

Just before the DFD units go live, we'll post a new configuration file onto the support website that contains the configuration to access the devices, the only thing you'll have to do will be to enter the IPaddress of the DFD once it's up and running.

If anything changes in the meantime though I'll let you all know. And of course if anyone wants any more info then please feel free to ask away.