IBC 2016 has seen the announcement of several interesting investments, acquisitions and strategic partnerships by vendors eager to improve their existing offerings, attack new markets or do a little of both. Among the announcements:
Network Device Interface
Zero Density Announces NDI Support
Zero Density has announced support for NewTek’s NDI, Network Device Interface, making it easier for the company to integrate its Reality photorealistic virtual studio solution with IP-based production workflows. The NDI support will make such integration “seamless” with other NDI-enabled devices connected to a LAN, the company said. More information is available on the Zero […]
LiveU Adopts NewTek’s NDI For Bonded Transceiver
The IP media transport alliances are popping up at an amazing rate, and the latest is today’s announcement by LiveU that it will adopt NewTek’s open Network Device Interface, NDI, protocol for its LU2000 bonded video transceiver. “The NDI-enabled LU2000 will be recognizable as a source by other NDI-enabled devices and systems connected to a […]
NewTek Joins ASPEN Community
NewTek has joined the ASPEN Community, a coalition of more than 30 vendors and broadcasters that are adopting the Adaptive Sample Picture Encapsulation (ASPN) framework for IP media applications. At IBC 2015 in Amsterdam NewTek announced its own open IP-for-media protocol NDI, or Network Device Interface, and has since released an NDI software development kit […]
NewTek Tackles IP Media Transport With NDI Protocol
NewTek, the San Antonio, Texas-based company responsible for the TriCaster video production system and 3Play slow-motion, instant replay, has a knack for upsetting apple carts. Going all the way back to 1987 with the announcement of the Video Toaster, which ran on an Amiga [yes, there was once something other than a PC and a […]