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• The debut of Crestron’s custom DM NVX SoC marks the company’s first in-house silicon design, tailored specifically for pro-AV demands to deliver 4K60 4:4:4 video, 24/7 reliability, and 30% higher power efficiency compared to generic off-the-shelf chipsets.
• The new DM NVX 370 Series simplifies meeting and room setup by incorporating native USB-C connectivity, allowing a single cable to handle 4K video, USB data transfer, and 100W of power delivery to charge connected laptops simultaneously.
• The 370 Series leverages ongoing firmware updates to continuously unlock new features and capabilities over time—eliminating the need for frequent hardware replacements as organizational AV requirements grow.

Crestron Electronics has unveiled its new DM NVX 370 hardware lineup and the first DM NVX System-on-Chip (SoC). AV over IP has moved from a specialized infrastructure to the backbone of how modern organizations share information and is increasingly becoming a backbone for organizations’ video requirements, supporting applications from digital signage and communications to live events.

[AVoIP and Adaptability]

The DM NVX AV over IP technology platform is larger than just one solution and represents the convergence of three pillars: the signal, the platform, and the infrastructure. The signal represents the ability to send nearly any source to almost any screen while the platform represents the scalable, long-term investment that is continuously supported through ongoing updates. Finally, the infrastructure reflects networked audio and video capabilities functioning as a core layer of the broader IT network.

“DM NVX has always been the infrastructure behind how spaces run, but what’s evolving now is how we bring in even more intelligence and capabilities to those deployments,” said Alex Peras, EVP of product and engineering at Crestron. “The DM NVX SoC is our own design, specifically tuned to what these environments require, and the 370 Series is the first product built on this foundation to show what is possible. The result is elements like USB-C connectivity and adding 100 watts of power delivery to the table, which bring that full picture to life.”

The latest DM NVX hardware introduction adapts to the way people now bring content into the room, with laptops and USB-C connectivity cables driving those connections. The DM NVX 370 Series adds USB-C connection directly to the device to handle video, USB data, and 100W device charging simultaneously handling all elements with one cable to the room. HDMI connectivity inputs are also available, meaning no matter what the source is or however the room may be configured, users can connect directly with full flexibility.

The DM NVX 370 Series lineup debuts the DM NVX SoC, the first silicon chipset designed in-house by Crestron. As the chip is built to the Crestron roadmap, every improvement to the DM NVX platform extends to the SoC itself.

The purpose-built solution includes 4K60 4:4:4, native audio, and 24/7 operation which were design targets intentionally implemented during development. Unlike off-the-shelf chipsets designed to serve multiple industries, the DM NVX SoC was engineered exclusively to meet the requirements of professional AV environments, which results in benefits like 30% more power efficiency. Firmware updates continue to deliver new capabilities over time without the need to rip and replace hardware. The investment in the solution reflects a technology that improves over its lifecycle, rather than one that depreciates when a new model ships.

Executive Summary

• Network Convergence and Standardization: Pro AV is increasingly integrating with IT infrastructure through open standards like IPMX, shifting market value from hardware ports to network orchestration, lifecycle management, and interoperability.
• AI Integration vs. Component Constraints: While embedded edge AI enhances smart AV capabilities, massive data-center AI expansion has constrained memory supply (DRAM, NAND, HBM), increasing component cost volatility and supply chain risks for manufacturers.
• Shift to Recurring Service Models: Global geopolitical friction and tariff structures are making hardware-only sales less predictable, driving integrators toward managed services, continuous remote monitoring, and software-defined recurring revenue models.

Nearly a year ago, I argued that ten growth opportunities would define Pro AV: from AV over IP and broadcast convergence to intelligent surveillance, cloud signage, managed services, and emerging markets.

The direction was right. But the market has gotten less forgiving. Growth is still available. It's just not easy anymore.

The Network Story is Stronger

AV over IP has continued its move from alternative architecture to default assumption. Broadcast and Pro AV are converging too, as common, open standards get easier to deploy. The first formal IPMX certification wave, at ISE in February, covered 48 products from 11 manufacturers; a second event in August added 14 more from eight manufacturers. It's a slow process, but an important one. Certification reduces multi-vendor risk and gives customers a credible path away from proprietary lock-in.

The pixel explosion remains real across stadiums, control rooms, and large-scale LED. So does the move to multi-gigabit, 25/100/400GbE infrastructure. But bandwidth alone is no longer the differentiator. Operations make the difference. Customers are more vocal about topology visibility, audit trails, fleet management, and rapid recovery. If you can’t diagnose a network remotely, you have an expensive support problem.

Margin is migrating from ports and endpoints toward orchestration, support, and lifecycle services.

AI Became Both an Accelerator and a Constraint

Last year, AI was most visible in surveillance analytics. Now it reaches almost every opportunity. Cameras frame speakers automatically. Meeting-room agents take notes and manage audio zones. Signage adapts content using audience data. AI assists design, programming, and fault diagnosis. At InfoComm 2026, AI was moving from a cloud feature to an embedded agent capability at the edge.

That expands the addressable market for intelligent AV, but it also raises expectations. Buyers will ask whether an AI feature cuts labor, improves utilization, or increases revenue. If the answer to one of those questions isn’t yes, it's not a business case.

AI has also created a supply-side paradox. The data-center buildout is absorbing high-bandwidth memory and pushing manufacturers toward their most profitable, priciest products. Micron's fiscal second-quarter results, reported in March, showed revenue climbing from $8.05 billion to $23.86 billion year-on-year on strong demand and tight supply. Conventional DRAM and NAND buyers are competing for the same constrained output; SK Hynix said in January it had already sold out its entire 2026 HBM, DRAM, and NAND output.

For AV manufacturers, that means more volatile component costs, redesign pressure, and harder allocation decisions. For integrators, it means shorter quote validity, substitution risk, and a renewed premium on vendors with dependable supply. Intelligence at the edge will keep growing, but at a higher price than we anticipated.

Geopolitics Changed the Route to Growth

The case for emerging markets still stands, but "go global" is too blunt. India, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America benefit from infrastructure investment and demand for immersive experiences. China remains important, but trade restrictions, localization requirements, and slower growth complicate the opportunity.

Tariffs also expose how misleading a country-of-origin label can be. Chips may be fabricated in Taiwan or Korea, packaged elsewhere, and assembled into devices in China, Mexico, or Southeast Asia. Duties at the final-product stage can alter competitiveness overnight. Add shipping disruptions, export controls, and currency volatility, and growth has to be judged against landed cost and supply resilience, instead of market-size figures.

Recurring Revenue Moved to the Center

Cloud signage, remote monitoring, advanced support, and managed services were separate opportunities a year ago. They're merging into one operating model. As AV real estate gets larger, more distributed, and more software-defined, customers need continuous management instead of occasional break-fix intervention.

This is where integrators can turn project revenue into contracted revenue, and where manufacturers, including NETGEAR AV, can build durable software and support economics. Ecosystem partnerships matter more too. Customers expect a single view across a mixed system, and that only happens with real interoperability.

So, what's still true? AV is becoming inseparable from the network. What changed? AI accelerated demand while tightening the component base, and geopolitics made execution more regional and more expensive.

The next year of growth will punish companies that merely sell more boxes. It will reward those that make complex, distributed AV systems open, observable, secure, and economical to run. That's a tougher opportunity than we described a year ago, but it's also a better, more sustainable business.

Executive Summary

• Shift to Operational Technology (OT): AV over IP has transitioned AV infrastructure into OT networks, increasing exposure to cyber threats and lateral movement from IT breaches.
• Vulnerabilities via Trusted Access: Most compromises occur through phishing, unmanaged devices, or local access rather than firewall breaches, directly risking business continuity and critical AV services.
• Adoption of Zero-Trust Security: To mitigate evolving risks, the AV industry must adopt zero-trust network segmentation and treat security as an essential differentiator and core service.

Ten years ago, I was making the case for AV over IP to an industry that was perfectly comfortable with its closed, proprietary systems. The common response was familiar: “We don't use IP,” or “We have our own network: we don't need to worry about that”. We all know how that story ended. AV over IP is now the foundation of every modern AV deployment, and the integrators who resisted it longest spent years catching up.

Today, I hear the same thing now about security. “We air gap our networks,” or “Security is IT's problem.” It’s clear to me that history is about to repeat itself, and this time the cost of being wrong is considerably higher than the cost of a legacy AV system.

History is repeating itself. The difference is that this time, falling behind doesn't just mean living with outdated technology. It can mean exposing customers to operational disruption, reputational damage, and risks that are far more costly than any legacy AV system ever was.

AV Networks are Operational Technology

Everything your customers deploy falls into a category the security industry calls operational technology, or OT. Unlike IT networks, which carry sensitive customer data and are subject to rigorous compliance and access controls, OT networks manage daily operations: conference rooms, digital signage, IP cameras, control processors, audio DSPs. Historically, OT was off the radar for attackers because it was air-gapped and hard to reach.

That is no longer true. AV over IP made these networks IP-connected. Cloud management made them internet-reachable. Remote monitoring opened ports. As a result, what was once invisible to attackers is now visible, and far less defended than the IT networks sitting alongside it.

According to IBM's 2025 Security Report, the average cost of a data breach now stands at $4.9 million. Fortinet's 2026 OT Report found that 60% of organizations experienced an OT or IoT security incident in the past year. And SANS research shows that 96 % of OT incidents begin with a compromise of the IT network before attackers move laterally into operational systems. In other words, attackers don't need to target AV directly. They breach the IT network, and the AV network is there waiting, with no inspection between them.

How AV Networks Actually Get Compromised

The mental model most AV professionals have for a network breach, that of a sophisticated remote attacker defeating a firewall, does not reflect how the majority of incidents actually happen. When people think about a cyberattack, they often picture a highly skilled attacker breaking through a firewall from halfway around the world. In reality, that's rarely how AV environments are compromised.

More often, attackers take advantage of trusted access that's already available. It could be a contractor plugging into an unused network port in a meeting room, or an unmanaged device connecting to the AV network. Without controls such as network access authentication or port security, that connection can provide visibility into every connected AV device, from control processors and DSPs to displays and cameras, without triggering any obvious alarms. An even more common scenario starts somewhere else entirely. An employee clicks a phishing email, malware gains a foothold on the corporate network, and then moves laterally into connected operational systems. If the AV environment isn't properly segmented and protected, it can become another destination for the attacker rather than a separate, secured domain.

The important point for customers is recognizing that AV systems don't have to be the initial target to become part of an incident. As AV infrastructure becomes increasingly connected to enterprise networks, its security posture directly affects business continuity. A compromised AV network can disrupt meetings, collaboration spaces, digital signage, and other business-critical services at exactly the moment they're needed most.

The Model the AV Industry Needs to Adopt

The security posture of most AV deployments today was built for a different era. Air-gapped networks are increasingly rare, and while VLAN segmentation is a good starting point, it is no longer enough. The direction the industry needs to move is toward zero-trust segmentation: every device verified, every flow inspected, access granted per policy instead of by default.

In practical terms, this means your IP speaker should only be able to communicate with your DSP. Your IP camera should only reach its assigned video management server. Your digital signage display should only connect to its designated media server. Each device operates within a defined policy envelope.

Security is the Next Differentiator for AV Integrators

Beyond reducing risk, security is becoming a competitive advantage. Customers are looking for partners who can design, deploy, and support AV systems that are secure by design. Integrators who can demonstrate that expertise will stand out in an increasingly competitive market. Compliance requirements are evolving as well, creating an opportunity for integrators to help customers meet security expectations and document best practices, delivering value that goes well beyond the AV installation itself.

Ten years ago, the integrators who moved early on AV over IP built practices that compounded. They had the expertise when the market moved. The integrators who waited spent the next five years playing catch-up.

Security is on the same curve. The data on OT incidents, the trajectory of compliance requirements, the acceleration of AI-enabled automated attacks… All of it points to a market that will look materially different in five years than it does today. The AV industry has a window to get ahead of this, build the expertise, and position security as a core service rather than a reactive cost.

The networks we deploy are no longer isolated. They never will be again. The opportunity now is to make security a core part of every AV deployment, and a defining part of the value we deliver.

The first half of this decade reminded us that the quicker we can adapt, the better off we are. AV over IP-based systems aim to speed up this adaptability, making it easier for those charged with managing the tech to respond to how their organizations expand, contract, and evolve.

For Marcus Bengtsson, CTO at Original Syndicate, a communications infrastructure design and integration firm, systems designers should consider implementing an AVoIP backbone in every installation they oversee. He argued that it provides more flexibility, is more scalable, and (in many cases) less expensive than technology that runs on copper wires.

However, this isn’t a blanket argument. There are projects for which AVoIP may not be the best solution, not due to the technology, but because of the people charged with managing it.

“Traditional baseband video is relatively simple to understand: It’s very easy to troubleshoot, it’s very easy to install, and you know very easily when something is wrong,” Bengtsson explained. “The answer to whether AV over IP is a bad idea or a good idea is probably more down to what people in the organization will own the system long-term. Do they have the capabilities of actually troubleshooting or fixing a network that needs to be designed [for] AV over IP?”

Seth Warner, U.S. sales manager at PlexusAV, points to applications for auditoriums, classrooms, command and control centers, divisible spaces, enterprise campuses, houses of worship, training facilities—and any other environment in which sources and displays don’t reside in a single room—as ideal candidates for AVoIP. He said things get interesting when AV is considered part of the system infrastructure.

“Once AV becomes part of the network architecture, the system is no longer limited by fixed matrix switch sizes or rigid cable paths,” Warner noted. Instead, sources can be shared, and the reconfiguration of spaces, when necessary, is much easier. “A system can grow without tearing apart the original design.”

Like Bengtsson, Warner concedes that AVoIP isn’t always the best choice, especially for single-source, one-display spaces that don’t require remote management and won’t be expanding. “The mistake is assuming every AV problem needs a networked AV solution,” he explained. “Sometimes the smart design is the simplest design.” That said, Warner added that companies often miscalculate how quickly their needs will change or if they will eventually need to repurpose or even extend their capacity.

Networks and Segregation

Some applications require that sources move around from space to space; they’re not permanent fixtures in, say, one specific room. An AVoIP infrastructure makes this easy to manage, according to Joe da Silva, VP of marketing at Extron. “Regardless of the venue, configuring multiple CATx drops and network ports in a video VLAN enables simple reconfiguration of sources, encoders, decoders, displays, and spaces,” he said.

For example, both encoders and scaling decoders can live on mobile carts, with or without dedicated sources and displays, and be plugged into any RJ45 port residing on the AV network. He noted that the AES67 protocol lets AV pros achieve accurate, more efficient control and routing to amplifiers, DSPs, and speakers. Additionally, all of this can be setup for ease of use.

1G, 10G, 25G … 100G? While there may be a tendency to make things as fast as possible for upward scalability’s sake, adopting the most powerful tech is not always the wisest approach, according to Bengtsson. More powerful infrastructure may be more affordable, but its installation complexity remains significant—and it may be overkill.

Instead, AV designers and integrators should ask: What does this system need to do? And what audio/video quality is considered good enough? The trick is translating what this means to the end customer. "The challenge lies in quantifying quality in a sense that a person who isn’t necessarily equipped or skilled to do these things themselves has something to relate to,” Bengtsson said.

Brandon White, director of product development at Vanco International, explained that 10G systems are usually specified for larger systems or applications requiring low latency and/or higher resolutions, frame rates, and signal quality. However, there is a price: Switches, cabling, and general infrastructure tend to cost more.

“A 1G system is usually more cost effective and can be a very strong fit for many commercial AV applications,” White said. “Latency on 1G systems has also improved over time, with some solutions now offering very low latency compared to earlier generations.”

One of the first decisions AV designers, integrators, and their clients must make is whether to put AV assets on a converged AV/IT network or keep them separate. Leveraging an existing, converged network can save time as well as capital and operational expense, da Silva noted, but not all codecs behave well in a converged environment. He encourages AV pros to select purpose-built solutions, such as Extron’s PURE3 codec, which was specifically designed for AVoIP systems.

At Original Syndicate, Bengtsson advises segregating AV from IT, even if it does increase costs. He said it provides a clear delineation between who is responsible for what: The AV team oversees the AV communications network while IT oversees theirs, regardless of whether personnel are internal or outsourced. “If you can afford it, it’s always going to be beneficial from a performance point of view, from a long-term maintenance point of view and from an ownership point of view,” he added.

Scalability Considerations

Scalability Considerations Symetrix CEO Mark Graham argues that defining scalability can’t be reduced to counting endpoints. When a system is truly scalable, he explained, it can be expanded without major redesigns, performance compromises, more complex management requirements, and prohibitive costs.

While capacity scaling may make it easier to plan for the future, especially for large projects, organizations risk paying for capacity that they don’t use and locking themselves into an inflexible environment. On the other hand, incremental scaling by design is more adaptable to change, and better suited for phased deployments.

Graham noted that Symetrix’s Cognio platform was built with the latter in mind. “It allows systems to start with what is needed today and expand intelligently over time as requirements become clearer,” he said. “For AV professionals, that matters because most customers cannot define their ultimate system size on day one.”

While scalability should be considered for almost every project, Graham points out that AVoIP platforms should be equally “graceful” in their ability to scale up and scale down. He says this is important in IT-centric environments featuring centralized environments utilizing all-in -one solutions and room kits rather than more bespoke architectures.

“A system that’s truly scalable and incremental is going to completely remove the legacy boundary conditions that have kept those systems out of [these spaces] because they were just too expensive and complex to complete with a room kit,” Graham added. “You can come in and more specifically address customer needs very cost effectively and deliver higher performance.”

At PlexusAV, Warner acknowledged that when designed properly, software-driven AV significantly improves scalability—provided it is open. “If the software layer is closed, overly proprietary, difficult to integrate, or dependent on one manufacturer’s ecosystem, then scalability becomes conditional,” he argued.

While this may not matter right away, it complicates things for customers when they wish to make adjustments down the road. “[A software-driven system] should make the customer’s infrastructure more useful, more transparent, and more adaptable," Warner said. "The best software layer is not just a control surface; it is a bridge between AV, IT, operations, and future applications."

Changing the Matrix Switching Mindset

Designing for AV over IP requires AV professionals who grew up with traditional matrix switchers to think a bit differently. While they may be used to confining systems to a fixed number of inputs and outputs, AVoIP removes these limits. Extron’s Joe da Silva said the company’s NAV System is an example of this latter approach.

“Even with modular matrix products, you build the inputs and outputs in groups, up to the physical limitation of the matrix frame,” da Silva noted. “While these modular matrix configurations afford flexibility and higher bandwidth for switching uncompressed video signals, the tradeoff is understanding the maximum number of inputs and outputs a system might need over its lifetime.

“AV over IP system design trades this design mentality for one where you can add any number of inputs or outputs to a system by adding encoders or decoders,” he continued. “You can even scale your network switch infrastructure if you need more ports over time, delivering virtually unlimited scalability and range.”

Once upon a time, the different parts of an AV system lived happily on their own islands. Audio, video, control, lighting, paging, conferencing, signage—each of these systems had its own space, rules, cabling, and required skill set.

Each department would take care of the specifications, deployment, and operation. If something failed, each team would (or should) know where to look. The problem was usually in the rack or somewhere along a signal path we could physically follow with our eyes and hands. Even when projects became technically sophisticated, there was usually a clear separation between the technologies involved and the teams responsible for them.

That separate, isolated world shaped many of us. But the sea changed.

These systems are no longer just islands. They are now connected to other islands. Sometimes those connections span buildings or campuses. Others span corporate networks, cloud services, remote monitoring platforms, Wi-Fi, security policies, firewalls, VLANs, and teams that do not report to the AV department.

The AV signal is no longer traveling only through AV territory. It is crossing the network sea. And that sea is often owned, managed, protected, and governed by IT.

This is where many AV professionals find themselves today. The challenge is that the water between the islands has become as important as the islands themselves.

As AVoIP technologies have matured and become mainstream, the network has evolved from being a transport mechanism into a critical component of the system itself. The switch is no longer simply moving packets from one place to another; it has become part of the signal path. Decisions made at the infrastructure level can have a direct impact on user experience, reliability, scalability, and ultimately the success or failure of an installation.

Your Own Private Island

Imagine a sea scattered with islands. A dedicated AV network is like a private island.

For many AVoIP systems, this is still the best approach. It provides predictability, reduces variables, and makes troubleshooting cleaner. It also allows the AV team to design a network around the needs of real-time media rather than trying to fit real-time media into a network designed for email, file transfers, cloud applications, printers, and general enterprise traffic.

There is nothing wrong with an island. In fact, some islands should remain islands. The journey really begins when the islands must collaborate—and that's when the sea becomes as important as the island.

A converged network is not one island. It is an archipelago connected by shared waters.

The moment a customer asks for centralized management across multiple buildings, remote monitoring capabilities, integration with enterprise authentication systems, cloud-based services, or the ability to distribute content across a wider organization, the conversation changes. Suddenly, success depends not only on understanding endpoints and signal flows, but also on understanding the infrastructure that connects everything together.

That infrastructure is the sea. Like any sea, it can be calm, predictable, and efficient when properly understood. It can also become challenging when assumptions replace planning.

The question is not whether dedicated or converged networks are "better." That's too simple. The real question is: When should AV stay on its own island, and when does it need to cross the sea?

Swimming Is Not a Strategy

When we start in this industry, most of us are swimmers. But a swimming pool is nothing compared to the open sea. Over the years, I have seen AV professionals "drown" in enterprise environments without sufficient preparation, communication, or understanding of network requirements. This is what happens when you swim unprepared.

In the same metaphor, every certification is a board added to your professional vessel. With one board, you may stay afloat. With several, you can build something that carries you further. And these boards matter most when your system needs to cross the sea.

On a private island, the team knows everything about the system. However, the moment that AV system touches the enterprise network, the conversation changes (or perhaps we should say the tides change).

Now you're an "AV pirate" having to negotiate with the captains of the sea about VLANs, QoS, IGMP, and PTP. That knowledge will help you measure the complexity of the sea and may even help you build a bridge between the islands. That bridge is where many projects succeed or fail.

A certification does not make someone an expert overnight. And it certainly does not replace field experience. However, it helps you bridge knowledge gaps and move toward your goal, wherever that journey takes you. In other words, certification does not sail the ship for you. But it teaches you how to read the water.

There are excellent AV professionals who thrive as islanders. But the next level is the navigator. The navigator understands both the AV island and the IT sea, and knows when an island should remain independent or when it makes sense to cross the sea.

The navigator does not walk into IT conversations with fear or arrogance. They walk in with respect, preparation, and enough knowledge to build trust. That matters because the AV industry is no longer selling isolated boxes. We are delivering experiences that depend on infrastructure, policy, cybersecurity, remote access, monitoring, and lifecycle management.

The more our systems become networked, the more our professionalism will be measured not only by what happens on the island, but by how well we navigate between islands.

Changing Tides

The sea never stays still, and I would argue that another storm is already approaching: the AI revolution.

The boards on your vessel will eventually need reinforcement. The certification you earned years ago may still be valid but no longer sufficient. New routes need to be studied, and some old habits may need to be left behind. That is simply the nature of working in technology.

Continuously refining your knowledge is the only maintenance plan for staying afloat because the sea will not calm down. Customer expectations are already higher. The thin boundaries between AV and IT will continue to crossfade, and crossing the sea is becoming the only way to avoid being stranded.

If you are still swimming, grab your first board. If you are on an AV island, don't forget to prepare your ports for trading with the rest of the world. If your systems need to cross the sea, learn the waters before you launch. And if you are already sailing, do not forget that even the best ships need maintenance.

Our future in AV will not be decided solely by what happens on the islands. Increasingly, it will be decided in the waters between them. The only question now is whether you plan to keep swimming or learn how to sail.

Located at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan where the towers once stood, the National September 11 Memorial & Museum (9/11 Memorial Museum) forms the centerpiece of the 9/11 Memorial. As the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks neared, the museum underwent a massive upgrade, primarily focused on strengthening the backend infrastructure, improving system reliability, and creating a more stable technology platform.

The museum lies below the plaza, with the entrance pavilion and atrium providing the transition from the city to the historic site below. Above this area is the auditorium with nearby ramps leading visitors down approximately 70 feet to the original foundation level of the World Trade Center complex. From there, visitors enter exhibition galleries where the South and North Towers once stood.

Within the South Tower footprint is the Memorial Exhibition, a space dedicated to remembering the nearly 3,000 people killed in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and Feb. 26, 1993. The North Tower footprint contains the Museum's Historical Exhibition, which presents the events of 9/11, organized into three primary sections that explore the chronological timeline of the horrific events of the day, events leading up to the attacks, and the heroic rescue and recovery efforts.

According to Fernando Mora, VP of AV and multimedia for the 9/11 Memorial Museum, the original AV infrastructure was designed around traditional point-to-point architecture, using HDBaseT as the primary media transport technology. “When the museum was designed in the early 2010s, this was the correct approach at that time,” he told SCN. “It continued to serve us well for many years.”

The need to replace HDBaseT did not drive the upgrade; rather, it was the realization that AVoIP offered capabilities beyond basic video transport. “Ultimately, its distributed nature allowed us to build a master control room which became the orchestration layer for our entire venue,” he explained. “From this central location we can manage and monitor all aspects of our exhibitions systems, live production, digital signage, and UC meeting platforms utilizing live CCTV cameras, custom Q-SYS dashboard UCIs, and Symphony monitoring software.”

When Mora and his team began to consider an upgrade to the core AV infostructure in 2019, many of the AVoIP standards were still similar to each other, so there was no need to quickly jump to an upgrade. The strategy, he explained, became deliberate, to “wait for the technology and the market to mature, while watching to see which platforms emerged as the dominant players. HDBaseT was still performing very well for us, so the question became: What’s the rush?”

Another factor that influenced the upgrade was existing technology. The museum was already largely a Crestron house, which, as Mora explained, made the evolution toward Crestron NVX a logical path. “All our technicians are either programmers or DMC-E-NVX,” he said. “It allowed us to move into AV over IP while building upon technology, programming expertise, and support for this new infrastructure.”

After the 20th anniversary, Mora and his team—lead technician and in-house programmer Kelman Torres, technician Jermaine Morgan, and auditorium production technician Jose Rosa—embarked on the five-year overhaul of the museum’s infrastructure, all while the museum remained open and operational. Wheels started rolling in 2023 with the modernization of the museum's DSP infrastructure.

“We migrated from a CobraNet-based Layer 2 audio architecture to a Layer 3, IP-based Q-SYS processing platform,” Mora explained. “During the planning and development phase, I decided to expand the scope of the project to include modernization of our control system, incorporating Q-SYS Control as part of the overall deployment.”

The extensive upgrade also included a focus on AV transport to AVoIP in the exhibition areas, auditorium, digital signage, and four classrooms. For the auditorium, Mora said they created a complete end-to-end 4K production workflow. They replaced the existing Crestron DM system with an NVX AVoIP infrastructure, and installed a Christie 4K laser projector, Panasonic 4K production cameras, Vizrt TriCaster TC2 Elite switcher with 4K monitoring, and DiGiCo audio console. To support the new AVoIP environment, Mora’s team deployed a NETGEAR M4300 switch and engaged NETGEAR Professional Services to assist with its configuration.

According to Mora, AVI-SPL’s Symphony was selected for monitoring the museum’s infrastructure because the museum wanted to move beyond traditional monitoring toward a platform that gives meaningful, actionable information about the health of the museum’s AV systems and the context in which they are operating.

“For example, when the museum is open, every projector should be powered on, every media server should be in its appropriate run state, and the systems supporting our exhibitions should be operating as expected,” Mora explained. “When the museum is closed, the opposite may be true. Many of our CPU-based exhibits are intentionally shut down overnight, so an effective monitoring platform needs to understand that an offline device at 2 a.m. may be perfectly normal, while that same condition at 10 a.m. could require immediate attention.”

As 2026 began, the upgrade engulfed the museum’s collaboration and education spaces. “We upgraded all four classrooms to support Microsoft Teams Rooms using the Q-SYS UC platform, while our six corporate conference rooms were upgraded with Neat Bar Pro systems,” Mora added. “Most recently, we began replacing our legacy exhibit media players with Hive Media’s Osmia 4K players, further modernizing the content delivery side of the infrastructure.”

For the 25th anniversary, a new exhibit, In Their Honor, will debut. While that has what Mora calls a modest AV footprint, a live national primetime broadcast from Memorial Plaza featuring the Tribute in Light installation will showcase how the new infrastructure supports an event with a worldwide audience.

“On a personal level, Tribute in Light has always been my favorite part of the commemoration,” Mora said. “Seeing those two beams rise above the New York City skyline is an incredibly powerful way to close the day.”

What began in late 2023 has evolved into a roughly three-year, phased modernization of the museum’s AV ecosystem. “Rather than approaching it as a single replacement project, we deliberately addressed the infrastructure in layers—audio processing and control first, followed by AV over IP transport, collaboration spaces, and finally media playback,” Mora concluded. “That approach allowed us to modernize a large, operational facility while continuing to support the museum’s daily visitor experience and programming throughout the transition.”

Atlona, a brand of Hall Research, has added five encoders and decoders to its OmniStream AV over IP platform. Recently unveiled, the five additions include the OmniStream Encoder, OmniStream+ Encoder with USB, OmniStream Decodr, OmniStream+ Decoder with USB, and OmniStream Encoder Wall Plate.

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The expansion brings USB support directly into the OmniStream+ encoder and decoder chassis, a feature that previously required a separate companion device. The update gives integrators more ways to move 4K/60 4:4:4 video, audio and, on OmniStream+ models, USB signals over standard Gigabit Ethernet, without adding hardware to the rack or the wall.

“Our dealers have been asking for built-in USB on OmniStream for a while, and rather than adding another box to the system, we built it into the encoder and decoder itself,” said Ken Eagle, CEO, Hall Research. “Updates like this come directly from the people installing our products every day, and that connection is what we want OmniStream to keep delivering.”

Integrators who needed USB extension alongside OmniStream+ video previously paired the encoder or decoder with a separate USB companion unit. The new OmniStream+ Encoder with USB and OmniStream+ Decoder with USB combine video, audio and USB into a single endpoint, reducing the number of devices needed at each connection point for conference rooms, classrooms, huddle spaces and other USB-dependent AV over IP installations.

The OmniStream Encoder Wall Plate brings the same encoding performance to a two-gang, in-wall form factor, letting integrators mount a source connection directly into a wall or furniture rather than routing back to a rack-mounted encoder.

All five products are designed to work alongside OmniStream devices already in the field, giving current dealers and integrators a way to add USB support or wall plate flexibility to existing systems without replacing infrastructure that is already installed.

Details:

• The NC30 acts as both an NDI encoder and decoder in a single device.
• It simplifies Bring Your Own Device workflows.
• Designed to fit directly into existing AVer ecosystems, the compact unit lets organizations easily expand AV over IP across meeting rooms and classrooms while maintaining centralized control and leveraging current hardware investments.

AVer Information released the NC30, a flexible NDI encoder and decoder designed to simplify AV over IP deployments. The NC30 connects cameras, displays and room systems across the network, supporting more efficient deployment of meeting, learning, and collaboration environments.

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“As organizations continue to adopt AV-over-IP and hybrid collaboration technologies, they need solutions that are flexible, easy to deploy and simple to manage,” said Katie Sullivan, senior product manager for AVer Information. “The NC30 helps bridge traditional AV systems with network-based workflows while making it easier for users to access professional AV resources from meeting and learning spaces.”

Supporting both encoding and decoding within a single device, the NC30 enables seamless conversion between HDMI, USB-C, and NDI video sources. Built to complement AVer's existing ecosystem, the NC30 allows organizations to maintain a consistent platform across cameras, peripherals and AV-over-IP infrastructure, simplifying deployment and management through a single ecosystem.

The NC30 enhances Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) workflows by enabling users to access room cameras and AV resources directly from personal laptops. With support for 4K60 video, USB-C connectivity, NDI HX, HDMI pass-through, and flexible audio routing, users can quickly connect to room technology without requiring additional hardware or complex configuration.

Designed for meeting rooms, classrooms, training spaces, and hybrid collaboration environments, the NC30 helps bridge traditional AV systems with network-based workflows. The NC30's compact form factor and broad compatibility support AV over IP deployments while helping organizations leverage existing AVer technology investments.

At NAB 2026, AIMS did something the IPMX community had not done before. It set aside a 1,600-square-foot room off the West Hall and ran classes. In the past, members of the community have given educational presentations, but never a sit-down training with an instructor and a curriculum. More than 40 people came through the first sessions, and for a format that had never been tried, in a market still forming its opinion of IPMX, that room was worth paying attention to.

A standard tends to become real in three stages. First it gets written. Then it gets built. And then people learn to use it. IPMX has cleared the first two. The core specifications are published, IPMX certification is in place, and certified products are shipping and running in real installations, from legislatures and universities to enterprise and government facilities. What the room at NAB showed is that the third stage had arrived. There is now a body of people who need to know how to design, deploy, and support these systems, and until recently there was no dedicated place to learn.

The timing is not incidental. AV over IP is no longer an emerging idea. AVIXA now describes it as a mainstream aspect of AV installations, and the wider Pro AV market it belongs to is forecast to grow from $332 billion in 2025 to $402 billion by 2030 in the association's Industry Outlook and Trends Analysis. Broadcast AV, the discipline closest to IPMX's roots, has climbed to become the second largest solution area in the industry, behind only conferencing and collaboration. The broadcast and Pro AV worlds that IPMX was built to bridge are converging in real spending, not just in theory. And the constraint on all of it has shifted. For years, the open question was whether the technology would be ready. Now it is ready, and the harder question is whether there are enough people who know how to work with it. Industry surveys consistently put skilled-labor shortages at or near the top of integrators' operational concerns, and the gap is increasingly about the right skills rather than raw headcount. A standard with no on-ramp is a standard that adoption outruns.

IPMX Training is Live

That place now exists. The IPMX training program is live at training.ipmx.io. It is free, it is module-based, and it is hosted on a learning management system open for sign-ups today. The first modules went live on June 15, 2026. Five are available now, with more scheduled to arrive around IBC. AIMS developed the program through its Education Working Group in partnership with AV Community, the AV education firm led by Patrick Killianey, and the material is delivered as professionally produced, self-paced video that a student can work through on their own schedule.

The model behind it is one the industry has watched work before. Dante did not earn its place in professional audio on technical merit alone. It earned it by becoming easy to learn, through free, tiered, online certification that produced a large pool of people who could confidently specify and deploy it. That pool became its own kind of advantage, because a technology many people already know how to use is a technology that gets chosen. IPMX is following the same playbook, with one important difference: it is doing so for an open, multi-vendor standard rather than a single company's ecosystem. That difference shows up in what the training teaches.

Most credentials in AV are either product certifications tied to one manufacturer's gear or general industry certifications that stay above the protocol layer. IPMX training sits in a different place. It goes deep on the transport itself, and on the networking fundamentals beneath it: multicast, PTP timing, and how media flows are described and carried over IP. What a student learns is the standard, not any one vendor's implementation of it, and those fundamentals carry well beyond IPMX. The skill is portable across every product that carries the IPMX mark.

The content is organized into three levels, each building on the one before. Level 1, Foundations, is the accessible on-ramp, written for the consultant or salesperson who needs to speak the language and specify a system correctly without necessarily configuring it. Level 2, Systems, moves into building a working system: media profiles, device capabilities, and how the pieces fit together into something that runs. Level 3, Networks, goes deeper into the layer underneath, the switching, timing, and traffic engineering that keep a live media system reliable at scale. Throughout, the courses address the standards IPMX is built on, AES67, SMPTE ST 2110, and NMOS, directly rather than only as background. Because IPMX is effectively a superset of ST 2110 and AES67, learning it well means picking up those standards and specifications along the way. A student who works through the program comes away understanding not just IPMX, but a good deal of the broader IP media family it belongs to.

One design choice runs through all of it: the program starts at the ground floor. It is built to be approachable to anyone with no background in networking or video, whether a junior engineer, a salesperson, or a consultant. That accessibility matters more than it might have a few years ago. As AI reshapes which careers feel secure, a generation is moving toward hands-on, hard-to-automate work, the so-called toolbelt generation that has been steadily filling vocational and trade programs. Skilled AV engineering belongs in that durable category. It is on-site, cross-vendor, and judgment-heavy, the kind of work that does not automate away, and IPMX training is a low-cost, standards-based way into it. The Education Working Group set out to lower the barrier to entry and grow the base of qualified professionals as fast as the demand is growing, and free, self-paced modules are how that scales.

This is a starting point, not a finished program. More modules arrive around IBC, and AIMS plans to organize additional training opportunities beyond the online modules, including on-site training. The longer arc points toward a recognized way for the industry to identify people who genuinely know IPMX, so that the skill carries weight in the market. The room at NAB was the first proof that the appetite is real. The site is the answer to it, and it is open to anyone. If you design, install, or operate AV and broadcast systems, or you simply want to understand where IP media is heading, the modules are free and signing up takes a minute.

Start at training.ipmx.io.

Universities are under increasing pressure to deliver consistent, technology-enabled learning experiences across multiple campuses, often while managing growing AV estates with limited IT resources. For Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina in Colombia, a historic institution founded in 1893, addressing these challenges became a priority. It responded by launching RAUDA, an ambitious initiative designed to centralize and standardize audiovisual infrastructure across its campus network. The school turned to Kramer to do both.

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With locations in Bogotá, Pereira, and Valledupar, the university had developed a diverse AV landscape over time, designed to support both in-person and hybrid learning for undergraduate and graduate students across a wide array of disciplines. Relying on a mix of technologies, including classroom touchscreens and commercial displays in halls and reception areas, the systems were managed independently. This fragmented approach made it difficult to maintain consistency across learning environments and shared spaces, along with limited visibility into system performance and slowed response times when issues arose.

To address this, the university launched RAUDA. The goal was not only to improve day-to-day operations, but also to enable more consistent experiences for both faculty and students. Working with system integrator Merge, Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina implemented the first phase of the RAUDA project by deploying a centralized AV over IP architecture across its sites. Classrooms, auditoriums, meeting spaces, and digital signage endpoints were connected into a unified network, allowing content to be distributed and managed more flexibly across locations.

An array of Kramer solutions were selected. These included Kramer KDS-EN7 encoders and KDS-DEC7 decoders for content distribution; VIA GO 3 devices for wireless presentation and collaboration; KC Virtual Brain 5 and Panta Rhei for system management, monitoring, and control; VSM on Cloud for centralized, cloud-based management; a dedicated network infrastructure built around NETGEAR M4250 switches, and TP-583TXR units for transmission support.

“Kramer gave us the ability to centralize and simplify AV management across campuses while delivering a more reliable and consistent experience for users,” said César Andrés Rodríguez Ángel, national director of technological innovation at Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina.

The impact has been felt both operationally and from a user experience perspective. Centralized control has helped streamline support workflows and reduce incident response times, while delivering more consistent and reliable AV performance across campuses. According to the university, this has translated into improved availability of learning spaces and a smoother experience for both staff and students.

The new infrastructure has also unlocked additional capabilities, particularly in the area of digital signage. The university can now manage and update content in real time across high-traffic areas, supporting more agile and targeted communication with students and visitors.

Miri Technologies recently introduced its V410 live 4K video encoder/decoder for streaming, IP-based production workflows, and AV over IP distribution. Winner of a 2026 NAB Show TV Tech Best of Show Award, the V410 combines ease of use with rich functionality, robust connectivity, innovative features, and flexible format support.

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The versatile Miri V410 is user-configurable either as an encoder or as a decoder. It can encode one live 4K Ultra HD output at 60 frames per second or two simultaneous 2K QHD (2560x1440) channels. As a decoder, the device can decode two streams concurrently from most supported source formats. Video input and output connections include HDMI, 3G-SDI and USB interfaces with embedded audio support.

The Miri V410 is designed for easy operation, even by less-experienced streamers and volunteers, while providing deep enough controls and advanced capabilities to meet the needs of expert producers and media engineers. Its intuitive web interface is complemented by a front-panel LCD screen and configurable buttons for easy on-device control and monitoring. A large, customizable tally light ring around the top of the unit and front-panel VU meters further enhance operator convenience, while two-factor authentication bolsters security against malicious attempts to access and disrupt media infrastructure.

For live streaming, the V410 can encode or decode H.264 or H.265 in a wide range of protocols including SRT, RTMP, RTMPS, HLS, TS over UDP, and RTSP. For video-over-IP workflows, the V410 can encode NDI HX2 or NDI HX3, and can decode both of those formats as well as NDI High Bandwidth and the emerging OMT (Open Media Transport) open-source technology. In encode mode, the V410 can even transcode from NDI High Bandwidth, NDI HX2, NDI HX3, or OMT inputs to streaming formats and protocols. Content can also be recorded to files on a microSD card or external USB drive.

The V410's robust network connectivity includes built-in Wi-Fi 7 to maximize wireless performance even in crowded environments, while dual Gigabit Ethernet connections, one with PoE support, provide multi-LAN connectivity or redundancy. For maximum internet resilience and performance, the V410 can also be paired with Miri's X510 dual-cellular bonding router.

Located in Kansas City, Tap Ins is a unique entertainment concept combining mini golf with a full-scale sports bar experience. Spanning an impressive 3.5-acre complex, the venue features 18 outdoor holes and 18 indoor holes housed within a greenhouse environment, alongside a vibrant sports bar, beer garden, and yard games area.

At the heart of the experience is a visually immersive environment, with a total of 105 displays deployed across the venue, including large-format 220-inch direct-view LED video walls on each course. The project was delivered by integrator ICTEK, who designed and implemented a robust AV infrastructure to match the scale and ambition of the space.

From the outset, this was a highly demanding, large-scale AV deployment. The system needed to distribute content from 20 different sources across the 105 screens, ensuring perfectly synchronized playback throughout the entire venue.

Given the size of the site, the AV infrastructure had to span across two separate equipment racks, connected via fiber, while maintaining signal integrity and low latency. In addition, the system needed to support both large-format video walls and multi-view configurations, allowing flexible content layouts across different zones.

Beyond Performance

Beyond performance, the integrator also required a solution that would remain cost-effective and supported by a responsive technical team, critical factors in winning and delivering the project successfully.

To meet the demands of this large-scale venue, ICTEK deployed a WyreStorm AV-over-IP solution built around 16 NHD-120, two NHD-150, and six SW48-410 network switches, creating a powerful and dependable foundation for content distribution across the entire site.

The NHD-120 units formed the core of the video distribution system, helping deliver high-quality content across the venue’s many displays with the flexibility needed in a fast-moving sports and entertainment environment. To add another layer of versatility, the NHD-150 units brought in the multi-view functionality required for more dynamic content presentation, allowing multiple sources to be shown simultaneously across video walls and key zones. This gave the venue greater freedom to tailor what guests saw in each space, whether that meant live sports, entertainment content, or custom layouts designed to match the energy of the moment.

Supporting it all, the SW48-410 network switches provided the high-bandwidth backbone needed to carry AV traffic reliably across the 3.5-acre site. With fiber links connecting the two equipment racks, the system was able to maintain stable long-distance transmission and consistent performance throughout the venue.

Together, these WyreStorm solutions helped deliver an AV environment that feels as flexible as the venue itself, scalable, synchronized, and ready to support a wide variety of experiences across all displays.

“WyreStorm is our go-to for video distribution, and this project reinforced why,” Tim Owens from ICTEK explained. “It was our first time working with multi-view at this scale, and integrating it with a third-party control system required some support. The WyreStorm team was responsive, knowledgeable, and helped us get everything running exactly as needed.”

The result is a fully synchronized, highly flexible AV system that enhances the customer experience across every part of the venue, supporting everything from live sports broadcasting to dynamic, multi-zone entertainment.

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As we consider the future of AI in AV, DVIGear brings you the first in a monthly series. of articles that look at the rapidly emerging, very real-world case for AI in AV. This first installment looks at how SDVoE and DVIGear have implemented AI Agents for speeding familiar AV workflows.

The SDVoE Alliance and its member companies are establishing SDVoE as the AV over IP platform of choice for AI-assisted design, deployment, and support workflows. As corporate IT departments rapidly adopt agent-based tools across their technology stacks, the open, standardized nature of the SDVoE platform makes it uniquely suited to integration with these emerging workflows.

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DVIGear is providing the first visible implementation of this direction with the release of DisplayNet Connect for AI Agents. The product enables AI assistants and agent frameworks to configure, control, and troubleshoot DisplayNet systems through natural language, leveraging SDVoE with the DisplayNet API. DisplayNet Connect for AI Agents is built on Model Context Protocol (MCP) for broad compatibility with leading agent platforms, while the underlying integration approach is protocol-agnostic and can be extended to other agent interfaces as the ecosystem evolves.

A Platform Built for Open Integration

Unlike closed AV over IP architectures, the SDVoE platform was designed from the outset around an open, standardized API and a multi-vendor hardware ecosystem. This architectural openness, long a foundation of SDVoE interoperability, now provides a direct path for integration with the rapidly maturing landscape of AI agents and enterprise automation tools.

“The same characteristics that made SDVoE the right answer for AV/IT convergence make it the right answer for the agent-driven workflows that enterprise IT is adopting now,” said DVIGear president Steven Barlow. “An open API is a precondition for AI assistance. SDVoE has had one for years. DisplayNet Connect for AI Agents is the first product to make that architectural advantage tangible for our customers.”

Lower Barrier to Entry

Designing, deploying, and maintaining an AV over IP system has historically required deep familiarity with platform-specific control languages and APIs. With AI-assisted workflows layered over the SDVoE API, technology teams can express intent in natural language and let the agent translate that intent into valid system configurations. This significantly broadens the population of practitioners who can productively work with the SDVoE platform.

Faster System Creation

Configurations that previously required hours or days of programming work can now be generated in minutes. Natural-language inputs can be translated directly into working SDVoE system configurations through the agent layer (e.g. create a four-source video wall feeding the conference room and the lobby, with the lobby muted by default). Multiple custom front ends, role-specific control panels, and one-off integrations become economically viable in environments where they previously were not.

Faster Troubleshooting and Support

System diagnostics represent some of the most time-consuming work in AV-over-IP support. AI agents are well-suited to this category of pattern-recognition work and can dramatically compress the time required to identify and resolve issues, particularly when paired with the rich diagnostic outputs already available in the SDVoE platform. Complex problems like multicast, IGMP behavior, and HDCP handshake issues, can be understood and resolved in a matter of minutes with agentic log analysis.

A Platform-Wide Direction

While DVIGear’s DisplayNet Connect for AI Agents is the first publicly available implementation, the SDVoE Alliance is actively encouraging member companies to develop equivalent integrations across their own product lines. The goal is not a single-vendor solution, but a platform-wide standard for AI-assisted AV-over-IP workflows, consistent with the SDVoE Alliance’s founding mission of standardization, interoperability, and ecosystem development.

Bell Bank is one of the largest family-owned banks in the United States, built on a culture of connection and community. Bell Tower, the company’s Fargo, North Dakota headquarters, is a 14-story, 105,000-square-foot facility that serves as the hub for the institution. As such, the Town Hall section of the corporate headquarters needed to reflect that central focus with a space that went beyond the traditional corporate model of a boardroom or meeting room.

Bell Bank envisioned a dynamic, multi-functional environment serving as a collaborative center for meetings and training sessions that can then transition seamlessly into a professional production space for high-level events such as receptions, presentations, and more.

To bring this vision to life, Bell Bank turned to FARBER Sound – Venue Transformation, leveraging a long-standing partnership built on a deep understanding of the bank’s operational culture. A project of this scope demanded a proven power control foundation. For FARBER, that meant incorporating LynTec into the project.

A Core Challenge

The core challenge was significant: the Town Hall needed to function simultaneously as a multi-purpose event space and a broadcast-capable facility. That dual mandate required integrating a wide range of disparate audio, video, and lighting (AVL) systems spanning everyday presentation gear, a professional mixing console and stage box network, multi-camera 4K capable video production infrastructure, architectural lighting, and a full complement of event and entertainment lighting fixtures. Each system category carries its own power requirements, startup dependencies, and operational profiles. The task was to unify all of those elements under a single, intelligent power control solution that could adapt automatically to whatever mode the room needed to be in, without placing the burden of technical management on the bank’s staff.

To address this, FARBER’s system designer, Cory Deming, specified a LynTec RPC-384 power control panel as the backbone of the entire AVL system. The RPC-384 manages sequenced power distribution across all AVL subsystems, ensuring every component powers on and off in the correct order based on the active room configuration. “We have been using LynTec products for decades and were confident this would be the correct product to handle the Town Hall requirements,” Deming said.

Beyond on-site performance, the RPC-384 also enables FARBER’s team to monitor system performance and handle the majority of troubleshooting remotely from their headquarters in Plymouth, Minnesota, reducing the need for on-site service calls and providing Bell Bank with a responsive support infrastructure.

Physical flexibility was built into every layer of the design as well: the stage was engineered in full, half, and quarter configurations, complete with an ADA-accessible ramp, with the entire assembly storable out of sight when not in use. The Chauvet Pro and GLP moving-head lighting fixtures can be repositioned into preset looks saved to the control system and executed on any touch panel in the room, eliminating the need for ladders or manual repositioning between events.

Working in close collaboration with the architectural team, Farber integrated multi-angled acoustic ceiling clouds to optimize sound diffusion while contributing to the visual identity of the space. A proscenium design and curtain system enable dynamic theatrical reveals and adaptable performance configurations, giving the room a range of presentation modes that would feel at home in a professional venue. Detailed EASE acoustic modeling guided targeted treatments to parallel walls and other reflective surfaces, improving speech intelligibility across all event types. The result is a room where under-the-hood complexity stays invisible, and the experience remains focused on the content.

“Bell Bank needed a space that could do two very different jobs without feeling like either one was a compromise," said Dave Farber, owner of FARBER. "The only way to make that work is to get the power architecture right from the start. Our experience working with LynTec products in other projects gave us the confidence that the RPC could handle an installation this complex.”

A Unified Solution

The RPC-384 provides the unified power control foundation that makes the dual-purpose room architecture practical. The production backbone it manages includes a Yamaha DM7-EX digital mixing console, a 20Gbit redundant fiber network supporting AVoIP, Dante, GreenGO, HiQnet, NDI, and sACN protocols, and a 12G SDI video infrastructure anchored by Panasonic 4K PTZ cameras, a FOR-A production switcher, and AJA matrix routing. The architectural and event lighting system centers on Chauvet Pro and GLP moving-head fixtures and wash units, all addressable and positionable from the room’s touch panels. The front-end interface throughout is an Extron control system, providing staff with a clean, intuitive surface for day-to-day operation regardless of what is running beneath it.

By interfacing the Extron control system directly with the LynTec RPC-384, FARBER turned power management into a background function. When a staff member taps a touch panel to configure the room, the RPC-384 sequences power to the appropriate equipment automatically. A simple presentation mode enables only the necessary audio and video components. A full Town Hall production spins up the complete system, including the control booth, only when dedicated technicians are on-site. Bank staff operate a professional-grade venue confidently, regardless of their technical background.

There will be many trends circulating the InfoComm show floor in 2026, and standards are always front and center. Whether it is IPMX, SDVoE, NDI, or a bevy of other AV over IP standards, manufacturers have the products and solutions you need to bring installations to life.

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Take a peak at what these nine booths will be showcasing, but bookmark this page and check back, as we will update with more as we hear more to have you prepped for the show.

AIMS to Advance IPMX Education 

The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) will focus on Internet Protocol Media Experience (IPMX) education. Through expert-led sessions and the development of its Official IPMX Training Series, the organization will provide the Pro AV industry with the knowledge required to design and deploy IPMX-based AV over IP systems.

At booth C7487, AIMS will provide live demonstrations of IPMX-certified products and tools, illustrating how IPMX enables seamless integration across AV systems while supporting both Pro AV and broadcast requirements. It will also launch the Official IPMX Training Series, a free online program designed to help the Pro AV community better understand, design, configure, and deploy IPMX-based AV-over-IP systems. Structured as a three-level curriculum covering foundations, systems design, and advanced networking concepts such as PTP and SMPTE ST 2110, the program provides a practical path for engineers and integrators building AV-over-IP infrastructures.

Additionally, Andrew Starks, AIMS board of directors’ member and director of product management for Macnica, will present the session “How IPMX Expands Live Production Beyond Broadcast” on Tuesday, June 16, from 1:30-2 p.m. local time in meeting room W232. On June 18, Samuel Recine—AIMS board of directors’ member and vice president of global strategic partnerships at Matrox Video— will co-present “IP for Corporate Broadcast AV” from 1:30-3 p.m. in room W231.

Aurora Multimedia Introduces Dante/AES67 Over Wi-Fi

Aurora Multimedia will be showcasing its new architecture designed to enable Dante and AES67 audio networking over Wi-Fi infrastructure. Aurora’s newly developed wireless architecture enables Dante/AES67 audio streams to operate across modern Wi-Fi environments, opening new possibilities for flexible system design and deployment.

The new wireless architecture is designed to integrate with existing Dante-enabled ecosystems while leveraging enterprise wireless networks commonly deployed in corporate, educational, and public environments. These include flexible collaboration spaces; higher-education learning environments; live event production and temporary installations; rapid deployment AV systems; and historic buildings where cabling infrastructure is limited.

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AVPro Global Brands to Showcase Its Growing Ecosystem 

AVPro brands (AVPro Edge, AudioControl Pro, RTI, Murideo, Bullet Train, ProControl, and ThenAudio) will showcase its growing ecosystem through a series of immersive, application-driven demos designed to mirror real-world commercial environments at booth C7028.

One such solution will be the AVPro Edge MXnet USP Series, the next generation AV over IP ecosystem designed to create hybrid AV systems. USP is built on AVPro Flow technology, aimed to provide native interoperability with conferencing platforms, camera systems, recording/streaming solutions, and production equipment, creating a unified platform for modern deployments.

The newest ConferX matrix switcher from AVPro Edge delivers features designed for commercial integrators. Instantly switch between HDBaseT and HDMI sources with side-by-side display and scaling options built for commercial applications. Features include HDBaseT inputs compatible with the latest ConferX HDMI/USB wall plates, RS-232 control, HDMI stream control, 5-volt toggle for CODEC disconnection, and aspect ratio conversion for ultra-wide displays.

Cobalt Digital to Showcase End-to-End IPMX Ecosystem

Cobalt Digital will highlight its expanding IPMX ecosystem at booth N7163, engineered to bring broadcast quality to Pro AV applications. The lineup includes standalone signal processors, audio monitors, multiviewers, gateways, converters, encoders, and decoders that make SMPTE ST 2110 workflows easy to deploy, manage and scale.

Designed for systems integrators as well as end users, Cobalt’s interoperable IPMX certified product portfolio provides a straightforward migration path from SDI to IP—delivering the flexibility and scalability of ST 2110 without the complexity traditionally associated with high-end IP infrastructures.

At the center of Cobalt’s InfoComm lineup is the new COBALT blueCORE family of fully featured standalone signal processors designed to bridge SDI and ST 2110/IPMX environments with exceptional versatility. blueCORE combines the audio and video processing functions required for live production and AV signal management into a single 1RU device. blueCORE’s self-contained architecture makes deployment fast and simple: power up the unit, connect signals, and it is ready to operate with or without a computer.

Also on display will be enhancements to the COBALT PACIFIC compression platform including a new ST 2110/IPMX output option for the COBALT PACIFIC ULL-DEC upgradeable software-defined decoder. The enhancement allows decoded content to be available simultaneously over SDI and ST 2110/IPMX. The device includes a built-in frame sync that can be configured to emit a PTP-locked signal for ST 2110 operation. Cobalt also leverages the PACIFIC line to deliver a complete solution for interconnecting IPMX sites over the Internet. The PACIFIC 9992-ENC “IPMX-to-Internet” gateway appears as a destination within the NMOS controller at the sending site, enabling any patched content to be transmitted instantly to the corresponding PACIFIC ULL-DEC “Internet-to-IPMX” gateway at the receiving end.

Covid Introduces 20 Gbps USB-C Cable Built for Pro AV Installations

Covid will introduce the USBC-G2P60 at booth C8859. This high-performance USB-C 3.2 Gen 2x2 cable was engineered for Pro AV and commercial environments requiring reliable high-speed data, consistent power delivery, and extended installation lengths.

Delivering up to 20 Gbps bandwidth and 60W Power Delivery, the USBC-G2P60 is designed to support conferencing, collaboration, digital signage, and device connectivity applications where performance and reliability are critical. Available in 6, 10, 12, and 15-foot lengths, the cable features USB-C male-to-male connectivity, RoHS compliance, and a durable construction designed for everyday professional use.

Covid will also be expanding its panel-mounted Terminal Block Pigtail Connector line, and will introduce the EHW-210, a 4K 60Hz Wireless HDMI KVM Extender designed to deliver high-performance wireless AV, broad touch-screen compatibility, and one-to-many distribution in a cost-effective platform.

HDBaseT

The HDBaseT Alliance will reveal how the technology addresses today’s evolving system-level challenges, including complex USB workflows and the rapid growth of multi-camera environments driven by AI-enabled applications at booth C8759.

Celebrate 15 years of HDBaseT technology and its role in shaping modern Pro AV connectivity with the Alliance at its booth. Since its founding by LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Valens Semiconductor, HDBaseT has delivered reliable, uncompressed, long-distance, plug-and-play connectivity over a single Category cable. The Alliance booth will include a Power Wall display featuring 70 new products and solutions from over 30 HDBaseT Alliance members, demonstrating the diversity of HDBaseT across verticals. 

Demonstrating the continued evolution of the HDBaseT ecosystem, HDBaseT chipset provider Valens Semiconductor will introduce the VS6310, the company’s newest low-power USB3 extension solution, compliant with the HDBaseT-USB3 standard. The VS6310 is designed for integration into a broad range of professional AV applications, including active cables and embedded products such as e/PTZ cameras, video bars, touch controllers, and other USB-enabled devices.

MSolutions to Expand MS-DP-ALT Series with HDMI-Enabled USB-C Extension Solution

MSolutions will debut the latest evolution of its innovative MS-DP-ALT Series at booth C7685. MSolutions will showcase the new MS-DPA-HCP, a single-cable USB-C extension solution that adds a switchable HDMI input for expanded source flexibility in meeting rooms, classrooms, auditoriums and collaborative spaces.

The new MS-DPA-HCP continues MSolutions’ strategy of simplifying modern AV connectivity through streamlined USB-C transport over category cable infrastructure. The series extends DisplayPort Alternate Mode (DP Alt Mode) signals over a single category cable, enabling transport of 4K video, USB data, and power through one streamlined connection.

The MS-DPA-HCP introduces automatic switching between permanent in-room HDMI sources and guest USB-C laptop connections, solving a common challenge in modern BYOD meeting environments. In a typical conference room installation, a permanently installed PC can remain connected through HDMI while guest presenters automatically switch to their laptop connection when plugging into the USB-C interface.

NDI to Host Live Demos, AI Video Workflows and Developer Session

NDI will be at booth C7572 in Central Hall with a packed agenda for developers, integrators, and AV professionals. Visitors can see live demos of NDI 6.3, featuring real-time stream insights, performance tracking, multi-location production with distributed source management, and AI-ready metadata workflows. A live Zoom integration demo will also illustrate how NDI is bringing broadcast-grade quality into enterprise collaboration environments.

On the education side, NDI technical director Roberto Musso will lead "Introduction to NDI Development" on Tuesday, June 16 from 4-5 p.m. local time at W203/W204, offering developers a hands-on on-ramp to building on NDI.

PlexusAV to Introduce "Final Piece" of AV over IP Portfolio

PlexusAV will officially unveil its new flagship P-AVN-6-S transceiver at booth C10301. The P-AVN-6-S is a high-performance uncompressed IPMX and SMPTE ST 2110 solution with native 12G-SDI I/O, designed to bridge traditional SDI infrastructure and modern IP-based workflows across a single open-standard network. It is designed to integrate seamlessly with PlexusAV devices and cross-vendor AV solutions.

Purpose-built for live events hybrid production environments and Pro AV applications demanding uncompromised signal integrity, quality and timing precision, the P-AVN-6-S enables organizations to transition seamlessly between baseband and IP workflows without vendor lock-in. This makes it ideal for mission-critical workflows where signal quality, low latency, interoperability, and timing precision are non-negotiable.

The P-AVN-6-S delivers uncompressed quality over IPMX and SMPTE ST 2110 compliant networks up to 4K60, at approximately 18 Gbps throughput. A major differentiator is the unit’s integrated PTP-to-Genlock capability, which synchronizes SDI outputs directly to IP-based timing with ±12 pixel phase accuracy. Combined with ST 2022-7 hitless redundancy across independent primary and secondary network paths, the platform is engineered for deployments where timing accuracy and uptime cannot be compromised. Support for 1GbE, 10GbE, and 25GbE networks provides a direct integration path between traditional baseband infrastructures and open-standard IP distribution.

SDVoE Alliance to Feature Member Demonstrations From IDK Corporation, Aurora Multimedia, and Kramer

The SDVoE Alliance will present member demonstrations at booth C7074 from alliance members IDK Corporation, Aurora Multimedia, and Kramer. These demonstrations will highlight SDVoE applications for conference rooms, judicial and government environments and command-and-control operations.

IDK Corporation will demonstrate its USB Neo Series, including the NJR-L21UC-T encoder and NJR-L31UC-R decoder, designed to support modern conference room workflows. The USB Neo Series transports video and USB peripherals between devices, supporting BYOD/M, auto-switching and call status awareness to maintain the correct host device during a call.

Aurora Multimedia will present a judicial and government-focused demonstration featuring the SmartSpeak desktop beam-forming microphone with a 6-inch touch controller and USB-C and HDMI ports. Aurora Multimedia’s SmartSpeak supports bidirectional SDVoE transmission, enabling simultaneous encoding and decoding over a single 10G connection.

Kramer will host a command-and-control demonstration featuring the Kramer ZyPer4K-XSE platform. Kramer’s demonstration will showcase seamless KVM roaming across three displays and a dynamic 2x2 multiview configuration. A single keyboard and mouse will move between individual screens and multiview windows. At the same time, hotkeys will enable operators to promote any source to the full-screen home display or instantly reset the system to its default layout.

Visionary to Introduce the nexAV We-Cosystem

Visionary Solutions will debut its new nexAV We-Cosystem audio, video, and control platform. Built for converged AV and IT environments, the nexAV We-Cosystem combines AV over IP routing and switching, audio DSP processing, room and enterprise control, device discovery, workflow orchestration, and user-interface development within a unified software platform. The platform is designed for applications ranging from hospitality and conferencing to enterprise-wide AV deployments, allowing integrators and end users to design around operational requirements rather than vendor-imposed limitations.

The launch reflects Visionary’s long-standing focus on simplifying AV deployment through software-driven infrastructure and AV over IP technologies. As AV platforms become increasingly over-engineered and burdened by unnecessary complexity, nexAV is focused on delivering practical customer value through adaptable system design, simplified workflows, and scalable architecture, allowing organizations to deploy the functionality they actually need without unnecessary overhead.

At the center of nexAV is Visionary’s Flex Architecture DSP framework and integrated Audio Engine. The platform uses template-based DSP workflows intended to simplify deployment while allowing systems to be customized for different applications. Native Dante and AES67 support allows the Audio Engine to integrate into modern networked audio environments ranging from individual rooms to campus-wide systems. Rather than forcing organizations into vendor-prescriptive ecosystems, the nexAV We-Cosystem is designed to support mixed technology environments while maintaining centralized management and a consistent user experience across deployments.

VuWall and G&D to Simplify AV over IP Distribution

"We expect a lot of discussion around secure AV over IP, interoperability, and how AI-ready platforms will shape future control room workflows," Anna Kozel, VP of marketing at VuWall told SCN. "As organizations manage more sources, data, and systems than ever before, the buzz will be around solutions that reduce complexity while improving operator efficiency and situational awareness."

You can read the VuWall | G&D InfoComm Impulse show preview by clicking here to find out more.

AVT Question: Please share insights into how your company’s products and solutions help ensure interoperability and connectivity not only on the day of deployment but also on Day 2 and beyond.

Thought Leader: Joseph Gagliardi, Product Manager at WyreStorm

Interoperability is one of those things you don’t think about when it’s working—and you definitely think about when it isn’t. Most end users don’t care what’s behind the wall or in the rack; they care that the room behaves the same way every time. They want to be able to plug in, present, hear audio, see video, and get on with the meeting.

What I’ve learned is that connectivity isn’t a one-time setup. Rooms live in the real world where laptops change, operating systems update, and UC platforms roll out new versions. Invariably, someone will swap a display model, or the network team will tighten a policy. The question isn’t whether change will happen; it’s whether the room can handle it without turning every Monday morning into a helpdesk rush.

At WyreStorm, we design for that reality. We build around the standards and workflows people actually use day to day, common interfaces, familiar control methods, and AV distribution approaches that are proven in the field. The aim is simple: fewer special rules, fewer surprises, and a setup that keeps working even when the environment around it evolves.

The other half is what happens after the install. Interoperability stays healthy when people have clear guidance and can get real answers quickly. Good documentation, practical deployment notes, and responsive human support shorten the distance between, “Something changed,” and, “We’re back up.” When that’s in place, nobody thinks about the tech, and the room just does its job.

AVT Question: Please share insights into how your company’s products and solutions help ensure interoperability and connectivity not only on the day of deployment but also on Day 2 and beyond.

Thought Leader: Mark Boyadijan, Customer Solutions Director at Neutrik Group Americas

The Neutrik Group continues to advance connectivity solutions designed to meet the evolving demands of the AVL industry. Specifying and designing with its trusted brands, NEUTRIK, REAN, and CONTRIK, eliminates the risks associated with non-compliant or uncertified products for a range of AV projects. This ensures safety, durability, and long-term reliability. Where interoperability is critical, standardizing with Neutrik Group connectivity brands provides backward compatibility within product families, with precision tolerances engineered to deliver optimal mating performance cycle after cycle.

As technology trends drive the need for higher data throughput and increased power delivery, Neutrik Group remains committed to developing interconnect solutions that meet or exceed emerging standards. Customers value the confidence that comes from deploying products built to perform in mission-critical environments, including large-scale integrated AV systems. That peace of mind means never having to second-guess the decision to rely on proven connectivity solutions.

With more than 50 years of innovation and industry-defining product designs, Neutrik Group has built its reputation on collaboration and responsiveness. By listening closely to engineers, designers, consultants, integrators, and end users, the company develops solutions that address real-world challenges and withstand demanding conditions. This customer-first philosophy keeps the organization at the forefront of both current and future connectivity requirements.

The Neutrik Group’s leadership in the interconnect industry is not the result of chance, but of continuous partnership and shared innovation, empowering professionals to deliver exceptional experiences across AV, integrated installations, broadcast, and live events worldwide.

AVT Question: Please share insights into how your company’s products and solutions help ensure interoperability and connectivity not only on the day of deployment but also on Day 2 and beyond.

Thought Leader: Joey Palkowitch, Director of Commercial Audio Sales at AtlasIED

Interoperability and connectivity are essential to modern AV systems, especially as organizations increasingly rely on networked infrastructure to manage audio across multiple spaces. One of the most effective ways manufacturers support this shift is by embracing widely adopted AVoIP protocols like Dante.

Dante simplifies system architecture by enabling high-quality audio to travel over standard Ethernet networks rather than traditional analog cabling. For integrators, this dramatically reduces installation complexity while increasing flexibility.

AtlasIED’s Atmosphere platform reflects this philosophy. With Dante-enabled DSPs, Atmosphere allows integrators to unify networked audio with powerful, user-friendly control and processing. Designers can seamlessly connect Dante microphones, endpoints, and other third-party devices into the system while still benefiting from Atmosphere’s intuitive configuration and management tools. This ensures that systems remain flexible, scalable, and easy to manage long after installation is complete.

AtlasIED is also Dante-enabled on the loudspeaker level. The Atlas+Fyne Dante-enabled PoE++ loudspeakers combine network audio transport, power delivery, and advanced acoustic performance over a single cable. By pairing Dante networking with IsoFlare point-source transducer technology and onboard DSP, these loudspeakers deliver consistent coverage, high intelligibility, and real-time system monitoring through Dante Controller and network management tools.

AVT Question: Please share insights into how your company’s products and solutions help ensure interoperability and connectivity not only on the day of deployment but also on Day 2 and beyond.

Thought Leader: Robert Luckey, Consultant Liaison at Ampetronic | Listen Technologies

Everything Ampetronic | Listen Technologies builds, serves our core commitment: connecting every listener to the sound they need to hear clearly, so they can fully engage within their organization and its facilities. Interoperability is how we deliver that connectivity within their network architecture, security policies, and budget at any scale.

Our Wi-Fi-based assistive listening systems (ALS) use a central audio gateway and a venue’s existing wireless network to distribute audio and interactivity well beyond baseline compliance. The economics scale with ALS user load rather than room count. In one building or 100—it’s the same architecture. Our platform authenticates and operates within existing network policies, and, in the most complex architectures, out-of-band service discovery enables transparent roaming across network segments. IT manages assistive listening in the same way they manage everything else.

Ampetronic | Listen Technologies’ newest product line, Auri, implements the forward-looking Auracast broadcast audio standard, enjoying rapid adoption across consumer BYOD devices from hearing aids to earbuds. WAP-like transmitters are the only transmission-side hardware: standard PoE, with no rack space. Broadcasts are one to infinite, low latency, and high quality, with impressive range and peaceful coexistence with Wi-Fi. Auri provides centralized software management while air-gapping end users from the network entirely.

Both platforms support dedicated receivers for compliance alongside BYOD, promoting usage by eliminating stigma. Security configurations adapt to a venue’s policy. Neither requires internet access.

One thing I beg of every designer and specifier: Ensure your AV infrastructure includes an ALS-compatible audio output path, even when assistive listening isn’t in the initial scope. Hold your meeting room audio hardware vendors accountable for providing it. Routable near-end and far-end mixed analog audio is simplest; Dante and AES67 are equally suitable. Build that signal path proactively. Ampetronic | Listen’s technology is ready when your organization is.

AVT Question: Please share insights into how your company’s products and solutions help ensure interoperability and connectivity not only on the day of deployment but also on Day 2 and beyond.

Thought Leader: Jim Kidwell, Principal Product Marketing Manager at Audinate

Interoperability and connectivity are crucial to how AV professionals design modern systems, as audio and video must move reliably across diverse devices, environments, and architectures.

As AV over IP has matured, Audinate’s products address the growing complexity of connecting large numbers of devices across shared networks. Rather than relying on inconsistently applied open standards or manufacturer-specific standards, Audinate provides a fully supported transport platform that allows products from over 700 manufacturers to communicate consistently. This gives integrators the flexibility to choose the best products for each application while avoiding the limitations of single-vendor systems that can lead to compatibility issues.

Interoperability today also depends on how well AV systems coexist with IT infrastructure. Audinate’s solutions offer visibility into Dante device status, traffic, and performance. Through centralized management, control, and a unified API, IT teams can monitor Dante AV endpoints alongside other networked systems, gaining a clearer, more cohesive view across sites. This simplifies management, improves troubleshooting, and supports closer alignment between AV and IT teams.

Scalability is another critical aspect of interoperability. Products built on Dante deliver consistent performance with backward compatibility, whether deployed in small, single-room systems or across an entire campus or enterprise. They route audio and video flexibly across the network while maintaining synchronization, reliability, and control.

By combining manufacturer-agnostic interoperability, robust management, and scalable design, Audinate’s solutions help ensure connectivity that works without friction, every day, at any scale.

AVT Question: Please share insights into how your company’s products and solutions help ensure interoperability and connectivity not only on the day of deployment but also on Day 2 and beyond.

Thought Leader: John Henkel, Product Marketing Director at NETGEAR AV

The AV industry's interoperability problem is misdiagnosed. It's framed as a protocol problem, so the industry responds with more protocols. And yet, deployments still fail in the field.

The actual problem is behavioral. AV systems are predictable by design, with static endpoints, known traffic patterns, and intolerance for timing variation. IT networks are dynamic by nature: Devices connect and disconnect, bandwidth fluctuates, and change is constant. When those two operating philosophies share infrastructure, protocol compliance doesn't prevent conflict.

This matters because it changes what "solving interoperability" actually requires. It’s primarily a people-and-knowledge problem—not a product problem. The deployments that work are staffed by people who understand both disciplines—people who understand why a multicast misconfiguration that an IT team would catch in minutes can go undiagnosed for weeks in an AV context, and vice versa.

That's the investment we made. The NETGEAR Engage Controller, for instance, isn't built on the assumption that every integrator arrives with the same knowledge, because they don't. Someone who wants a validated, protocol-specific starting point gets pre-configured profiles; someone who wants to go deeper gets a fully functioning, enterprise-grade network switch. It’s the same infrastructure with two different on-ramps, and neither one is a workaround.

The partnership work operates on the same principle. When we validate interoperability with a manufacturer, we're not just slapping a badge on it or reading each other’s spec sheets; it means our engineers test against real production conditions. The NETGEAR Training Academy extends that outward, with free training on third-party solutions’ protocols and platforms.

The interoperability gap closes when the people designing, deploying, and managing these systems understand both sides of the equation. And that's a different kind of investment than creating a new product or standard.

AVT Question: Please share insights into how your company’s products and solutions help ensure interoperability and connectivity not only on the day of deployment but also on Day 2 and beyond.

Thought Leader: Kevin Christopherson, Director of Product Marketing, Hardware Portfolio at Sharp Imaging & Information Company of America

Sharp is a leading worldwide provider of display solutions. These include a robust portfolio of dvLED, large-format, interactive, projection, epaper, and desktop solutions that integrate seamlessly into diverse technology ecosystems, ensuring reliable interoperability and connectivity for customers every day.

At Sharp, we emphasize standards-based compatibility. Our products support widely adopted interfaces such as HDMI, DisplayPort, USB-C, and wireless protocols, allowing effortless connection to laptops, media players, conferencing systems, and legacy equipment. This reduces friction in mixed-device environments commonly found in offices, classrooms, and control rooms.

We also incorporate interfaces for network control and management. A majority of our solutions feature LAN connectivity and are compatible with leading control and networking standards. This enables centralized monitoring, remote diagnostics, and control across fleets of devices. IT teams can manage updates, troubleshoot issues, and optimize performance remotely.

Furthermore, we enhance collaboration through either built-in or optional wireless casting technologies on select products, allowing users to connect instantly without cables.

Finally, we focus on scalability and reliability. Our solutions are designed to work consistently across single rooms or enterprise-wide deployments, maintaining stable connections and predictable performance.

Together, these capabilities ensure that Sharp’s display solutions fit naturally into existing infrastructures, simplify user experiences, and support uninterrupted communication and productivity.

AVT Question: Please share insights into how your company’s products and solutions help ensure interoperability and connectivity not only on the day of deployment but also on Day 2 and beyond.

Thought Leader: Mitch Rauch, U.S. Sales Director at Powersoft

As audiovisual deployments grow larger and more distributed, system connectivity has become an important consideration for integrators and operators. Today, distributed AV designs increasingly rely on IP networks rather than dedicated signal paths. As a result, integrators have to account for network fundamentals such as IP addressing, VLAN segmentation, and switch configuration. Amplifiers and processors are no longer passive endpoints within a signal chain; they are active, networked devices responsible for routing signals, synchronizing system behavior, and supporting centralized control.

Additionally, device connectivity has further expanded the role of AV infrastructure. Remote management platforms allow integrators and support teams to monitor system performance, diagnose issues, and deploy firmware updates without being physically present on-site. In many cases, system anomalies can be identified and resolved before they affect users, which reduces operational interruptions, limits unnecessary site visits, and supports service strategies built around continuous monitoring and maintenance.

At Powersoft, our product development reflects today's operational realities. Unica and Nota 142 are designed to function as intelligent components within distributed AV ecosystems. Their native cloud connectivity supports remote monitoring and management, while compatibility with standard IT network practices helps simplify deployment across large or multi-building installations.

Connectivity also extends beyond with our AnyMATE communication technology, which enables identification, monitoring, and data exchange directly through existing loudspeaker lines. Its first implementation, SpeakerMATE, allows amplifiers to recognize connected passive speakers and exchange operational data without requiring additional network cabling or external power.

Together, these capabilities help ensure that installed audio systems remain interoperable with today’s complex AV systems and aligned with the increasingly network-driven environments in which they operate.

AVT Question: Please share insights into how your company’s products and solutions help ensure interoperability and connectivity not only on the day of deployment but also on Day 2 and beyond.

Thought Leader: Ryan Hansberger, Vice President of Technology, Platform, and Architecture of Vizrt

The Vizrt ecosystem casts a rather large net for enabling whatever existing setup or workflow to work natively with our solutions, without needing to do a translation, conversion, transcode, re-encode, et cetera.

Our solutions are very interoperability-focused for video ingest—SRT, NDI, SDI, 2110, and several other video transport standards. With our video players, a plethora of video codecs for playback are supported. Interoperability is key to Vizrt’s production switching features, particularly for remote caller contributions supporting a variety of platforms such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom.

Right now, we have a very tight integration with Zoom, and by leveraging their SDK, Zoom calls work natively across our solutions. You can invite callers in, have return feeds going out—it's a seamless integration that enables multiple levels of collaboration. The next steps of our collaboration with Zoom have resulted in two new solutions: one for regular Zoom calls and one for Zoom Rooms. The latter solution augments a meeting space into an AI-enabled immersive meeting.

We have brought our nearly 30 years of experience in broadcast, live production, and data-driven graphics into everyday virtual meeting environments. From a human standpoint, this is quintessential to interoperability; you no longer need to have production specialist or technical director skills to drive a solution that creates immersive visual elements and drastically elevates video communications.

Vizrt also offers an industry-leading automation solution in Viz Mosart. The system is an orchestrator, so it connects and works with all tools in the Vizrt ecosystem, but also feeds into numerous third parties. We work closely with a lot of other companies in our space with their SDKs and their APIs to make sure that we can help with that translation. We communicate with all types of workflows, and this will continue to be the case with every new solution and feature we introduce.

The SDVoE Alliance is expanding the capabilities of the SDVoE API to support AI-assisted workflows for AV over IP deployment, programming, monitoring, and troubleshooting. The SDVoE API already enables manufacturers, developers, and system integrators to create and manage advanced AV over IP applications, including video walls, multiview systems, and instant switching without dedicated processing hardware or complex external control layers. By combining the SDVoE API with AI agentic control architectures, including MCP Servers and Agent Skills, users can now interact with systems through natural-language prompts and automated software tools. The approach reduces dependence on specialized API expertise and simplifies the creation and operation of SDVoE systems across a range of professional AV environments.

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“The SDVoE API was designed to give developers and integrators flexibility to build sophisticated AV-over-IP applications,” said Stephane Tremblay, president of the SDVoE Alliance. “AI-assisted workflows represent the next stage of that evolution by making system deployment, configuration and support more accessible and more efficient.”

The SDVoE Alliance’s AI-assisted and agentic workflows can significantly reduce the time required to create working system configurations, integrations and control interfaces. Instead of manually programming complex routing, video wall or multiview functions, or building custom integrations and user interfaces from scratch, users can generate configurations and control workflows using conversational prompts that automate much of the underlying development and programming process.

The workflow also improves troubleshooting and operational support by allowing AI tools and agents to analyze logs, interpret system behavior and identify issues more quickly than traditional manual diagnostics. Because the SDVoE API supports cloud-connected monitoring and remote management, operators can monitor system performance and manage complex tasks remotely in an IT-friendly environment.

DVIGear is among the first SDVoE adopters to demonstrate a working implementation of AI-assisted workflows through its DisplayNet platform with DisplayNet Connect for AI Agents. DisplayNet Connect is an MCP Server that allows for direct integration between DisplayNet’s SDVoE management server and AI platforms, such as Claude, OpenAI Codex, and Gemini CLI. DisplayNet Connect enables application development and automated log analysis with natural-language prompts across large-scale SDVoE deployments. By leveraging agentic AI tools with SDVoE, users can create integrated system configurations and user interfaces in minutes, reducing the difficulty previously required to work directly with AV-over-IP control APIs.

DVIGear has unleashed a new AI agent integration for its DisplayNet platform. Introducing DisplayNet Connect for AI Agents for AV over IP signal distribution platforms. DisplayNet Connect lets AI assistants and agent frameworks configure, control, and troubleshoot DisplayNet systems through natural language, leveraging the DisplayNet API. The product is built on Model Context Protocol (MCP) for broad compatibility with leading agent platforms such as Claude, OpenAI Codex, and Gemini CLI. The underlying integration approach is protocol-agnostic and can be extended to other agent interfaces as the ecosystem evolves.

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DVIGear’s DisplayNet platform, which is built on the SDVoE standard, powers AV extension, switching, multiview, and video wall applications across enterprise, government, education, and broadcast environments. With DisplayNet Connect for AI Agents, developers and integrators will be able to query system state, generate routing and video wall configurations, build custom integrations and user interfaces, and analyze logs—all using natural language. The result is a dramatic reduction in the time required to take a DisplayNet system from rack-up to production.

“DisplayNet has always been about giving integrators a more flexible and intelligent way to move AV signals over standard IP networks,” said Steven Barlow, president of DVIGear. “DisplayNet Connect for AI Agents is the next logical step. We are taking the parts of an AV over IP project that have traditionally required deep API expertise—writing integrations, building control UIs, debugging issues in the field—and making them accessible through the same AI tools our customers already use every day.”

DisplayNet Connect for AI Agents is designed to compress workflows that previously required days of custom development into minutes. Typical applications include generating integration code and control interfaces from natural-language descriptions of the desired behavior; configuring routing, multiview layouts and video walls without manually programming the underlying API; and diagnosing system issues by allowing AI agents to read and interpret DisplayNet logs in real time. Because DisplayNet Connect speaks directly to the DisplayNet management server, organizations gain AI-assisted workflows without giving up the interoperability, performance and security that come with a standards-based AV over IP platform.

AVT Question: Please share insights into how your company’s products and solutions help ensure interoperability and connectivity not only on the day of deployment but also on Day 2 and beyond.

Thought Leader: Effi Goldstein, President at the HDBaseT Alliance

As the leading standard for high‑performance multimedia distribution, HDBaseT ensures reliable, zero‑latency connectivity for the most demanding professional AV and IT environments. Our technology enables the delivery of uncompressed, high‑resolution audio, video, Ethernet, USB, controls, and power over a single, standard category cable. This simplicity is at the core of HDBaseT: true plug‑and‑play operation without compromising quality or performance.

Interoperability is foundational to the HDBaseT Alliance. With one of the largest ecosystems in the industry, spanning hundreds of manufacturers, we’ve built a robust certification and compliance program that ensures every HDBaseT‑certified product works seamlessly with others. This gives system integrators, IT managers, and end users the confidence that their deployments will remain stable, scalable, and future‑proof.

Our commitment to an open, vendor‑agnostic standard empowers businesses with exceptional flexibility. Organizations can mix and match products across multiple brands without risking compatibility issues, supporting business continuity, easier maintenance, and long‑term investment protection.

Every day, HDBaseT ensures predictable, consistent connectivity across a wide range of applications, enabling integrators to design streamlined systems, IT teams to manage infrastructure more efficiently, and users to enjoy instant, high‑quality multimedia experiences without technical complexity. By bringing together leading manufacturers around a shared standard, the HDBaseT Alliance continues to drive the industry forward with interoperable, reliable, and easy‑to‑deploy connectivity solutions.

AVT Question: Please share insights into how your company’s products and solutions help ensure interoperability and connectivity not only on the day of deployment but also on Day 2 and beyond.

Thought Leader: Mike Bergeron, Senior Product Manager, Live Production Systems and Video Production at Panasonic

Today’s AV professionals are navigating increasing production demands and rapidly evolving technologies. At the same time, systems must perform across a wide range of settings, from large-scale live events to hybrid corporate offices and immersive attractions. For many organizations, managing these complexities while maintaining broadcast-quality production has become a significant operational challenge.

By enabling seamless communication between technologies such as switchers, cameras, audio sources, and video streams, interoperable systems streamline complex workflows and reduce the need for extensive customization. IP-based infrastructure further enhances this flexibility, allowing teams to efficiently connect and scale solutions across environments.

At Panasonic, interoperability and enabling seamless integration are core focuses. Solutions are designed to support flexible, interoperable workflows that empower customers to deliver high-quality AV production across diverse environments—without the extra programming or operational friction that often comes with adapting systems to different use cases. Take the Media Production Suite’s new Image Adjust Pro plug-in, for example: This solution centralizes the management and monitoring of Panasonic cameras, allowing production managers to control multiple PTZ or studio cameras from a single interface and shade and color match them individually or in groups. Image Adjust Pro can operate alongside Media Production Suite's AI-based automation functions to create a more efficient space. By removing the friction caused by systems functioning independently, AV professionals can spend less time troubleshooting and more time designing creative productions and supporting complex hybrid environments.

Built on an IT/IP-based architecture and open industry standards, the KAIROS Live Video Production Platform integrates with a wide range of production technologies like cameras, projectors, and audio systems from multiple manufacturers. This allows production teams to build flexible, scalable workflows without being limited to a single ecosystem.

Looking ahead, this interoperability will shape the future of AV, bringing flexible, scalable systems that adapt to production needs.

AVT Question: Please share insights into how your company’s products and solutions help ensure interoperability and connectivity not only on the day of deployment but also on Day 2 and beyond.

Thought Leader: Joe da Silva, Vice President of Marketing at Extron

Extron builds network AV products upon industry-standard Ethernet, IP, and security protocols as well as HDMI and USB-C standards. To help customers deploy systems with confidence, we adhere to established standards and perform extensive testing that ensures compatibility with third-party equipment. We also maintain a list of validated switches and configuration guides, enabling customers to choose network equipment compatible with their existing infrastructure for fast integration and reliable performance.

Security is essential for networked AV, and Extron products are secure by design. We focus on maximizing product security and continually monitor our products for vulnerabilities, while our internal procedures and policies anticipate security issues and quickly respond to threats. We continuously refine best practices to align with evolving security standards and conduct regular performance and compliance reviews.

Many AV-over-IP solutions require dedicated, isolated networks, which can add expense and additional maintenance. Moving to converged networks presents its own challenges, like unexpected or bursty traffic, or network issues like bit errors, jitter, and out-of-order or dropped packets. Real-time AV-over-converged-IP networks require an efficient, robust codec that can conceal these network anomalies, but common error correction schemes introduce latency or require additional bandwidth not conducive to live AV over IP. Our patented PURE3 codec delivers lossless 4K60 video signals with 4:4:4 color sampling, while Intelligent Selective Streaming leverages periods of low motion to enhance performance. It also features advanced error concealment, providing high immunity to network errors.

Finally, our Network Technologies Support Group collaborates with switch vendors to validate their equipment and provides comprehensive pre-sale, design, commissioning, and post-sale support, ensuring that customers receive the expertise, validation, and guidance needed for efficient deployment and long-term system success.

AVT Question: Please share insights into how your company’s products and solutions help ensure interoperability and connectivity not only on the day of deployment but also on Day 2 and beyond.

Thought Leader: Stephane Tremblay, President of the SDVoE Alliance

With more than 80 million AV systems deployed worldwide, the industry can no longer rely on closed ecosystems that limit flexibility and increase long-term risk. End users expect the same openness in AV that they experience in IT infrastructure, where multi-vendor compatibility and standards-based design are fundamental.

The SDVoE Alliance addresses this challenge through a common, standardized API that serves as the backbone of interoperability across all SDVoE devices. Built on a shared ASIC architecture and open control framework, the SDVoE API ensures that products from a significant number of member companies and hundreds of interoperable devices communicate seamlessly without proprietary barriers. The SDVoE Alliance's proven interoperability allows integrators to mix and match solutions confidently, protecting investments while enabling systems to scale predictably over time.

Beyond device compatibility, the SDVoE API empowers manufacturers, developers, and system integrators to reimagine traditional AV applications and create entirely new ones. The API connects directly to the cloud, enabling modern, IT-friendly remote management and monitoring. It supports advanced programming for applications such as video walls, instant switching, and multiview without the added cost, downtime, or specialized hardware typically required in proprietary systems.

Building on this platform, SDVoE has recently introduced FlexLinQ, a new reference design introduced by Semtech. FlexLinQ enables SDVoE systems to operate across Ethernet speeds from 10GbE down to 1GbE. At startup, it automatically performs link-speed training, negotiating 10Gbps, 5Gbps, 2.5Gbps, or 1Gbps based on real-world cable and infrastructure conditions. If higher speeds are not possible, the system adapts without manual configuration.

The SDVoE Alliance's API and FlexLinQ illustrate how open standards and intelligent design deliver both interoperability and practical deployment flexibility, enabling AV systems that are scalable, IT-friendly, and ready for the demands of modern infrastructure.

AVT Question: Please share insights into how your company’s products and solutions help ensure interoperability and connectivity not only on the day of deployment but also on Day 2 and beyond.

Thought Leader: Jeremy Sternhagen, Technical Product Manager at Planar

Interoperability between display devices, control systems, and video sources has never been more important. We work with popular control system providers to ensure that our customers have access to plug-and-play solutions from popular control systems. It’s important to note that controlling display devices is not one size fits all. Whether it’s control over the network, consumer electronics control, or just waking up when a signal is present, Planar offers a product family optimized to meet those needs.

We test and validate our products with a wide range of products used by our partners, such as ST2110, the latest version of HDMI, and the increasing use of USB-C. In addition to providing the latest technology, we also provide hardware and software that allow our partners to access, diagnose, and resolve interoperability-related concerns through optional on-premises and remote management tools.

Our sales team is also equipped with application engineers and designers who work with our partners to help produce solutions that will meet customer expectations, ensuring interoperability is optimized before anything is installed. Video walls in particular present a unique opportunity to create digital canvases that extend beyond the capabilities of most source devices. This provides a chance for our sales team, application engineers, and system designers to work with each partner and select the appropriate control system and content delivery, ultimately delivering a display solution that works seamlessly with the other hardware and software solutions.

AVT Question: Please share insights into how your company’s products and solutions help ensure interoperability and connectivity not only on the day of deployment but also on Day 2 and beyond.

Thought Leader: Matt Morgan, Market Development Manager of Broadcast AV at Ross Video

Interoperability across systems isn’t a “nice to have” for corporate AV anymore; it’s the difference between a smooth live event and a day derailed by finger-pointing across vendors. At Ross, we design solutions to connect cleanly with what teams already use, while still raising production quality and broadcast AV standards.

In real life, that means your control room can mix legacy and modern sources without drama. IP and baseband can live side by side. Video, audio, and control signals move where they need to go, whether you’re in a boardroom, studio, training space, or global executive town hall workflow. Our systems are built for predictable routing, stable timing, and reliable switching, so teams aren’t forced into risky workarounds when a new camera shows up, a laptop needs to be added, or a remote contributor joins at the last minute.

We also focus on connectivity beyond cables. Control and monitoring are designed so operators can see what’s happening, troubleshoot quickly, and keep the show moving without needing a room full of specialists. Because corporate environments change fast, our approach supports scalable growth: Add rooms, add sources, add outputs, and keep your workflow consistent.

The result is a production ecosystem that plays well with others every day—helping teams deliver clear, confident communications without rebuilding their entire AV tech stack.

AVT Question: Please share insights into how your company’s products and solutions help ensure interoperability and connectivity not only on the day of deployment but also on Day 2 and beyond.

Thought Leader: Petro Shimonishi, Director of New Business Development at Panasonic Projector & Display Americas

As AV projects grow in complexity, interoperability has become essential to avoid fragmented workflows.

Historically, AV systems relied on proprietary protocols and vendor-specific ecosystems, making large deployments with multiple tools and systems difficult to manage. Solving this problem requires cross-industry collaboration. That’s why we’re proud that Panasonic Projector & Display Americas could serve as a founding member of the OpenAV Cloud Association, a nonprofit organization created to accelerate the AV industry's transition to the cloud and address a persistent challenge in professional AV: the lack of interoperability between devices, platforms, and cloud services.

Through OpenAV Cloud, we help define technical standards for device telemetry, cloud-to-cloud communication, security models, and open APIs. This approach supports a future where AV deployments, from classrooms and corporate campuses to entertainment venues, operate as connected ecosystems rather than isolated hardware systems.

We’re already implementing these best practices into our own solutions by introducing web-based APIs on select projector models, including the PT-CMZ50 and PT-RQ7 series, with support for additional models coming later this year. These new web-based APIs allow external applications to monitor operational data and control key projector functions over IP networks without relying solely on traditional command protocols. By exposing these capabilities through modern web interfaces, we’re making it easier for integrators and software developers to build custom management tools. Now, Panasonic projectors can participate in open, cloud-connected AV environments, helping bridge the gap between AV hardware and the broader IT and software ecosystem.

As AV professionals seek faster deployments and adaptable cloud-based tools, the advancements inspired by OpenAV Cloud, like our new web-based APIs, provide the shared technical foundation needed to power truly connected AV systems.

AVT Question: Please share insights into how your company’s products and solutions help ensure interoperability and connectivity not only on the day of deployment but also on Day 2 and beyond.

Thought Leader: Joe Andrulis, Executive Vice President of Corporate Development at Biamp

In today's audiovisual landscape, AV teams are approaching system design and deployment by leveraging software innovation—both via the cloud and artificial intelligence—to consolidate functionality and reduce hardware complexity. This strategic approach directly addresses the industry's pressing need for interoperability and seamless connectivity while empowering teams to accomplish more with fewer resources.

Rather than managing multiple components with separate configurations and potential compatibility issues, AV professionals can deploy unified solutions that communicate seamlessly with collaboration platforms and room systems. This consolidation dramatically simplifies installation workflows, reduces potential failure points, and ensures consistent performance across diverse environments.

Cloud-hosted software management solutions have emerged as a vital component in AV management. These platforms, such as Biamp Workplace, provide a unified dashboard accessible from anywhere, at any time. This enables stakeholders throughout the AV value chain to monitor and manage their respective technology investments effectively, from control devices to AV peripherals.

For example, amplified loudspeaker controllers demonstrate how software-driven design enables unprecedented interoperability and connectivity within compact form factors. By combining DSP, amplification, and network connectivity in purpose-built, AI-enabled devices, AV teams can also streamline provisioning through centralized software management. This enables remote configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting without physical access to equipment.

Systems also become more reliable through reduced cabling and connection points. Deployment timelines shrink significantly. Ongoing management becomes more efficient as technicians access all system parameters through intuitive interfaces rather than navigating multiple proprietary tools.

Ultimately, the Biamp approach ensures interoperability and connectivity by designing products that work together intelligently while reducing complexity. By enabling AV teams to do more with less, those AV solutions become more sustainable, cost-effective, and user-friendly for organizations of every size.

AVT Question: Please share insights into how your company’s products and solutions help ensure interoperability and connectivity not only on the day of deployment but also on Day 2 and beyond.

Thought Leader: Joel Mulpeter, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Crestron

Interoperability is absolutely top of mind for us at Crestron. We ensure we’re working with best-in-class protocols, brands, security practices, and everything else to help people succeed in deploying Crestron. Our AV-over-IP and audio-over-IP products include Dante and AES67 network protocols, for example. Additionally, we’ll soon be shipping DM NVX 380 Series platform devices with H.264 encoding, enabling the distribution of compressed video over Wide Area Networks (WANs) and across segments of an AV network with bandwidth constraints.

I don’t often bring interoperability into discussions about security, but it applies here: Our products always need to work with the network—not against it. When we get deployed in a facility, the network exists, and we're part of that ecosystem, so we ensure that we’re good citizens on that network. We don't get to decide how that network is configured; that’s specified by the customer for their specific needs. To serve those end customers properly, we need to make sure we support the right security protocols, the right tools, and everything else that’s important to those solutions that are living on the network.

And, of course, we can help our customers create Crestron ecosystems in which every device is designed for interoperability within that system. Ultimately, it’s the customer’s choice: Whether they specify our solutions or need something manufactured by a third party, we are constantly striving to ensure that all those hardware and software solutions work and play well with one another.

Visionary has made available its E5000, a compact AV over IP encoder and the latest addition to the company’s 5 Series. Purpose-built for projects that prioritize streamlined functionality and value, the E5000 delivers Visionary’s trusted performance and reliability in an economical, space-saving form factor.

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Designed for AV over IP installations that require essential encoding capabilities without the overhead of advanced features, the E5000 features a simplified I/O configuration that includes a single HDMI input, one PoE Ethernet port, and RS232 control. By delivering the core performance capabilities of Visionary’s E5100 encoder, including native AES67 audio support, the E5000 offers an ideal balance of functionality, scalability, and cost efficiency.

“The E5000 was developed to give our partners a more value-engineered option within the 5 Series ecosystem without compromising the performance standards Visionary is known for,” said Scott Freshman, chief operating officer for Visionary. “For large-scale AV over IP projects that need dependable, high-quality encoding with essential connectivity, the E5000 delivers exactly the right feature set at the right price point.”

The E5000 is especially well-suited for education, corporate, government, hospitality, digital signage and large venue deployments, where scalable AV distribution and audio interoperability are critical, but more advanced encoder I/O options are unnecessary.

Built on Visionary’s cinema-quality , ultra-low-latency, sub-frame-visual-lossless 4K UHD over IP platform, the E5000 empowers integrators and enterprise AV teams to deploy high-performance video distribution across modern IP networks while optimizing project budgets. Like all Visionary 5 Series endpoints, the E5000 is designed to eliminate the constraints of traditional matrix switching systems, replacing fixed infrastructure with the flexibility, scalability, and long-term advantages of standards-based IP networking.

AVT Question: Please share insights into how your company’s products and solutions help ensure interoperability and connectivity not only on the day of deployment but also on Day 2 and beyond.

Thought Leader: Justin Ramirez, Senior Director of Software Sales at Shure

Interoperability is the foundation of how we design solutions for modern enterprises. Today’s IT teams are responsible for delivering consistent, reliable collaboration experiences across a variety of platforms, room types, and user behaviors. Shure products are designed to remove complexity from that environment by providing enterprise-wide standards that can integrate seamlessly and scale across collaboration environments.

At the core of this approach are network-enabled audio and network devices that connect microphones, loudspeakers, and collaboration platforms into a unified system. These devices deliver intelligent audio processing such as echo cancellation, noise reduction, and automatic mixing while supporting enterprise-standard networking and security. Together, they create a reliable foundation that integrates seamlessly into existing IT environments.

Shure’s interoperability strategy continues with platform certification, ensuring solutions are certified for Microsoft Teams or Zoom Rooms. This eliminates guesswork for IT teams responsible by validating the audio experience within these ecosystems and enabling confident organization-wide deployments.

Connectivity extends beyond the room through a cloud management platform, which brings connected devices from the Shure ecosystem into a centralized, cloud-based environment. By leveraging networked solutions, IT teams can remotely monitor device status, manage rooms, and access reporting from anywhere in the world. This visibility supports proactive maintenance, faster troubleshooting, and more efficient room operations across global deployments.

Shure’s solutions are built to standardize the collaboration experience across conference rooms, huddle spaces, and boardrooms. That consistency simplifies rollout and ensures users experience the same quality regardless of where they are located or how they join a meeting.

By prioritizing interoperability at every level, Shure empowers IT teams to deliver collaboration environments that are consistent, intuitive, and scalable wherever work happens.

AVT Question: Please share insights into how your company’s products and solutions help ensure interoperability and connectivity not only on the day of deployment but also on Day 2 and beyond.

Thought Leader: Andrew Starks, Marketing Work Group Chair at AIMS, and Director of Product Management at Macnica Americas

Interoperability in AV systems is no longer a “day one” feature that happens during installation; it is a “day two” requirement that must continue working as systems grow, devices are replaced, and new capabilities are added. Open standards play a critical role in making that possible.

AIMS promotes technologies such as SMPTE ST 2110, AMWA NMOS, and IPMX that allow manufacturers to build products that communicate using common, well-defined protocols rather than proprietary ecosystems. This approach allows devices from different vendors to discover each other, establish media connections, and exchange control and status information in predictable ways.

IPMX extends the broadcast-proven ST 2110 family of standards to the broader professional AV market. It adds capabilities important in AV environments, including support for compressed and uncompressed video, HDCP, USB transport, and simplified system deployment options. At the same time, it maintains compatibility with the core timing, networking, and media transport mechanisms used in large-scale broadcast facilities.

Alongside media transport, open control and management standards help systems operate predictably in multi-vendor environments. Technologies such as AMWA NMOS provide mechanisms for device discovery, registration, and connection management, allowing systems to identify available resources and establish media flows in a consistent way.

Lastly, AIMS and its member companies also support interoperability through collaborative testing events and certification programs that verify real-world compatibility between implementations. Our goal is the creation of an open ecosystem where manufacturers can innovate, integrators can design flexible systems, and users can deploy AV infrastructure that continues to interoperate reliably long after the initial installation.

AVT Question: Please share insights into how your company’s products and solutions help ensure interoperability and connectivity not only on the day of deployment but also on Day 2 and beyond.

Thought Leader: Adam Sowers, Senior Manager of Business Development at Sony Electronics

Sony’s BRAVIA Professional Display products and solutions are designed to make interoperability and connectivity seamless, reliable, and practical every day, across devices, platforms, and workflows.

At the core is our commitment to open standards and cloud-native architectures. As a founding member of Open AV Cloud, we help to drive best practices around open ecosystems and interoperability for IP-based integrations, control, and monitoring that work across environments. This open approach reduces integration complexity, supports rapid scaling, and ensures customers can connect, manage, and evolve their AV systems without being locked into proprietary silos.

We further strengthen interoperability through the Sony BRAVIA Professional Display partner ecosystems. Pro BRAVIA displays are built to integrate effortlessly with leading collaboration, control, content management, and analytics partners. This robust ecosystem ensures consistent performance across meeting rooms, digital signage, classrooms, and mission-critical environments, while giving customers flexibility to choose best-of-breed solutions that fit their needs.

Together, Sony, Open AV Cloud, and the Pro BRAVIA partner ecosystems deliver dependable connectivity from edge to cloud. Devices communicate securely, data flows intelligently, and systems remain manageable at scale. The result is a connected experience that works day in and day out—simplifying deployment, enhancing reliability, and future-proofing investments.

By combining open platforms, best practices, trusted partnerships, and enterprise-grade hardware, we help organizations stay connected, interoperable, and ready for what’s next.

AVT Question: Please share insights into how your company’s products and solutions help ensure interoperability and connectivity not only on the day of deployment but also on Day 2 and beyond.

Thought Leader: Jakub Kolacz, Manager of Product Management Software at Sennheiser

Interoperability and connectivity are essential to modern AV environments, where organizations increasingly rely on a mix of technologies across rooms, campuses, and even continents. As a result, proprietary walled gardens are no longer a competitive differentiator; they are a liability. To address this, solution providers must prioritize open standards, vendor-agnostic architectures, and simplified device integration that works across the broader AV and IT ecosystem.

Ease of deployment is a critical factor. AV/IT teams need solutions that can be onboarded quickly, with minimal dependencies. Sennheiser's TeamConnect portfolio—including the TCC M beamforming ceiling microphone and TeamConnect Bar S and M, the first video bars with integrated Dante—delivers exactly this. With native Dante connectivity, Sennheiser devices integrate directly into existing IP audio ecosystems, reducing time and effort spent during installation. At the same time, beamforming technology isolates speech from background noise, ensuring every participant is heard clearly and consistently, both in-room and remotely.

As AV and IT infrastructures converge, centralized management and open APIs become equally important. Launched in February 2026, Sennheiser's DeviceHub provides a secure, cloud-based platform built on Microsoft Azure for real-time monitoring, diagnostics, and configuration across locations from any browser, with no software installation required. For teams that need deeper integration, the SSCv2 RESTful API follows open IT standards, enabling customers to connect Sennheiser devices into Crestron, Q-SYS, custom dashboards, or any platform via standard HTTP-based integration. Security is built in throughout: End-to-end encryption, role-based access controls, and GDPR-compliant data handling ensure deployments meet enterprise IT requirements.

Ultimately, Sennheiser's commitment to open interoperability—across Dante, open APIs, alliance partnerships with key control solutions providers, and secure cloud management—helps organizations build AV ecosystems that are connected, scalable, and ready for whatever comes next.

AVT Question: Please share insights into how your company’s products and solutions help ensure interoperability and connectivity not only on the day of deployment but also on Day 2 and beyond.

Thought Leader: Catherine Koutsaris, Product Marketing Manager at Matrox Video

Interoperability used to be something teams addressed during system design but today, it’s part of daily operations. Most media and AV work in a hybrid environment, combining different standards, signal types and formats, and equipment from multiple manufacturers. The challenge is making sure everything continues to connect reliably as workflows shift and evolve.

Open standards have become a practical way to manage complexity. Frameworks like SMPTE ST 2110, IPMX, and NMOS provide a foundation that helps devices communicate without constant customization. Certification programs and interoperability testing are important, giving engineers confidence that equipment will integrate smoothly in real-world deployments—not just in controlled demos.

Connectivity is where many of these decisions show up day to day. Teams are still working with SDI and HDMI while introducing Ethernet-based workflows. Bridging traditional signals into IP environments allows organizations to modernize at their own pace, without turning every upgrade into an overhaul. Ultimately, the goal isn’t just compatibility; it’s simplicity—simplifying design decisions, making installations easier to scale, and reducing the friction that often comes with hybrid infrastructures.

NMOS provides a common framework for discovery and connection management in IP environments, while open APIs allow systems from different manufacturers to integrate into control layers. Together, they make it easier to add new endpoints without changing how operators interact with the system. In a multi-standard world, interoperability isn’t just about making devices talk to each other; it’s about simplifying how systems are designed and operated as needs change.

AVT Question: Please share insights into how your company’s products and solutions help ensure interoperability and connectivity not only on the day of deployment but also on Day 2 and beyond.

Thought Leader: Shane Roma, Technical Product Manager of dvLED and Commercial Displays at ViewSonic

In the professional AV world, products almost never live in isolation. Every display, processor, or collaboration device becomes part of a larger ecosystem designed to deliver a seamless, holistic experience. True interoperability isn’t a feature; it’s a requirement.

Interoperability extends well beyond video and audio signal compatibility. How devices are managed and controlled is equally important. Integrators need simple, predictable pathways to connect products to leading control systems and asset management platforms.

As a manufacturer like ViewSonic, it is important that we ask early: Where does this product live in the system? What control platforms, audio systems, content sources, and management tools will surround it?

Designing for real-world use cases ensures our solutions work harmoniously with the broader AV environment rather than creating friction on site.

Transparency is also critical. Publicly available APIs, along with ready-to-use modules, drivers, and plug-ins, empower integrators to design confidently and efficiently. Open access to integration resources shortens commissioning timelines and improves long-term serviceability.

Interoperability thrives on partnership. Close collaboration and co-development with control and ecosystem partners allow for pre-validation and real-world testing, so issues are resolved before equipment ever reaches a job site.

In today’s AV landscape, interoperability is not optional; it’s the foundation for scalable, manageable, and future-ready solutions.

At ViewSonic, we approach product development with the full ecosystem in mind. Whether it’s dvLED, commercial displays, or ViewBoard interactive flat panels. We maintain a consistent control system API across our Pro AV portfolio, and partner with leading control system manufacturers to provide integrations for seamless deployments. A unified API structure reduces programming complexity, accelerates deployment, and minimizes support calls across diverse installations.

AVT Question: Please share insights into how your company’s products and solutions help ensure interoperability and connectivity not only on the day of deployment but also on Day 2 and beyond.

Thought Leader: Emma Eagle, Manager of Marketing at Hall Research

Think about how frustrating it is when technology in a meeting room just doesn’t cooperate—when someone plugs in a laptop, and the screen won’t show up, the video call won’t connect, or the system only works with one type of device. That is the problem we focus on solving every day.

At Atlona, we believe interoperability shouldn’t be something people have to think about; it should just work. When we design products, the goal is simple: Make sure everything connects easily with the tools people already use. Whether that means different laptops, collaboration platforms like Teams or Zoom, or the company’s network infrastructure, our systems are built to fit naturally into any environment.

Today’s workplaces are full of different devices and ways of working. Some people bring a laptop, others use a tablet, and meetings might include people in the room and others joining remotely. The technology in the room needs to handle all of that without making things complicated for the IT team that supports it.

That’s why we focus heavily on open standards and network-based solutions. When AV technology works the same way other IT systems do, it becomes easier to deploy, manage, and scale across an entire organization—from small meeting rooms to large conference spaces.

In the end, interoperability is about removing friction. When the technology works the way people expect it to, they don’t think about cables, systems, or compatibility; they just walk into a room, connect, and get on with the conversation. We believe that’s exactly how it should be.

AVT Question: Please share insights into how your company’s products and solutions help ensure interoperability and connectivity not only on the day of deployment but also on Day 2 and beyond.

Thought Leader: Omer Brookstein, CEO and Co-Founder at Xyte

Interoperability used to be treated as a technical feature. Today, it is an operational requirement.

Most organizations no longer run AV as a closed system. Meeting spaces, signage, control, collaboration, scheduling, analytics, and service workflows now sit across multiple platforms, often managed by both AV and IT teams. When those systems do not connect cleanly, the result is familiar: fragmented visibility, slower response times, more manual work, and higher support costs.

That’s why interoperability matters every day, not just during installation.

The real goal isn’t simply to connect devices. It’s to make AV easier to manage, easier to support, and easier to improve over time. Open cloud connectivity helps organizations monitor mixed fleets more consistently, move data between systems, automate routine tasks, and adopt new tools without rebuilding everything around a single vendor’s stack.

This is also why open APIs and shared cloud standards matter. They give end users more freedom to choose the technologies that fit their needs today, while reducing the risk of lock-in tomorrow. As AV environments become more software-defined and more connected to enterprise systems, openness becomes the foundation for flexibility.

The industry moves forward when products are built to work across platforms, not around them. Efforts like OpenAV Cloud reflect that shift. They point toward an AV ecosystem where interoperability is not a workaround, but an expectation, and where connectivity creates practical value every day through simpler operations, better resilience, and longer-lasting technology investments.

AVT Question: Please share insights into how your company’s products and solutions help ensure interoperability and connectivity not only on the day of deployment but also on Day 2 and beyond.

Thought Leader: Amy Zhou, Director of Sales at Magewell

Many of Magewell’s solutions are designed specifically to solve customers’ interoperability or connectivity challenges in multi-vendor workflows. It started with bringing HDMI or SDI signals into software through our capture cards and evolved into complete product lines for IP conversion and bridging all types of AV signals, IP streams, software, and screens.

Our products are often specified in new installations to bridge interoperability gaps between third-party products or brought into existing projects to solve interoperability or compatibility problems that were discovered during deployment.

For us, ensuring long-term interoperability starts with flexibility in the formats and protocols our solutions support. For example, our Ultra Encode family supports a wide range of technologies including NDI HX3, SRT, RTMP, HLS, and many more—allowing the products to adapt as customers' workflows evolve.

Even established customer deployments may require upgrades to maintain long-term interoperability, as the protocols themselves are often evolving. For example, the popular NDI connectivity technology has changed over the years; it’s now on version 6.3 overall, and media formats within it have gone from NDI High Bandwidth to NDI HX, NDI HX2, and NDI HX3. This makes the upgradability of our products crucial for continued interoperability and compatibility.

While our solutions offer the robust reliability and assured performance that only dedicated hardware can provide, they are upgradeable with new capabilities through user-installable firmware updates. As an example, in our Ultra Encode AIO live encoder, we added support for the Wowza video platform, NDI SDK upgrades, and, most recently, the Zixi protocol—all available to existing customers through simple firmware updates. AV/IT managers can be confident that Magewell solutions will provide the interoperability they need both today and in the future.

The launch of IPMX certification marks a significant step for AV over IP. With 11 manufacturers and 48 certified products at introduction, the ecosystem already spans a broad set of real-world applications, including encoders, decoders, gateways, cameras, displays, and processing platforms. These products represent the early foundation of an interoperable environment designed to work across vendors and system types. A second certification event later this year is already in planning, with increased participation expected as more manufacturers bring products forward.

IPMX now exists as a multi-vendor ecosystem with certified products available for deployment. Early system designs and evaluations are beginning to take shape around IPMX as a foundation for open, standards-based media transport. Attention is shifting toward how these systems integrate, how they are secured, and how they are managed across increasingly complex environments.

As IPMX moves into early deployment, the conversation naturally shifts from specification to system behavior. Attention centers on how devices interact across vendors, how systems are configured and controlled, and how they fit within existing IT environments. These considerations will shape how IPMX is implemented in practice and how it is evaluated by integrators and end users.

At this stage, three areas carry particular weight: trust and security, interoperability through certification, and the continued expansion of capabilities to support a wider range of applications. Each of these areas reflects ongoing work across the IPMX community and contributes to how the ecosystem develops over time.

Trust and Security

Historically, security in AV-over-IP environments has been inconsistent across vendors and system types. Manufacturers have implemented their own approaches to access control, encryption, and device trust, with limited interoperability between systems. Even widely used mechanisms such as HDCP are applied unevenly, particularly when extended beyond point-to-point connections. This has made it difficult to build multi-vendor systems that handle protected content and secure control in a predictable way.

IPMX is introducing a baseline approach to security designed for interoperability across vendors and environments. These capabilities are defined as part of the standard and can be implemented alongside vendor-specific security measures. The goal is to establish consistent methods for identity, access control, and encryption that align with modern IT practices while remaining flexible enough to support a wide range of deployments and innovations.

At the media layer, Privacy Encryption Protocol (PEP) defines a common method for encrypting content between devices from different manufacturers. This enables protected media to move through a multi-vendor system, representing the first interoperable approach to content encryption in Pro AV-over-IP environments.

At the control and management layer, work aligned with Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA) IS-10 defines a framework for authentication and authorization based on widely adopted IT technologies. These include TLS-secured communication, OAuth 2.0 authorization flows, and JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) for conveying identity and permissions. This model allows systems to verify device identity, control access to APIs, and manage permissions in a consistent and scalable way.

The IPMX registry contributes to this foundation by serving as a source of truth for certified devices, including what was tested and when. This allows operators and system designers to confirm that a device has been validated against IPMX requirements and to understand its expected behavior within a deployment. Planned enhancements will expand the registry to include additional product and transport-related specifications, along with tools for manufacturers to manage and update their own information. Over time, this will provide a more complete view of device capabilities and interoperability across the ecosystem.

Certification and Interoperability

Certification is central to how IPMX achieves interoperability within deployed systems. The first official IPMX Product Testing and Certification Event, held in January 2026 at the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in Geneva, established the initial baseline for validating device behavior across vendors. This event marked the transition from pre-release interoperability work into a formal certification process, where products were formally tested against defined transport, timing, and system requirements.

The next certification event will build on that foundation with a focus on refining the process itself. Efforts are underway to improve efficiency, reduce the time required for testing, and identify gaps that impact real-world interoperability. These refinements are informed directly by the behavior observed during testing and early product deployment, ensuring that the certification process continues to reflect practical system requirements.

Longer term, the certification program is evolving to support broader participation and scale. This includes expanding testing to additional facilities worldwide and developing workflows that allow manufacturers to complete certification without requiring physical presence at a single event. These changes aim to make certification a more accessible process while maintaining consistent validation across the ecosystem.

Future Profiles and Capabilities

IPMX Profiles and Capabilities define how devices express supported formats and behaviors in a consistent, testable way. Today, this includes uncompressed video and audio, along with JPEG-XS for visually lossless compression, providing a foundation that spans high-quality production and bandwidth-constrained environments.

Several additional capabilities are approaching certification. HKEP and HDCP handling, along with PEP, have progressed through multi-vendor testing with demonstrated interoperability across implementations. Formal certification of these capabilities is planned for later this year, bringing consistent handling of protected content and encrypted media transport into certified workflows.

USB extension is advancing along a similar path, with support for USB 2.0 transport and integration with PEP to enable encrypted USB traffic. This extends IPMX into KVM and other USB-enabled workflows, with certification expected to follow closely behind as the supporting capabilities are finalized.

HEVC and AVC profiles are also nearing completion. These compression formats are a focus area due to strong industry interest and their role in enabling efficient transport across a broader range of existing product implementations.

IPMX continues to evolve through this model, with new capabilities introduced, tested, and certified in a structured way that maintains interoperability across the ecosystem.

For the AV industry, IPMX is moving from concept to something that can be specified, deployed, and evaluated in real projects. The certified product base established in Geneva gives system designers a concrete starting point for multi-vendor AV over IP work, while the parallel progress on security, USB extension, and compression profiles addresses the practical questions that come up once these systems reach the rack. In the coming year the conversation will be less about whether IPMX is ready and more about how it performs in the field, how integrators build around it, and how quickly the certified ecosystem expands to cover the full range of Pro AV applications.

Last year, the Pro AV voice was pretty clear: the industry was moving away from isolated hardware decisions and toward networked, software-aware, IT-aligned systems.

AV Technology’s “25 AV/IT Thought Leaders on the State of Networked AV” captured that mood well. The core themes were open standards, interoperability, cloud management, AI-assisted operations, phased modernization, and the continued convergence of AV and IT. In short, the market was saying: stop thinking in boxes, start thinking in platforms.

As we move through 2026, those core themes have hardened. It feels like operating in reality. AVIXA’s 2026 trends coverage points to security, AV/IT/AI convergence, interoperability, sustainability, and immersive displays as defining themes for the year. Futuresource adds an important nuance from ISE 2026: the market is shifting away from hype and moves toward governance, lifecycle management, compliance, and practical deployment.

On Standards

The biggest change in the last six months is that modern networked AV is no longer just about moving signals over IP. It is, noticeably, much more about running AV as an IT-governed service. In the 2025 AV Technology article, thought leaders emphasized open standards such as IPMX and SMPTE ST 2110, cloud-native management, predictive maintenance, and the need to avoid vendor lock-in. In 2026, that has become more concrete. AIMS used ISE 2026 to formally launch IPMX as a certifiable standard, a meaningful step for buyers who want interoperable, standards-led deployments rather than proprietary ecosystems alone.

On Security

Security has also moved up the stack. Last year, security was often discussed as one of many requirements. In 2026, it is closer to a board-level procurement filter. AVIXA explicitly names enhanced security as a top trend, and ISE 2026 launched its first CyberSecurity Summit, reflecting how connected AV systems are now being judged against enterprise expectations for risk, compliance, and resilience. That is a noticeable step-change from last year’s more general “AV meets IT” narrative.

On AI

AI, in a surprise to nobody, has changed, too. Early last year, the conversation at ISE was still full of promise: virtual assistants, smart troubleshooting, predictive maintenance, better user experiences. In 2026, the market tone seems a lot more selective. The industry is moving past broad AI claims and focusing on where AI genuinely improves workflow efficiency, reduces costs, or improves governance.

That is a healthier, more realistic phase for Pro AV. AI is still central, but now the question is less “do you have AI?” and more “where does it save labor, reduce downtime, or improve decision-making"? We see the same happening in broadcast.

On Growth

Another notable shift is commercial discipline. The Pro AV market continues to grow, but the tone is more cautious than celebratory. Growth remains real, but we are navigating a world shaped by tariffs, geopolitics, higher financing costs, and supply-chain uncertainty.

That makes AV in 2026 not just a technology story. It is more of a supply chain story, with the caveat that I am biased, as I work for a switch manufacturer. Memory costs are one example. NAND and DRAM prices have been rising, driven in part by demand for AI infrastructure. The direction of travel is clear: AI is soaking up capacity and keeping upward pressure on memory and storage costs. For Pro AV vendors and integrators, this feeds into endpoint pricing, media processing platforms, compute-heavy collaboration systems, and digital signage players.

On Geopolitics

Geopolitics is also more visible in 2026 than it was at the end of 2025. Trade policy on semiconductors, alongside broader regional instability, is shaping sourcing strategy and risk planning. Disruptions to critical inputs, including materials used in semiconductor manufacturing, add another layer of uncertainty that can ripple through AV supply chains and pricing. Should we worry about this? No, because just like the weather, you can’t influence it. But you should be aware of the repercussions.

On Mergers and Acquisitions

M&A is another signal that the industry is reorganizing around scale, services, and recurring value. Recent acquisitions of manufacturers and regional channel players highlight a clear strategic pattern: buyers want broader, or even global, service footprints, deeper managed services capability, and stronger alignment with workplace transformation and enterprise IT.

So, What is The State of Pro AV in 2026?

It is more networked and more governed. More software-defined, but also more compliance-driven. More AI-aware, but less willing to pay for AI hype. Slightly more open to standards, especially where interoperability reduces lifecycle risk. And it’s more conscious that external forces, from semiconductor pricing to geopolitics, can shape project economics just as much as product innovation can.

AV Technology reached out to AV/IT thought leaders to identify common pain points and to seek their advice. Below are some excerpts. Check out the full articles from 18 companies in the sidebar.

“AV/IT managers are facing two major challenges in today’s meeting spaces. The first of these is enabling BYOD in Microsoft Teams Rooms without adding complexity,” said Oliver Van Camp, product director of Meeting Experience at Barco ClickShare. “Teams want flexibility, IT wants control—and the organizations that deliver both will lead the way in creating smarter, more inclusive collaboration.”

Josh Blalock, director of Collaboration Ecosystem and Engagement at Shure, offered this: “Our advice is to standardize your organization on technologies that reduce complexity. Prioritize reliable, high-quality audio products that support both the human experience and the added AI layer. Equip rooms with solutions that eliminate friction, disappear into the background, and provide IT the visibility and control they need. When technology is invisible, collaboration becomes effortless.”

“Two of the most prevalent and wide-ranging pain points that AV/IT departments continue to raise relate to monitoring and remote management of networked AV, as well as ease of integration,” said John Garmendi, senior manager of National Accounts, Consultant Program Development, and Sales Engineering at Sony Electronics. “Technology that capitalizes on partner networks, like Sony’s Alliance Program, enables customers to benefit from turnkey solutions that minimize friction and allow them to continue to use their preferred tools and vendors.”

Sennheiser’s senior partner relations manager, Charlie Jones, shared, “AV/IT departments must constantly fight a two-sided battle: How do you ensure systems are easy to use and administer, while still ensuring platform and data security? As systems become more interconnected, teams must balance reliability, security, and scalability—often while contending with legacy tools, fragmented device ecosystems, and pressure to support seamless collaboration experiences.”

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Vanco International unveiled its new EVO-IP Go. Built on the EVO-IP platform, this a AV over IP solution was designed for fast deployment and user-friendly management. A plug-and-play device, it will run on a dedicated network using managed or unmanaged switches. EVO-IP Go transmitter and receiver boxes discover each other automatically, with no control box, VLAN, or complicated configuration required. When used with Power-over-Ethernet (POE)-enabled switches, EVO-IP Go’s POE capabilities further simplify installation.

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“In fast-paced environments like a sports bar or a brewery, margins are tight, and complexity is the enemy,” said Brandon White, director of product development, Vanco. “EVO-IP Go is a simple, reliable, and affordable HDMI distribution solution customers can deploy with confidence.”

EVO-IP Go delivers high-resolution HDMI up to 4K@30Hz, with analog audio breakout and a signal transmission range of up to 394 feet (120m). EVO-IP Go also supports square-configuration videowalls with up to 5X5 displays. In terms of control, the solution supports RS-232 passthrough and CEC control for display on/off. The EVO-IP Go app, available on iOS and Android, allows users to toggle display power and seamlessly switch sources using a mobile, tablet, or desktop device.