Quicklink today announced it will support NewTek’s NDI IP protocol across its complete product range. The integrated NDI technology will allow Quicklink products to support IP inputs and outputs. NDI allows any device to connect to every other device on the network and every source a destination, Quicklink said. NDI support is included on the […]
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M&A, Strategic Investment, Collaboration Abound at IBC 2016
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:
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 […]
Mojo Is Intact, Thank You Very Much
Broadcasters have been using Skype video for some time as a contribution service to bring newsmakers, pundits and others to their live productions — both on-air and online. The most recent announcement of a professional Skype video solution comes from Quicklink regarding the company’s new TX Multi Xstream Skype server. Equipped with dual Xeon multicore […]
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 […]
New Pro Skype Platforms Integrate Dante Audio
Yesterday, I wrote about NewTek shipping TalkShow — a professional implementation of Skype video calling that allows broadcasters to integrate those calls into their programs without suffering through the drawbacks that can accompany the consumer version of Skype. Today, the focus shifts to the audio capabilities of the newly shipping product. Audinate, the company that […]
NewTek Taps Skype TX For TalkShow System
NewTek, which introduced its TalkShow VS-100 in September at IBC 2014, announced today it has begun shipping the Skye professional video calling system. On Jan. 30, the company held calls with members of the press to discuss what TalkShow is all about. During that call, Will Waters, NewTek senior video specialist, and the company’s Scott […]
NewTek TalkShow Brings Skype To TV At Pro Level
NewTek has unveiled at IBC 2014 a Skype-based video-calling production system designed specifically for television studios and live video producers. With the TalkShow VS-100, any television or live video producer can reach 300 million monthly connected Skype users and incorporate them as guest speakers into live programs with full-frame Skype video calls. The turnkey TalkShow […]