IBC2018 review: IP - from concept to reality

That being said, IP in video production is following the audio world in to the brave, less costly, and hopefully super-efficient, flexible world of IP.

“If you go back only perhaps two shows ago, AoIP was more conceptual. It was talked about as a big trend, but people were still figuring it out in the real world,” said Joshua Rush, VP of Marketing for Audinate, a Hall 8 stalwart. “But this year I think the theme of this show is that it is very real , and being done.”

Rush said the Audinate booth at IBC saw a steady stream of customers for whom AoIP is no longer conceptual or in theory: “These people — OB trucks, broadcast facilities, stadiums and education facilities that have standardised on Dante — these are the people out there doing it and using it today.”

Audinate’s offerings at IBC2018 reflected the seemingly maturing market. One new range is aimed at making it easier to integrate existing gear at a facility in to a more modern network. The AVIO family of adapters allow the easy connection of legacy analogue and digital audio equipment to Dante networks and Dante-enabled products. The family is comprised of four different adapters: line-in and line-out analogue adapters, a bi-directional AES3/EBU adapter and a bi-directional stereo USB adapter.

While one of the early and big players in AoIP was Audinate, and its Dante networking technology was seen in scores of products on various stands across Hall 8 and elsewhere, the Ravenna technology for real-time transport of audio…