Gilze, The Netherlands. 14 September 2018: Broadcast infrastructure specialist Axon Digital Design has announced today that Euro Media Group (EMG), a leading provider of broadcasting and audio-visual services, has adopted Neuron, Axon’s new Network Attached Processor, in its strategic move towards harmonized IP media production.  The deal -  signed during the public launch of Neuron at IBC 2018 – will see ten NAP systems deployed by EMG’s Dutch entity United to manage IP signal processing and provide SDI to IP gateways in new OB trucks set for rollout in 2019.

Neuron, the world’s first Network Attached Processor (NAP), is Axon’s next generation of signal processing designed to address the needs of complex IP and hybrid-IP environments. It fully supports the latest industry standards, handling uncompressed SD, HD, 3G and UHD signals based on the ST2022-6 and ST2110 specifications. Neuron is fully packed with features like edge synchronizers and converters for processing streams before they enter the core router, reducing complexity in signal routing. It offers an impressive 200 Gb/s and 64 1080p signals or 16 UHD channels with up to 80 SDI connectors all in a single 1RU.  This makes Neuron one of the most powerful, space-efficient, cost-effective and energy-efficient processing and SDI-IP gateway devices available today.

EMG’s adoption of Neuron supports the company’s OBjective 2020 strategy: a program focused on the design and delivery of modular, scalable IP-based media production across its European group. Coupled with Axon’s Cerebrum control and monitoring platform that unites and simplifies complex IP workflows, Neuron will provide powerful FGPA-based processing power and legacy SDI gateways necessary to support the fully distributed media infrastructure EMG has in mind.

“Axon is at the forefront of IP solution development and we’re eager to deploy the new Neuron NAPs into our next generation facilities,” says René Delwel United’s Managing Director. “Neuron provides us with the full functionality and guaranteed bandwidth performance we need to drive forward our leading international broadcast services.”

“This deal is the next step in our close cooperation with EMG as its strategic technology partner and confirms our joint commitment to a disruptive IP roadmap,” states Karel van der Flier, CCO of Axon. “Neuron has already been enthusiastically  welcomed by the OB production community, who’ve been impressed by its performance.  We are excited to demonstrate the power of Neuron at IBC and work with EMG to accelerate the move to IP.”

To learn more about EMG’s OBjective 2020, join CTO Ronald Meyvisch at IBC 2018 on Saturday 15 September 12:00-13:00hrs, when he will discuss the initiative in Sports Video Group’s panel “IP and Sports Production: Winning Ways” at The IP Showcase Theatre, Room E106.

For a Neuron demo or more information, please join the Axon team at IBC 2018 on Stand 10.A21 or visit www.axon.tv/.

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Image: EMG’s CTO Ronald Meyvisch, Axon’s CTO Peter Schut & United’s MD René Delwel

About EMG
Euro Media Group is a leading provider of broadcasting and audio-visual services within the European market. The Group combines unique know-how and world-renowned expertise to master the entire value chain from image creation to distribution. Visit: www.euromediagroup.com

About Axon

Headquartered in The Netherlands, and with offices across the world, Axon develops, manufactures and markets high quality broadcast equipment for the conversion, processing and compliance recording of audio and video signals. Products integrate advanced signal processing techniques, innovative engineering and modular flexibility and provide high quality, affordability and reliability within mission-critical broadcast applications. For more information please visit www.axon.tv.

For more information, please contact:

EMG | Carla Garcia | Email: executive.assistant@euromediagroup.com

Axon Digital Design | Geert-Jan Gussen | Email: press@axon.tv

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Gilze, The Netherlands. September 11, 2018: Axon Digital has announced it will be supporting Sony’s IP Live Production Showcase at IBC 2018, demonstrating Axon’s Cerebrum control and monitoring platform within Sony’s end-to-end IP workflow. The showcase, delivering both HD and 4K, will see Cerebrum seamlessly switching SMPTE ST-2110 IP signals by interfacing with Sony NS-BUS protocol.

The Cerebrum control and monitoring platform provides the most comprehensive and robust 3rd party device control available and is fast becoming de-facto solution for mobile production, news and studio live production, master control and remote production.  Through a powerful and user-friendly GUI, Cerebrum streamlines workflows and removes engineering bottle-necks, enabling operators to undertake complex tasks with ease.

“We are proud to collaborate with Sony to unlock the full potential of IP,” says Karel van der Flier, Axon’s CCO. “We fully support the latest industry standards including NMOS ISO4 and ISO5 and with Cerebrum are able to shield operators from complexity within IP environments – simplifying workflows to save both time and production costs. We are delighted to demonstrate the real value and power of our solution with Sony at IBC.”

Adopted by numerous broadcasters and OB companies worldwide, Cerebrum has been at the heart of recent major sports events including the FIFA World Cup, The Open, the Asian Games and NEP’s landmark fully-IP production of Wimbledon where it managed a unified IP workflow. It has also been selected by French broadcaster TF1 and UK’s ITV as the nerve centre for Europe’s most modern network of regional news centres.

To see Cerebrum in action at IBC 2018, please visit Sony 13.A10 in the Elicium Hall or join the Axon team on Stand 10.A21.  For further details visit http://www.axon.tv/.

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About Axon

Headquartered in The Netherlands, and with offices across the world, Axon develops, manufactures and markets high quality broadcast equipment for the conversion, processing and compliance recording of audio and video signals. Products integrate advanced signal processing techniques, innovative engineering and modular flexibility and provide high quality, affordability and reliability within mission-critical broadcast applications. For more information please visit www.axon.tv.

For more information, please contact:

Axon Digital Design
Geert-Jan Gussen / Margot Timmermans
Email: press@axon.tv

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At the show this year, we’re really excited to see real-world examples of new exciting disruptive technologies being applied to drive creativity and transform business models. (Check-out Axon in Hall 10 Stand A21 to see Neuron, the world’s 1st Network Attached Processor for IP environments: ” Processing that blows you away”.)

And of course we’re also looking forward to catching up with clients, old friends and colleagues!

Let’s get together!

Melanie, Paul & our new colleague Bernie will be at the show from 14-17th September so make sure you book a time to meet up with us to discuss how MJO can help you implement effective marketing plans and produce engaging content to raise awareness and generate qualified leads for your business.  CLICK to make an appointment.

And don’t forget…

NEW METRO 52 LINE TO RAI!
8 minutes from Central Station to RAI Europalein

The Amsterdam Noord/Zuid metro line will be operational during IBC2018 and your free GVB travel pass will be valid on this line. This line will connect the North part of the city via Central Station with the RAI stop Europaplein, taking only 8 minutes to travel to the RAI Amsterdam from Central Station.

IBC will again supply 5 Day Free of Charge GVB transport passes which will be issued on a first come first served basis at the show. These will be available from the IBC information points and will be valid for travel between 14 and 18 September inclusive. Please ensure you have your attendee badge to collect your pass.

For more information, please click here.

Safe travels to Amsterdam and wishing you all a successful, productive show.

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Gilze, The Netherlands. 4 September, 2018: Axon Digital has announced the latest release of its popular Cerebrum control and monitoring platform, which provides the most comprehensive 3rd party device control available.  New protocols featured include support for Audinate Dante, Ross Ultrix, Harmonic, Wohler, Vislink and Blackmagic.

At IBC, stand 10.A21, Axon will demonstrate why this highly-advanced control and monitoring platform is fast becoming the de-facto solution for mobile production, news and studio live production, master control and remote production. Scalable and fully-customizable, Cerebrum streamlines workflows, masters multi-device control and removes engineering bottle-necks, enabling operators to undertake complex tasks with ease. With a powerful and user-friendly GUI, it shields operators from ever-changing technologies and complexity (particularly in evolving IP environments) so that they’re free to focus on the action.

Adopted by numerous broadcasters and OB companies worldwide, Cerebrum has been at the heart of recent major sports events including the FIFA World Cup, The Open, the Asian Games and NEP’s landmark fully-IP production of Wimbledon where it seamlessly integrated and managed the latest technologies from GVG, Arista, EVS, Phabrix, Calrec and Evertz in a unified IP workflow. It has also been selected by French broadcaster TF1 and UK’s ITV where it is the nerve centre for Europe’s most modern network of regional news centres.

Cerebrum in use at ITV News’ facility in Belfast

The latest release of Cerebrum extends third-party device control to make it the most comprehensive available, with new protocol support for:

• Audio routing for Audinate Dante compatible devices
• Router control for Ross Ultrix and Kramer routers
• Harmonic CiAB control
• Wohler iAM monitor monitoring
• Vislink MVL-HD2 control
• Blackmagic multiviewer routing

For a demo or more information, please visit the team at IBC 2018 on Stand 10.A21 or visit www.axon.tv.

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About Axon

Headquartered in The Netherlands, and with offices across the world, Axon develops, manufactures and markets high quality broadcast equipment for the conversion, processing and compliance recording of audio and video signals. Products integrate advanced signal processing techniques, innovative engineering and modular flexibility and provide high quality, affordability and reliability within mission-critical broadcast applications. For more information please visit www.axon.tv.

For more information, please contact:

Axon Digital Design
Geert-Jan Gussen / Margot Timmermans
Email: press@axon.tv

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IBC 2018 Stand 10.A21 

Gilze, The Netherlands.  28 August 2018: Axon, leading broadcast infrastructure specialist, will use IBC 2018 to unveil Neuron, the world’s first Network Attached Processor (NAP). Developed to address the needs of complex IP and hybrid environments, this next generation signal processing platform packs a powerful punch to support 200 Gb/s and 64 channels or 16 UHD channels in a single rack unit.

“The move to IP is causing many in the broadcast industry sleepless nights, particularly the challenge of integrating and controlling increasingly complex technology layers whilst providing guaranteed bandwidth performance for new formats such as UHD,” says Axon’s CTO Peter Schut. “To resolve these issues, a NAP is required: a Network Attached Processor! And with our new Neuron NAP, Axon is setting the standard.”

Peter Schut, Axon’s CTO

For those heading to a pure native IP infrastructure, the Neuron is extremely efficient ‘modular glue’ in a centralised and virtual environment, capable of processing all the tasks needed in a live and baseband video domain. It enables multiple channels in a single device and eliminates physical cascading of products to offer the possibility to interconnect in any order desired, without actually running different cables.

New formats such as Ultra HD and 8K use up an exponentially growing amount of bandwidth. This is where Neuron comes into its own. Within a single 1 rack unit, it can impressively process 200 Gb/s and deliver 64 1080p channels or 16 UHD channels in that same rack space.

As media production increasingly moves from a hardware-centric to an application-based approach and mixed CAPEX/OPEX business models are adopted, the scalability and performance offered by Neuron will enable the flexible delivery of different types of production – opening up further opportunities for broadcasters and delivering significant savings both in terms of space and budgets.

For those taking a hybrid path to IP, it is clear that deployment of COTS switches and CPU-based hardware has failed to provide the functionality present in SDI routers such as embedding, de-embedding, up, down, cross frame synchronization and multi-viewers. Neuron seamlessly bridges that gap by providing impressive FGPA-based processing power with efficient connection to legacy SDI I/O. Up to 80 SDI connectors can be added in that same 1RU, making it one of the most space-efficient, cost-effective and energy-efficient processing devices available today.

“We’re delighted to launch Neuron at IBC and demonstrate this disruptive technology to visitors,” concludes Schut. “It has already been enthusiastically welcomed by our clients, many of whom are pioneers in IP production, and they have been blown away by its spectacular performance. We are confident that Neuron will both ease and accelerate the move to IP – particularly in sports production where its guaranteed bandwidth performance will support the rollout of new formats including 8K.”

Visitors to IBC can learn more about Axon’s Neuron on Stand 10.A21 or on www.axon.tv

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About Axon

Headquartered in The Netherlands, and with offices across the world, Axon develops, manufactures and markets high quality broadcast equipment for the conversion, processing and compliance recording of audio and video signals. Products integrate advanced signal processing techniques, innovative engineering and modular flexibility and provide high quality, affordability and reliability within mission-critical broadcast applications. For more information please visit www.axon.tv.

For more information, please contact:

Axon Digital Design
Geert-Jan Gussen / Margot Timmermans
Email: press@axon.tv

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Gilze, The Netherlands.  21 August 2018: When it comes to live sports production, Axon’s Cerebrum control and monitoring platform has once again proved to be the ultimate team player during an epic summer of sporting action.

At the heart of numerous major sport productions – including the FIFA World Cup for BBC Sport, Wimbledon, The Open and The Asian Games – Cerebrum has enabled broadcasters and OB companies to eliminate engineering bottlenecks and create efficient unified workflows; serving up the most comprehensive third-party device control available and helping to deliver ground-breaking IP productions and UHD HDR coverage.

With a user-friendly GUI, Cerebrum provides powerful multi-device control and simplifies complexity to shield operators from ever-changing technologies so that they’re free to focus on the action. That’s why Cerebrum is trusted worldwide to keep broadcasters & OB providers at the top of their game.

“We chose Cerebrum as the best way to get complete control of the production and simplify the workflow,” commented John Cleaver, director of Dega Broadcast Systems, who was responsible onsite for BBC Sport’s IBC facilities at the FIFA World Cup. “With Cerebrum, multiple operators were able to hit the ground running, and quickly customise the set-up to help them work as they wanted.”

Cerebrum in action @ BBC Sport’s IBC for the FIFA World Cup 2018. Image courtesy of Dega Broadcast Systems.

BBC Sport’s extensive IBC facilities in Moscow, which were also designed and built by Dega, deployed the Cerebrum platform to control and monitor GVG routing, processing, MADI audio routing and tally management – all through 12 hardware and 11 software customisable panels.

Cerebrum was also at the heart of BBC Live Studio operations in Red Square delivered by Timeline’s UHD2, the award-winning IP 4K HDR OB vehicle. In addition to delivering coverage of the matches in HD and UHD HDR, Timeline provided a simultaneous UHD Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG) output for the BBC iPlayer platform.

Control and monitoring inside the triple-expanding truck were extended to the on-location cabins, allowing the team of operators and editors to share tally and UMD information over the network between the BBC Sport IBC operation and easily navigate around the many sources arriving from the IBC and Host Broadcast Services. “Cerebrum was able to handle the mix of HD and UHD formats with ease,” said Quinn Cowper, Timeline’s Head of Vision. “It offers robust control and supports a hassle-free, flexible creative workflow.”

Cerebrum in action @ BBC Sport’s IBC for the FIFA World Cup 2018. Image courtesy of Dega Broadcast Systems.

Over recent weeks, Cerebrum has also been deployed by NEP UK for its acclaimed fully-IP production of The AELTC Wimbledon Championships, where it seamlessly controlled and managed a complex IP workflow featuring GVG, Arista, EVS, Phabrix, Calrec and Evertz.  Following the The Open and the Asian Games in Jakarta, the next stop will be the Ryder Cup, where CTV will once again use Cerebrum as the production nerve centre linking together all the main broadcast equipment from numerous manufacturers, to deliver a highly efficient workflow encompassing routing control, tally, UMD, multi-viewers, remote colour balance and camera control.

Visitors to IBC next month will be able to see Cerebrum in action on Axon’s stand 10.A21 and experience its broad range of features and comprehensive multi-device control that make it perfectly suited to complex production environments - from mobile, remote, news and live studio production to master control.

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About Axon

Headquartered in The Netherlands, and with offices across the world, Axon develops and manufactures high quality broadcast equipment for the conversion, processing and compliance recording of audio and video signals. Products integrate advanced signal processing techniques, innovative engineering and modular flexibility and provide high quality, affordability and reliability within mission-critical broadcast applications. For more information please visit www.axon.tv.

For more information, please contact:

Axon Digital Design
Geert-Jan Gussen / Margot Timmermans
Email: press@axon.tv

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Gilze, The Netherlands. June 1st, 2018: Visitors to this month’s Broadcast Asia in Singapore will see Axon Digital Design demonstrate an enhanced range of IP products and production tools designed to help broadcasters address the challenges of the move to IP.  With audiences worldwide gearing up for an epic summer of sporting action, the team will also highlight how broadcasters and OB companies worldwide are using Axon solutions to capture the action from prestigious events such as Wimbledon, the FIFA World Cup, F1 and the Open Golf.

Leading the line-up is Axon’s the ever-popular Cerebrum control and monitoring platform, which is fast becoming the de-facto control solution for mobile production, news and studio live production, master control and remote production. Scalable and fully-customizable, this open platform supports third-party integration – including within IP environments – and enables operators to undertake complex tasks with ease.

The showcase on Stand 4M2-05 includes the SynView Multiview solution, which is capable of handling both 4K and IP video formats. SynView is ideal for a wide range of applications and from small to extremely large monitoring walls. Future-proofed by design, this multiviewer can support whatever video transport mechanism the industry chooses to adopt.

Two models are currently available, each in two versions (SDI I/O or Ethernet I/O). These versions can be mixed and matched to build a hybrid multiviewer with up to hundreds of inputs and eight 1080p heads (on SDI) or two heads with UHD resolution. The system can scale, position, de-embed, overlay and process 8 video channels.

Utah Scientific’s new 400 Series 3 hybrid digital router will be on display for the first time at Broadcast Asia – the perfect choice for high-density SDI coupled with the ability to create high-density IP signals from the same central frame. Backed by Utah Scientific’s renowned support and reliability, the 400 Series 3 can handle any number of IP and SDI professional video signal formats along with a number of audio and data formats.

Finally, the team will demonstrate Axon’s new MPEG Transport Stream Multiviewer. This multiviewer is part of Axon’s SMART DVB, a complete suite of tools to monitor, report and analyze live MPEG-2 and DVB transport streams. Powerful and versatile, it enables owners and operators to ensure health, conformity and quality across the complete digital distribution chain and to drive performance at the highest level.

For more information on Axon’s range of solutions, please visit Broadcast Asia 4M2-05 or visit www.axon.tv

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About Axon

Headquartered in The Netherlands, and with offices across the world, Axon develops, manufactures and markets high quality broadcast equipment for the conversion, processing and compliance recording of audio and video signals. Products integrate advanced signal processing techniques, innovative engineering and modular flexibility and provide high quality, affordability and reliability within mission-critical broadcast applications. For more information please visit www.axon.tv.

For more information, please contact:

Axon Digital Design
Geert-Jan Gussen / Margot Timmermans
Email: press@axon.tv

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Gilze, The Netherlands. April 3, 2018: Axon Digital Design and Arista Networks will use this NAB to demonstrate a proven live sports IP infrastructure. The showcase on Arista’s booth SL12105, in which a traditional SDI router has been replaced with an IP infrastructure, features Axon’s Synapse IP control solutions and Synview IP multiviewer, all managed by the Cerebrum control platform.

Visitors to NAB will experience a scaled down live demonstration used by a leading production company for a recent major international sports event. This original set-up consisted of multiple Arista 7050SX-64switches in a leaf-spine configuration, combined with Axon’s Synapse IP bridges (NIO440) to convert to and from SDI, and controlled through Axon’s Cerebrum control & monitoring system. To feed IP signals directly to Axon’s Synview multiviewer, Synapse MNU100 modules were equipped with Synapse NIO440 converting SDI signals to IP for display on the multiview wall.

Demonstrating the agility and flexibility offered by IP, when combining Axon’s solutions with Arista’s software driven cloud networking platforms, the broadcast infrastructure on show can replace 6x72x72 routers (1080i – S2022-6).  Flexibility, control and flow path awareness, while reducing the overall equipment footprint, enables new business models.

“We are delighted that our products performed as expected in this ground-breaking proof-of-concept and we’re proud to share this experience at NAB,” said Axon’s CEO Jan Eveleens. “As broadcasters look to move to a fully IP environment for live sports production, it’s great to be able to demonstrate our technology with confidence based on a successful real-world IP deployment.”

“This live proof-of-concept in a major international sporting event proves that by deploying IP broadcast networks with Arista Networks, media companies can take advantage of the same network management, performance, reliability and scaling efficiencies realized by cloud service providers,” said Ed Chapman, vice president of business development and alliances, Arista Networks.” 

To see the live sports IP demo, visit Arista’s booth in the South Hall SL12105. For more information about Axon’s product range, please visit Utah Scientific at NAB 2018 booth SL6324 or visit www.axon.tv

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About Axon

Headquartered in The Netherlands, and with offices across the world, Axon develops, manufactures and markets high quality broadcast equipment for the conversion, processing and compliance recording of audio and video signals. Products integrate advanced signal processing techniques, innovative engineering and modular flexibility and provide high quality, affordability and reliability within mission-critical broadcast applications. For more information please visit www.axon.tv.

For more information, please contact:

Axon Digital Design
Margot Timmermans / Geert-Jan Gussen
Email: press@axon.tv

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On Stand J40, the showcase includes the SynView Multiview solution, which is capable of handling both 4K and IP video formats. SynView is ideal for a wide range of applications and from small to extremely large monitoring walls.  Future-proofed by design, this multiviewer can support whatever video transport mechanism the industry chooses to adopt.

Utah Scientific’s new 400 Series 3 hybrid digital router will be on display for the first time at BVE – the perfect choice for high-density SDI coupled with the ability to create high-density IP signals from the same central frame. Backed by Utah Scientific’s renowned support and reliability, the 400 Series 3 can handle any number of IP and SDI professional video signal formats along with a number of audio and data formats.

Visitors to the show will also have the chance to view the ever-popular Cerebrum control and monitoring platform, which is fast becoming the control solution for choice for mobile production, news and studio live production, master control and remote production. Scalable and fully-customisable, this open platform supports third-party integration with ease, including within IP environments.

Finally, BVE 2018 will provide Axon with the ideal opportunity to launch its MPEG Transport Stream Multiviewer in the UK. This multiviewer is part of Axon’s SMART DVB, a complete suite of tools to monitor, report and analyze live MPEG-2 and DVB transport streams. Powerful and versatile, it enables owners and operators to ensure health, conformity and quality across the complete digital distribution chain and to drive performance at the highest level.

For more information on Axon’s product range, please visit BVE 2018 Stand J40 or visit www.axon.tv

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 About Axon

Headquartered in The Netherlands, and with offices across the world, Axon develops, manufactures and markets high quality broadcast equipment for the conversion, processing and compliance recording of audio and video signals. Products integrate advanced signal processing techniques, innovative engineering and modular flexibility and provide high quality, affordability and reliability within mission-critical broadcast applications. For more information please visit www.axon.tv.

For more information, please contact:

Axon Digital Design
Geert-Jan Gussen / Margot Timmermans
Email: press@axon.tv

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