AVPro Edge Introduces AC-MXNET 10GbE 24-Port PoE Switch

AVPro Edge has introduced the AC-MXNET-10G-SW24C, a 24-port 10 Gigabit hybrid PoE++/PoE+ professional installation switch, providing unique features. This 24-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch seamlessly supports a wide-ranging of audio and video-over-IP applications, including AES67, Dante, SDVoE, and more. The AVPro Edge AC-MXNET-10G-SW24C switch delivers 8 ports with PoE++ output capability and 16 ports with PoE+, all optimized for Dante audio streams.

Audio consultancy and networking experts RH Consulting (RHC) have been counting networked audio products and licensees since 2013 to chart the adoption and evolution of audio networking in the pro audio, AV and broadcast markets. The 2024 edition of this report on Networked Audio Products, which has meanwhile extended to cover also audio, video and control products, is available now and confirms the growing strength of AES67, Ravenna and ST 2110 and the dominance of Dante and NDI standards.

Audio consultancy and networking experts RH Consulting (RHC) have been counting networked audio products and licensees since 2013 to chart the adoption of audio networking in the pro audio, AV and broadcast markets. The 2023 edition of this report on Networked Audio Products, which has meanwhile extended to cover also audio, video & control products, is now available and confirms the growing strength of AES67 and ST2110 standards.

Audio networking experts RH Consulting have been counting networked audio products and licensees since 2013 in an effort to chart the adoption of audio networking in the pro audio, AV and broadcast markets. Recognized as the benchmark for tracking trends in networked audio, the 10th edition of the annual report covers all the major protocols including Dante, RAVENNA, AES67, AVB, Milan and others. This year, for the first time, the report has broadened its scope to include networked video and control products using AES70, SDVoE and ST 2110, among others.

Semtech Corporation announced its new BlueRiver audio visual processor (AVP) chipset. The BlueRiver AVP chipset provides all the features, functions and benefits of Semtech’s existing NT1000 and NT2000 FPGA-based offerings (i.e., matrix-switch like performance over IP, under 0.1 millisecond latency, 4K60 uncompressed image quality, and common API), with the key new benefits of system cost reduction, significant power reduction, AV transceiver functionality, and fully integrated USB-HID interface.

Semtech Corporation, a leading supplier of high performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, announced that IDK Corporation, the Japanese manufacturer of professional AV and broadcast equipment, has introduced an innovative new class of products that for the first time links Audinate's Dante audio networking technology with the Software Defined Video Over Ethernet (SDVoE) ecosystem powered by Semtech’s BlueRiver technology.

During my time at the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2019 show, I looked closely at how companies are dealing with the transition to IP networks, how prevalent some proprietary technologies still are in commercial installation and AV in particular (e.g., HDBaseT), and how manufacturers are introducing new products and concepts to integrate those networked systems, in particular those protocols that support AES67 audio and the latest SMPTE ST-2110 suite of standards in general.

In my previous report on IBC 2018, I addressed some key technology trends from the IBC show in Amsterdam (September 13-18, 2018), in the perspective of audio technology, content production, and distribution. Of course, on the backbone of all the tremendous changes that are currently happening in the media business, broadcast, and professional production, the topic of audio-over-IP (AoIP) and the ongoing transition to fully IP-enabled operations in all platforms - traditional linear television, radio (digital, hybrid, virtual, etc.), and new over-the-top and on-demand streaming services - is front and center.