Does SRT have drawbacks or is the darling protocol untouchable?

Hanging somewhere in the intermediary between two significant industry trade shows on either side of the pond – NAB and IBC – we thought it was about time to revisit the hot topic of Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) this week. A few small SRT announcements have surfaced since the open source protocol stole the spotlight in Vegas for the second year running, although nothing we consider earth-shattering. Someone might surprise us with an SRT-related announcement at next week’s Anga show, but that’s unlikely at a small cable event. A little over a year has passed since SRT achieved one of its most significant deployments to date, with ESPN rolling out SRT-equipped devices to 14 athletic conferences to produce over 2,200…