The event is scheduled to take place from April 13 to 17.
Appear, the major player in live production technology, is set to unveil its solutions for contribution, remote production, and distribution at NAB Show 2024. With a focus on industry-leading performance in HEVC, JPEG XS, SRT, and IP Trust Boundary implementation, Appear aims to revolutionise the landscape of live production technology.
Additionally, Appear’s CTO, Andy Rayner will deliver a keynote, ‘Navigating Security in the Live Distributed Production Landscape’ and will be taking part in a number of panel sessions, discussing sustainability, latency and emerging technologies in live production.
Thomas Bostrøm Jørgensen, CEO at Appear, said: “Over the past year, Appear has seen remarkable success, both in business growth and technological advancements. Our pioneering use of hardware accelerated SRT combined with our HEVC and JPEG XS performance, flexibility, density and sustainability credentials, has enabled us to live up to our ambition to be the winning team in live production technology.”
In primary distribution, SRT has emerged as the preferred protocol, and Appear will showcase its accelerated SRT solution, which has enabled one of Brazil’s leading media groups to streamline its playout facilities from 13 to just one. These significant infrastructure cost savings are complemented by ongoing OPEX reductions from replacing satellite and leased circuits with secure and robust Internet connectivity.
In contribution, Appear will introduce its new JPEG XS module, facilitating the delivery of 8 full HD channels per module, equating to a potential 96 JPEG XS full HD channels across a single 2RU chassis. The company will also highlight the unmatched HEVC performance of its X Platform, enabling the contribution of 96 full HD HEVC feeds from a 2RU chassis. Additionally, Appear will launch a 100Gb IP Gateway switch module, further enhancing the density of contributed live video and media through the X Platform while enhancing internal throughput within the chassis.
Moreover, Appear will demonstrate enhanced analytics and monitoring functionality in its Network Operations Centre (NOC) hub at NAB Show. These developments include integration with Grafana Labs solutions, providing real-time application observability with customisable dashboards, integration with the popular open-source monitoring solution Prometheus, and integration with Skyline’s Dataminer monitoring and management solution, highly popular in media and entertainment networks.
Andy Rayner, CTO at Appear, added: “At NAB Show 2023, Appear launched professional grade SRT; now a year later we will demonstrate how and why SRT is rapidly becoming the preferred protocol for contribution and primary distribution, with Appear the no. 1 high capacity SRT solution provider. The CAPEX and OPEX advantages of our hardware-accelerated SRT solution makes Appear the clear choice for scalable internet contribution and distribution, which is critical for our future success, as the industry evolves towards a software-based hybrid-cloud future.”
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