OSLO, Norway—Bridge Technologies will highlight the integration of its VB440 production probe into NEP Platform, the new software orchestration system launched by NEP Group, during the 2026 NAB Show, April 18-22, at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

The full functionality of the VB440 will be deployable on a software basis through the platform, enabling NEP customers to instantiate Bridge's monitoring and visualization tools alongside other production tools from broadcast manufacturers from a single, virtualized location.

The VB440 is a comprehensive suite of production tools contained within a single appliance. It provides full video scopes, including waveform, vectorscope and histograms, while for audio supporting Dolby Atmos with 64-channel monitoring across unlimited flows as well as LUFS and Gonio meters, along with stereo downmixes and single channel isolation.

For network engineers, the VB440 probe supports packet capture, PTP timing analysis, ST 2022-7 redundancy monitoring and event logging.

These elements are all managed within the Canvas workspace where users can place any number of components on a single screen and arrange them to suit their personal workflow.

At the 2026 NAB Show, Bridge will feature the addition of multi-service AV sync capability, a feature that allows production teams to ensure perfect alignment between different sources of the same service for use when they have been transported via different paths for redundancy purposes. Within NEP Platform, every one of these capabilities will be available as a deployable software application, running on shared commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) compute.

NEP Platform is a fundamental shift in how live production infrastructure is deployed and managed. Rather than building fixed, dedicated systems per function, the platform provides an orchestration layer that deploys and runs trusted third-party broadcast software on shared COTS compute in modern IP environments.

Application versions and configurations are validated before deployment. Lifecycle management, including spinning up, scaling and shutting down, is fully automated, and telemetry delivers real-time visibility into health, performance and resource usage.

For Bridge, this integration provides another way in which production teams can instantiate VB440 monitoring wherever needed for as long as needed, scaling to meet the specific context of the broadcast or event in question. The same deep analysis and best-in-class production tools that broadcasters have relied upon through a dedicated VB440, which can be access in real time by up to eight users through any HTML5 browser, from anywhere in world, are now available on demand, scaling up or down with the production itself.

Visitors to the 2026 NAB Show will be able to see the NEP Platform interface in action, select Bridge from the application catalog and watch as the VB440 software deploys onto shared COTS compute. Once running, it appears as a virtual device within NEP's orchestration layer, where operators complete configuration and execute a live workflow.

See Bridge Technologies at 2026 NAB Show booth C3019.

See NEP at 2026 Show meeting room N253.

More information is available on Bridge Technologies and NEP Group websites.

OSLO, Norway—Bridge Technologies has unveiled a multiservice AV sync comparison feature to the AV Sync function of its VB440 production probe, enabling seamless, glitch-free switching.

The new feature enables frame-accurate synchronization assessment across multiple delivery paths of the same service. Designed for live IP production environments where redundancy is critical, but applicable in a range of contexts, the capability allows engineers to assess and compare multiple flows carrying the same service, including those across satellite, SRT or other IP routes, the company said.

The feature builds upon the core of the VB440’s AV Sync Generator capability, which was introduced at the beginning of the year. Its original function was to act as a first-line-of-defense approach to synchronization between audio and visual components within a single service.

Rather than relying solely on packet timestamps, the AV Sync Generator enables the system to embed machine-readable electronic markers directly into the audio and video signals themselves.

When the complete service is reconstructed at the client, these physical markers are analyzed to assess frame-accurate alignment between audio and video in real time. This ensures synchronization is measured on the content itself, not simply the transport layer. More recently, this capability was expanded to include ancillary data synchronization, allowing the client to visualize the precise delta between video and audio and metadata, including immersive audio.

Additional visualization tools include rolling shutter simulation, blink-and-beep reference cues, enhanced ease-of-use and confidence in synchronization, which are critical for accessibility, compliance and consistent start and end points across complex workflows, it said.

The newly introduced multi-service comparison capability builds on this foundation. In scenarios common to live sports and premium broadcasts, where the same service may be delivered via multiple independent paths for resilience.

Frequently, those paths arrive with different timing characteristics. With the VB440, users can now place multiple incoming services onto a shared timeline within the sync client, visually stacking and comparing them against a chosen reference. Engineers can instantly see frame-accurate offsets between flows and use this information to adjust delays accordingly, ensuring that switching between sources can happen without interruption.

Bridge Technologies has designed the user interface of VB440 to facilitate in-the-moment decision-making with a seamless, smooth workflow. New services can be added to the timeline with a button click, where they are stacked in an intuitive workspace. The addition of APIs also means users can develop further automation tools to perform alignment, drawing frame-accurate data from the probe to facilitate other sync-related processes, the company said.

More information is available on the company’s website.

OSLO, Norway—At the 2025 NAB Show in Las Vegas, April 6-9, Bridge Technologies says it will launch its new AV synchronization solution for its VB440 monitoring platform, ensuring that live broadcasts, especially those distributed across multiple networks from a centralized OB production point, maintain seamless, frame-perfect alignment of audio and video.

The issue of AV synchronization has long plagued digital broadcasting—both through the process of de-embedding and re-embedding when using SDI, and through the separation of audio and video essences inherent in ST 2110 transport. Traditional approaches rely on manual cues or packet transport timestamps, both of which lack a content-driven methodology.

While the VB440 has for many years closely monitored and regulated packet-related sync issues, it now introduces a “first-line” defense by embedding synchronization data within the physical content itself, allowing for both intuitive manual alignment and UI client-driven correction.

With the addition of Bridge’s APIs to allow third-party access to the technology, Bridge’s AV Sync Generator represents an advancement which introduces the potential for automated correction in the future, allowing other platforms to leverage this embedded sync data to power their own sync-capable tools.

The VB440’s AV Sync Generator features an on-screen rolling shutter with early and late zones, accompanied by a visual and auditory signal (‘blink and beep’) to facilitate manual synchronization. It also displays a range of different color bar types and allows for the insertion of broadcaster logos on the sync screen.

However, Bridge says its most significant advancement is in its visualization of synchronization. A built-in sync client in the VB440 displays, in real-time, the all-time deltas between video and individual audio channels or groups with high precision, enabling speedy correction of sync issues.

With the ability to see up to 64 individual channels in a stream, and with stream groups which include immersive audio and even multiple streams, this means that there is no practical channel limit to resynchronization of audio. In this way, rather than relying on packet-based timestamps, the VB440 embeds machine-readable electronic markers directly into the audio signals and uses a client to read the synchronization points of the video, thus enabling real-time detection and correction, and ensuring frame-accurate synchronization with minimal intervention.

“This content-based approach to AV sync is a true innovation, particularly in light of its precision and usability,” said Chairman of Bridge Technologies Simen Frostad. “The VB440 comes with an exhaustive list of tools and functionalities, all of which allow production professionals from a wide range backgrounds and job roles to work collaboratively on remote and distributed production tasks—from camera shading to audio mixing. whilst almost completely eliminating the need for additional hardware, complex cabling, and excessive power consumption. It allows production teams to do more with less—with higher precision, quality and creativity, in a shorter time frame, and with significantly reduced complexity and environmental impact.”

“By embedding synchronization directly into the content, Bridge Technologies is setting a new standard in live production workflows, ensuring that broadcasters can deliver perfectly synchronized audio and video without guesswork or compromise,” Frostad added.

Bridge will demo this new capability at Booth N315 in the North Hall of the LVCC.

OSLO, Norway—Bridge Technologies will highlight the addition of continuous log monitoring of SCTE 104 and SCTE 35 markers to its suite of broadcast monitoring probes, including the company’s flagship VB330, at the 2023 NAB Show, April 15-19, in Las Vegas.

Continuous log monitoring enables broadcasters to not only monitor and control SCTE 104 and SCTE 35 events through alarms but also visually document and review the integration of downstream ad insertion on the VB330, the company said.

Recording of up to 200 channels in parallel will be facilitated on the VB330 appliance probe, triggered either by events, or on a ring buffer basis with user-customizable loop duration. Trigger-based recording is prompted by reference to the comprehensive set of SCTE 104/35 error alarms already present within the VB330, it said.

The recording feature uses a pre-fill buffer to ensure that the actual fault itself is recorded—for instance, audio loss or freeze-frame, or in relation to complex PST/SI structure faults—and in this way allows engineers to build up a living cache of records centered on the trigger points themselves. These can then be used for validation, inspection, fault-finding and fault evidence, it said.

Recording can be triggered automatically based on the SCTE 35 cue in/cue out marker. In that way, a week’s worth of manual recording for any given channel can be captured for historical recordkeeping or analysis. File size is limited only by the storage system to which the files are directed. Files can be stored locally or via a Storage Area Network, it said. 

Recorded files are instantly accessible directly from the VB330 timeline where an easy-to-use recording dashboard is integrated. It contains a record file overview with comprehensive search functionality. The files are intuitively labelled and quickly searchable. Files can be accessed from anywhere in the world via any HTML-5 web browser. 

See Bridge Technologies at NAB Show booth C.4939.

More information is available on the company’s website.

All Mobile Video (AMV) has outfitted its Eclipse production truck with Bridge Technologies’ VB440 IP monitoring and analysis probe. The AMV Eclipse employs a Cisco leaf-spine network architecture based on SMPTE ST 2022-7 to provide complete redundancy and will incorporate both 4K and HDR production capabilities, Bridge Technologies said.

The Bridge Technologies VB440 sits at the heart of the truck, making it possible to monitor, analyze and visualize all high-bitrate broadcast media content as defined by the SMPTE ST 2110 and ST2022-6 standards, it said.

The VB440 supports HD, 4K, SDR, HDR and combinations of immersive audio, making it possible for AMV engineering and production teams to monitor all layers of media transport continuously on both redundancy layers in real time. The device is especially beneficial because it facilitates both technical network engineering and creative decisions in the moment, the company said.

The VB400 can be accessed by multiple users via their own, customizable HTML-5 browser- based layouts. As a result, the unit takes up much less rack and desk space. Other attractive qualities for mobile facility applications include its lower energy draw and bundling of multiple functions that normally would require individual devices, it said.

The VB440 offers a range of audio and video scopes, including HDR preview on SDR screens and 5.1/7.1 audio review across stereo as well as JPEG XS analysis and signal generation for greater setup efficiencies. The probe offers operators and engineers the deep insight needed to ensure error-free delivery of live and recorded broadcasts, according to the company.

“The VB440 probe has become the ‘go to’ tool on the truck before and during any live production,” said AMV technical supervisor Paul Butkiewicz. “We use it to sweep and compare all the devices for errors across both redundancy layers to assure device, QSFP and signal flow integrity, both before the truck rolls out of the bay and during live productions.”

“Because the Eclipse covers high-profile events, it’s critical to know when errors occur on any of our sources and remote feeds, through the use of notifications and alarms. We’ve been really impressed with the ease of integration of the VB440 and how seamlessly it has worked in our NMOS environment.”

Bridge Technologies' U.S. business partner 2110 Solutions consulted AMV and sold the VB440 to the mobile production facilities company.

OSLO, Norway—Bridge Technologies has added SCTE 104 and SCTE 35 marker monitoring to its suite of broadcast monitoring probes, including the VB330, and will highlight the development during IBC2022, Sept. 9-12, at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Centre.

With the new monitoring capability, broadcasters will be able to maintain a closer view and control over the integration of downstream ad insertion, the company said.

The placement of SCTE 104 and SCTE 35 markers is important because they enable a seamless Quality of Experience (QoE) for viewers. They also ensure operators fulfill their commercial obligations to advertisers, the company said.

With markers used across the value chain, there is a need for joined-up and holistic SCTE marker monitoring across all service types, whether at the mezzanine, OTT or broadcast level, it said. 

Bridge Technologies’ suite-wide 6.1 software upgrade provides for SCTE 35 and 104 checks in the QoE/Content checking tab, making it quicker and more intuitive to access and assess. The company has added a greater range of event types being monitored as well as integration of support for newer SCTE 35 messages, including “time signal with segmentation descriptor” and hierarchical messages, it said.

Bridge Technologies also has extended the range of available alarming features to enable automatic signaling of event occurrences and failures. Alarms can be customized according to a specific organization’s requirements. SCTE 35 Cue Out events are now visualized within the thumbnail overview mosaic, along with their current state, providing at-a-glance insight into the status of advertising cues, the company said.

Media organizations can use the new monitoring capabilities to correct problems in real time or access raw data exported via XML, CSV, JSON and Eii API for long-term review and strategic decision making, it said.

“As broadcast models continue to evolve, the integration of advertising has again seen a resurging importance. Our integration of the SCTE standards needed to facilitate this represents the agility and proactive nature of our development team, along with the benefit of utilizing a harmonized strategy across our embedded, appliance or software-based solutions” said company chairman Simen Frostad.

See Bridge Technologies at IBC2022 Stand 1.A71.

More information is available on the company’s website. 

OSLO, Norway—Bridge Technologies has released its VB246, an ASI input option card for real-time, high-density monitoring in headend, regional edge-multiplexer, modulator and transmitter sites, the company said today.

The new module expands on the capabilities of the VR242. It is designed to accommodate users who need higher ASI density by providing six ASI inputs in parallel. Monitored concurrently and with continuous ETR290 analysis, the VB246 ensures the maintenance of optimum broadcast quality and transmission, it said.

The VB246 represents a significant improvement in ASI monitoring capacity from the original VB242, enabling users to transition from round-robin, sequential monitoring of six channels to continuous monitoring of the same. This means that in a typical 1RU chassis, two VB246 units can be integrated to achieve monitoring over 13 channels in parallel (with the 13th channel constituting an ASI input from either VB120 or VB220 controllers), the company said.

The VB246 supports DVB-ASI according to EN 50083-9 Annex B, Burst mode, Spread mode and Legacy M2S, as well as accommodating both 188-byte and 204-byte packet formats. With these performance metrics tracked on a continuous basis, the VB246 delivers more in-depth, insightful and usable data on network performance, it said.

The metrics can be viewed as part of a wider system with the VBC Controller or as a standalone unit using a regular web browser or a third-party management system, Bridge Technologies said.

“The improvements within the VB246 allow broadcasters eyes on continuous data points on their broadcasts, deepening the level of insight they can achieve. But as important is increasing the level of information available is ensuring that this remains meaningful and usable to the organization – both in-the-moment and on a longer-term strategic basis,” said company chairman Simen K. Frostad.

More information is available on the company’s website. 

OSLO, Norway—Bridge Technologies has added new audio capabilities to its VB440 SMPTE ST 2110 and ST 2022-6 monitoring and analysis solution. 

The new features enable audio engineers to monitor and work with immersive audio standards anywhere in the world using only an HTML-5 based browser, the company said.

The VB440 can be used in the core of broadcasting networks, production studios, master control centers and outside broadcast vehicles and venues. Able to monitor compressed and uncompressed data, the VB440 also includes added support for monitoring JPEG XS and HDR signals with ultra-low latency, making it well-suited for live production on a remote or distributed basis, it said.

The new audio functions include monitoring capabilities developed together with professional audio engineers, including a Gonio meter, loudness radar and the ability to measure multichannel audio across 64 channels within one flow, it said.

Channel ordering can be signaled as part of AC-3 or E-AC-3 bitstreams or per-stream-configured channel order. All are presented using an intuitive, easy-to-use GUI, it said.

The new audio metering capabilities can be applied to a range of surround and immersive audio standard, including 7.1 and 5.1. The new audio tools give the ability to specify customized mapping for these setups and grant an ability to listen through a web browser in a stereo downmix. This makes it possible for audio engineers to work anywhere, even places without a comprehensive speaker setup, it said.

“Coming from an audio background myself, I’m hugely proud of these new additions to the VB440 and the way they meet the needs of audio engineers – especially those who are increasingly working on the move, away from the studio, on a remote or distributed basis,” said company chairman Simen Frostad.

“Tools like this provide incredible production flexibility and lowered production costs, whilst still facilitating the highest levels of creative and technical practice," he added.

More information is available on the company’s website.  

OSLO, Norway—Bridge Technologies has announced that it will demonstrate the new HDR capabilities of its VB440 at IBC 2021 (Booth 1.A71). 

These new functionalities allow production professionals to monitor and visualize both HDR and SDR production outputs from anywhere in the world using only an HTML5 browser, thus eliminating the need for specialist HDR-enabled monitors and equipment, the company said. 

Built as a monitoring solution for IP and SDI/IP-encapsulated production environments, the VB440 delivers ultra-low latency analytics of compressed and uncompressed data to provide creatives and technicians alike with the deep insight they need to ensure error-free delivery of live and recorded broadcast, from any remote location across the globe.

Speaking of the new functionality, Bridge Technologies chairman Simen Frostad explained that “as broadcast technology develops, so too do viewer expectations, and with the rise of HDR-ready TVs, viewers are becoming increasingly discerning in relation to image quality. But this represents a problem in the field of broadcast production, because the ability to work with both SDR and HDR in tandem – particularly in live or remote contexts – is both challenging and potentially expensive. It is this challenge that the most recent addition to the VB440 probe addresses: a suite of unique, innovative new HDR tools which allow content producers to adapt their workflows to accommodate HDR in an efficient, accessible, intuitive and accurate manner”.

Frostad also said that the HDR capabilities are “just one of a range of additions we are making to the VB440 – including JPEG XS monitoring and a range of innovative audio monitoring tools - to ensure that it remains at the forefront of developing production standards, particularly those relating to ‘immersive’ viewing. We look forward to showing audiences at IBC the full potential of our award-winning IP production tool”. 

In relation to the addition of HDR functionality, the VB440 starts from the point of being able to identify the type of coded stream coming in, be this HLG, PG, S-Log3, or a number of other standards, either through manual setting or through automatic recognition from ancillary data or NMOS signaling data, the company said. 

The user is then able to access any of the existing wide range of waveform scopes within the VB440 and apply them to this HDR stream. The Graticule has been adjusted to accommodate the needs of HDR more comprehensively, including not only IRE but NITs graticules, as well as an ability to adjust Graticule sensitivity.

An HDR CIE Chromaticity scope has also been added which demonstrates the full color gamut of a given video, and provides a number of options in order to suit the user’s need, the company said. And because HDR still represents a transitional standard that has not fully penetrated the market, the VB440 also facilitates data and image visualization according to SDR parameters.

Whilst these data visualizations are key, what is most fundamental about the HDR capabilities of the VB440 is its ability to give a visual preview of an HDR output image through a non-HDR compatible browser, the company added. 

This is achieved by converting the specific codings of the HDR image into the sRGB color space of the browser, thus effectively ‘mimicking’ a localized preview of what the HDR output will be like for audiences. 

Because it works with any HTML5 browser, the VB440 allows for full production capability to be achieved from anywhere in the world, in real time, the company said. 

Bridge Technologies will be at IBC2021 in booth 1.A71. More information about Bridge Technologies and its products is available at www.bridgetech.tv. 

OSLO, Norway—Monitoring solutions provider, Bridge Technologies has significantly expanded the capabilities of its production-focused monitoring probe, the VB440.

Designed to be used by broadcasting networks, production studios, master control centers and outside broadcast vehicles and venues, the new enhancements include the recently-announced accommodation of the JPEG XS compression standard, Closed Caption support and Packet Capture functionality.

The features will ship with all future versions of the VB440, as well as being accessible online to existing customers.

Simen Frostad, chairman of Bridge Technologies, explained that “the constant expansion of the VB440’s functionalities, including Closed Caption review, PCAP and improved audio visualization tools – and its capabilities, supporting data rates of up to 100 Gbit/s, 4K and above, and both uncompressed or compressed data types, including new compression standards such as JPEG XS -  all represent our endeavor to create the ultimate, indispensable production tool.”

“The expanded VB440 carries particular value for those operating in the field of remote, outside and distributed production,” he added, “granting production professionals the tools and insight they need to carry out both creative functions and technical review of production quality from anywhere in the world, all through an HTML-5 browser. This ultimately results in higher production values, greater flexibility and creative potential, and lowered production costs”.

Designed to deliver ultra-low latency analytics of compressed and uncompressed data in a range of production environments, the VB440 offers a monitoring solution for both IP and SDI-encapsulated production environments across ST2110 and ST2022-6 defined high-bitrate broadcast media traffic, the company said. 

The new Packet Capture functionality (PCAP) is designed to help those who are moving from SDI to IP-based 2110 uncompressed data streams, the company said. 

Its PCAP capability allows users to capture individual or collective components of the ST2110 stream, based on either time or packet limits, on a fixed or rolling basis. This ability to capture a single packet as it crosses a specific point in the network allows for more in-depth identification of data and packet loss, the troubleshooting of network behaviors, diagnosis of congestion issues and recognition of security threats, the company reported. 

The Closed Caption review function has been introduced in order to aid broadcasters in their commitment to providing accessible productions which meet the diverse needs of audiences, including those with hearing impairment, the company said. 

The Closed Caption addition to the VB440 will allow the display of Closed Captions (CEA-608/CEA-708) and Subtitles (OP-47), giving visualization of the incoming ancillary data on the output reference video, and allowing the user to review, control and correct caption placement and characters. Alongside displaying the captions  an additional ´debug-view´ functionality provides a deeper insight with decoder logs, encoding errors, field reversal warnings, and a visualization of the grid itself, the company explained. 

The functionality supports all of the most common incoming caption types.

Bridge Technologies will showcase these new functionalities and more solutions at IBC Show 2021 (booth 1.A71).

More information about Bridge Technologies and its products is available at www.bridgetech.tv.

OSLO, Norway—Bridge Technologies has integrated JPEG XS compression analysis into its VB440 monitoring solution, the company said today.

Working with intoPIX, Bridge Technologies added JPEG XS support to the VB440, which now provides its full range of measurement metrics for the new compression standard.

The VB440 is designed for monitoring and analysis of SMPE ST 2110 and ST2022-6 high bitrate broadcast traffic. It is well-suited for core broadcasting networks, production studios, master control centers and outside broadcast vehicles and venues, the company said.

Capable of monitoring both IP and SDI-encapsulated video, the VB440 delivers ultra-low latency analytics of compressed and uncompressed data for the deep insight needed to ensure error-free delivery of live and recorded broadcast from any remote location across the globe, it said.

JPEG XS delivers a similar level of compression as the JPEG 2000 standard, supporting lossless compression of between 10 and 15 times the original, but with significantly lower latency, thus allowing for responsive, real-time production of broadcasts, it said.

The standard is particularly useful in conditions where there is either limited bandwidth within a production network or there is a lack of control over the timing precision that can be achieved between PTP leader and follower clocks in long-haul networks between studio and venue.

The ability of JPEG XS to operate across both PTP and traditional Transport Streams makes it a flexible compression standard, and this is fundamental to delivering content in a way that is efficient and affordable, but which still ensures exceptional image quality. In essence, JPEG XS allows broadcast networks to do more with less, it said.

The company has published a YouTube video on the implementation of JPEG XS.

More information is available on the company’s website. 

OSLO, Norway—Densitron’s new four-unit, rack-mountable Multiviewer+, based on Densitron’s Intelligent Display System (IDS), features support from Bridge Technologies. Multiviewer+ incorporates a Densitron UReady 4RU touchscreen 19-inch monitor and Bridge Technologies’ VB440 monitoring probes using the Widgets API.

The Multiviewer+ unit can control multiple third-party systems for applications like broadcast lighting, camera positioning and signal routing. Its IDS Core software enables allows for the integration of the UReady and VB440 technology. This allows the unit to monitor and analyze high bitrate broadcast media traffic.

The VB440 IP probe is built to comply with SMPTE ST 2110 and ST 2022-6 media IP requirements, which lets production teams survey all layers of media transportation on an IP network and facilitate quick resolution of potential problems. When integrated into Multiviewer+, VB440 allows the system to display two, three or four comfort monitoring screens in conjunction with various monitoring elements, like waveform or other types of data.

“As pandemic conditions continue and mean smaller deployments for studio-based and outside broadcast projects, we believe that this very powerful, compact and easy to use solution will resonate with production teams everywhere,” said Simon Jones, CEO of Densitron.

For more information, visit www.bridgetech.tv.  

OSLO, Norway—Bridge Technologies and North American distributor 2110 Solutions have entered into a partnership that will see 2110 Solutions integrate Bridge’s VB440 into its product range.

2110 Solutions works with firms operating in IP-based production to provide technologies for deployment in a variety of production environments. Part of this includes the monitoring of media transportation, which is where Bridge’s VB440 is expected to be a factor.

The VB440 enables production teams to continuously survey all layers of media transport on an IP network and facilitates quick rectification of potential problems, helping to maximize Quality of Service. Bridge uses HTML-5-based tools to create Instrument View and Widglets API to present this information in an easy-to-understand way, the company says.

VB440 can work in both conventional production studios and outside broadcast truck and venues.

“We are constantly pushing for end-users to recognize the importance of building monitoring solutions into their setups from the beginning,” said Simen Frostad, CEO of Bridge Technologies. “2110 Solutions shares our understanding of this; they recognize how important effective monitoring solutions are when building a production environment to maximize creative possibilities and ensure consistent, high level of performance. With Bridge products sitting at the core of the comprehensive solutions offered by 2110, producers can be sure that the production environments being created for them are operating at the highest level of effectiveness and efficiency, and are deployable across a whole range of potential applications, both now and in the future.”

For more information, visit www.bridgetech.tv.  

OSLO, Norway—A partnership between Bridge Technologies and Appear TV has resulted the Integrated Services Monitoring model being used to facilitate end-to-end delivery and monitoring of both compressed and uncompressed data from production to end user, the companies say.

ISM is an IP-based production and distribution setup, using the SDI, SPTS, MPTS and OTT standards. Bridge Technologies has tested the ISM with four cameras with SDI outputs feeding an IP network processor to seamlessly bridge SDI and IP networks. 

That encapsulated SDI-IP signal is then forwarded to the Appear X10 that encodes SDI into SPTS multicast and to the Appear ABR transcoder for conversion to HLS OTT and distribution. Also part of the setup is the Appear XC5000 carrier grade platform with built-in automatic routing of signals, which provides IP in/out distribution and RF transport.

The multicast service can then be monitored by Bridge’s IP Probes, which include VB330, VB220, RDW, Nomad, VB120 and RF modules.

The architecture for the ISM collaboration allows for full motion, color-accurate, ultra-low-latency video to be made available from any source to any application or user, said Bridge Technologies.

For more information, visit www.bridgetech.tv.  

SAN DIEGO—TV/OTT equipment supplier DVEO has announced that it has entered into a partnership with Norway-based Bridge Technologies, with DVEO serving as its sales representative in the U.S.

Bridge Technologies develops monitoring and analytics products for digital media service delivery, including for the broadcast, cable, OTT and production industries. One of its products, the VB 440 IP probe, was developed to support ST 2110, ST 2022-6, ST 2022-7, NMOS and PTP.

“DVEO is looking forward to introducing Bridge Technologies to the U.S. and to our customers,” said Laszlo Zoltan, CEO of DVEO. “It is a growing market out there and we would like to be at the forefront of it by combining our expertise with the exceptional technological background that Bridge Technologies displays.”

For more information, visit www.dveo.com.

LAS VEGAS—Bridge Technologies wants to help NAB Show attendees learn how they can effectively make a transition to all-IP infrastructures, and will feature a range of its hardware and software products that assist in that process. Two of the products set to be displayed are the VB440 IP Probe and the Instrument View GUI.

The VB440 supports uncompressed media flows over IP with both ST 2110 and ST 2022-6 transports, which provides an analytic solution for streams and technologies in real time and in parallel. The system supports interface speeds of 10, 25, 40, 50 and up to 100 Gigabits on dual interfaces to allow for analysis of SD, HD i and p, HD HDR, 4K and 4K HDR and above. ST 2022-7 redundancy can also be monitored and analyzed with ports connected to both primary and secondary networks.

With Instrument View, users have a way of viewing behavior of uncompressed real-time media.

Other Bridge products set to be at the booth include the VB330 IP Probe, which can support remote PHY/L2TP, allowing for the unpacking and monitoring of multicasts targeted toward remote PHY CCAP nodes. There will also be Nomad, a portable platform for troubleshooting hybrid IP multicast, OTT and RF networks. Rounding out their offerings, Bridge will have the VB288 Content Extractor for video quality measurement and the Remote Data Wall, which allows for the creation of a visual representation of network activity.

Bridge Technologies will be located at booth SU6702 for the NAB Show. To register for the NAB Show, visit www.nabshow.com.

OSLO, NORWAY—IBC 2017 will be a chance for Bridge Technologies to show how it is responding to the industry requirement for maximum interoperability. The highlight of Bridge Technologies demonstration at the show will be its VB440-SW dual 40 Gigabit Ethernet software probe and Embrionix Design’s SDI conversion modules.

The VB440-SW monitors high density IP media traffic in core broadcasting networks, production studios, outside broadcast and master control centers for rectifying problems and maximizing quality of service. By being able to support dual 40 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces and any media oIP, the VB440-SW provides network operators and digital media organizations with a monitoring/analytics platform for thousands of streams and multiple technologies in real-time and in parallel.

Embrionix provides conversion solutions using a product design based on an Small Form-Factor Pluggable that can be inserted directly inside other manufacturer’s equipment.

The demo, which shows how the SMPTE ST 2110 standard will help achieve interoperability, uses live playback sources on the Bridge Technologies stand, generating live streams that enable visitors to view network performance in real time. The demonstration will also be part of the AIMS IP Showcase in room E.106.

Bridge Technologies will be holding the demonstration at its booth, 1.F68.

BOTHELL, WASH.—The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) has a trio of new companies that have come on as members in Clear-Com, Bridge Technologies and Solid State Logic.

Bridge Technologies and Solid State Logic have joined the alliance as associate members. Clear-Com has signed on as a full member.

AIMS is an organization representing a group of broadcast and media companies with the goal of assisting the transition from SDI to IP through industry standards and interoperable technology. Currently, the organization officially endorses an IP transition that includes support for SMPTE 2022-6, AES67, VSF recommendations TR-03 and TR-04, and AMWA NMOS IS-04.

LAS VEGAS—Bridge Technologies will unveil the 2016 version of its Remote Data Wall, a unique solution for monitoring data, at the 2016 NAB Show. It offers a more powerful way to create a customized flight deck of data instruments through an easy to use widget toolkit. Users can easily write their own widgets to create a unique data display environment.

Remote Data Wall

Bridge will also show innovative technology for exploring monitoring data in a live NLE-style interface, giving users a new level of understanding of faults and outages, and the means to verify SLAs and validate regulatory obligations.

New virtualized probes will allow users to pick and mix the most effective combination of software and hardware monitoring nodes. And Bridge will also show its latest Gold TS Protection technology that makes it easier to set-up monitoring for digital services, with faster, more accurate and secure fault tracking.

The 2016 NAB Show takes place in Las Vegas, April 18-21. Bridge Technologies will be in booth SU7110. For more information, visit www.nabshow.com.