TVU Networks has launched TVU MediaMesh, designed for cloud-based live production.

Traditional live production, whether on-site or remote, has long been constrained by fixed infrastructure, dedicated equipment, and rigid routing, limiting both scale and flexibility. Currently only about 1% of live productions have fully migrated to the cloud due to the complexities of connecting sources, routing signals and integrating multiple applications.

TVU MediaMesh addresses these challenges by introducing global shared memory for live video, simplifying connectivity and drastically reducing configuration time, according to the company.

“MediaMesh removes the biggest obstacle to cloud adoption by making live signals instantly accessible anywhere, as easily as opening a shared file, said Mike Cronk, VP of Strategy at TVU Networks. “It gives teams the freedom to produce from anywhere, using the tools they want without worrying about the back end.”

As the foundation that powers TVU’s SaaS applications for the world’s largest live events, from routing and AI indexing to production and playout, MediaMesh now opens its APIs, enabling customers and partners to build, innovate, and shape the future of live production.

TVU will demo MediaMesh at Stand 7.B55 at the 2025 IBC Show, Sept. 12-15 at the RAI Amsterdam.

The platform’s collaborative approach has already drawn industry support.

Adam Marshall, CPO at Grass Valley, said: “By integrating Grass Valley AMPP with TVU MediaMesh, we’re giving our customers the seamless workflows they’ve been asking for across our best-of-breed solutions. AMPP users can now connect to sources from multiple vendors, including TVU’s cellular backpacks, without the usual integration complexity. This deepens the collaboration our customers have been calling for.”

Additionally, Telos Alliance and Jünger Audio have agreed to integrate Telos Alliance’s portfolio of cloud‑enabled audio solutions directly into TVU Networks’ MediaMesh platform, delivering next‑generation audio capabilities for broadcasters and content creators worldwide.

Integrating Telos Alliance’s and Jünger Audio’s audio-handling tools with MediaMesh will give TVU Network clients the direct ability to automate complex audio workflows, ensure consistent, high‑quality audio and leverage AI to ease manual workloads, the companies said.

TVU MediaMesh already connects and manages production resources via a resilient, cloud‑native network. With Telos Alliance technology embedded in the platform, users will be able to access capabilities including Jünger Audio flexAI for multichannel processing and Automix, Minnetonka AudioTools Server for post‑production automation, and Linear Acoustic upmix, downmix, and loudness tools, all of which are optimized for distributed, collaborative workflows.

TVU MediaMesh is available today, including on the AWS Marketplace, enabling customers to deploy instantly.

To guide the platform’s evolution, TVU has formed a MediaMesh Advisory Board (MAB), bringing together leaders from seven major media companies and five partner organizations including Chyron, EVS, Grass Valley, Solid State Logic and Vizrt. TVU will showcase integrations from select MAB members, as well as Mediatest, Eluvio, Pixelstorm and MXL interoperability demos with Grass Valley, Riedel, Matrox and AWS.

CLEVELAND—Telos Alliance has launched a new Media Solutions initiative, which it will present for the first time at IBC2024, Sept 13-16 at the RAI Amsterdam.

“In order for Telos Alliance to increase our presence and expand our influence in the Media & Entertainment markets, we have created Media Solutions as an initiative that will focus on delivering Jünger, Minnetonka Audio and Linear Acoustic into television & media markets outside of radio,” said Costa Nikol, Exec-Team Strategy Advisor, Media & Entertainment for Telos Alliance. “This includes having dedicated R&D, Sales, Marketing and Customer Services resources focused on the Television, Media and Entertainment customer base—along with dedicated management led by John Schur, President of Media Solutions on the executive level."

Although the company won’t be branding any of its products under the “Media Solutions” moniker, “having dedicated teams allows us to be better equipped to listen to market trends and demands, while maintaining the trusted brands that our customers already know,” Nikol added.

Scott Rothenberg, SVP of Technology and Capital Planning at global media solutions leader NEP Group, said: “Media companies are under more pressure to deliver unique, personalized experiences to audiences across new platforms and geographies. To achieve this level of customization at scale, content providers need to ensure Next Generation Audio is at the core of live production workflows. We share the same vision as Telos Alliance when it comes to championing audio that makes audiences feel more valued – and drives greater value.”

“Just ‘good enough’ audio doesn’t cut it in the competitive media landscape anymore — delivering exceptional audio quality is fundamental to engaging and retaining audiences,” said Telos Alliance CEO Scott Stiefel. “Despite rapid innovation in ultra-high quality video and immersive on-screen experiences, broadcast audio is overlooked far too often. Content providers need more support in seamlessly enabling Next Generation Audio technologies that transform auditory experiences. Our Media Solutions products empower brands to wow audiences and brings our business closer to established and new customers.”

Telos Alliance’s Media Solutions initiative will pioneer Next Generation Audio (NGA) technologies, enabling content providers to provide immersive, personalized audio that captivates and retains viewers. According to Telos, more than one billion consumer devices already support Next Generation Audio, a standard that enables personalized, accessible and interactive experiences by allowing individual viewer devices to engage with the playback system and customize the output based on user preferences, accessibility requirements, or changing listening environments.

Whether media is consumed via in-ear headphones, soundbars or multi-speaker setups, NGA enables intuitive, user-centric features such as enhanced dialogue and sound clarity, advanced volume customization for those with hearing impairments, and commentary and audio track selection for users to choose different commentators for sports events or select alternative language tracks for their favorite shows.

Telos Alliance will debut a range of pioneering Next Generation Audio advancements at IBC2024, introducing several new product lines and enhancements across Jünger and Linear Acoustic brands. The company will also showcase new AI modules within the Minnetonka AudioTools solution suite that drive production efficiencies and cleaner, richer audio experiences across live sports and entertainment programming.

Telos Alliance will be in Stand 8.D37. For more information, visit https://show.ibc.org/

CLEVELAND–The Telos Alliance announced this week that it has entered into an exclusive agreement to market, sell, and support Jünger Audio-branded products globally.

“The addition of Jünger Audio products to the Telos Alliance portfolio further increases our ability to address the specific needs of the market, especially with respect to global audio processing standards and regional preferences,” said Tom Swidarski, CEO, The Telos Alliance. “Bringing more choice and solutions to a wider base of audio professionals worldwide is a strategic objective.”

Last summer, Jünger Audio entered insolvency and in February, sold off its divisions to several companies including woks audio GmBH and Riedel Communications.

The Telos Alliance says it will support Jünger Audio globally to sustain established business relationships and current projects, while enabling future opportunities. Telos will work with woks audio GmbH to develop enhancements for existing solutions and new products to supplement the Jünger Audio portfolio and its renewed growth.

Telos will display Jünger Audio processing products at its booth (SU3921) at the NAB Show in Las Vegas, April 8-11.

BERLIN — Jünger Audio GmbH has entered insolvency proceedings as part of its efforts to reorganize the company.

Founded in Berlin in 1990, Jünger Audio develops and manufactures digital audio dynamics solutions intended for use in Broadcast, MI, Automotive and OEM markets.

While the company began restructuring itself last year, the reorganization is intended to speed up the process. “We are working to make the business model of Jünger Audio more future-oriented,” said managing director Martin Schlockwerder. “In the future, along with our hardware, we also want to focus more on software-based solutions for audio technology in order to account for the major changes in the market.”

According to the company, the necessary internal reorganization efforts are underway, but for financial reasons, could not be completed without declaring insolvency. “Ultimately, we were lacking the liquidity to bring the new concept to fruition,” reports Schlockwerder.

With approximately 30 employees, the company generates around $4.1 million in sales a year. According to court-appointed attorney Stefan Ludwig, who is the provisional insolvency administrator, all of the company’s current orders will be fulfilled as promised and the employees’ jobs are safe through the end of August under the insolvency payment.

In the meantime, Jünger Audio wants to attract an investor that can equip the company with the financial resources needed to support its reorientation. Schlockwerder noted, “With fresh funds, we can present our world-renowned development work in the form of innovative products, offering them as platform-independent software in the relevant future markets.”

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BERLIN—The move to 4K continues and Jünger Audio is recognizing it with the release of the Netbridge UHD interface that it describes as closing the gap between digital audio production systems and modern video formats.

The Netbridge UHD measures in at 19 inches and is designed for integration of 4K/UHD or four HD video streams into MADI and AoIP infrastructures. It has four 3G SDI interfaces, allowing it to be used as an audio video front end for video editing suites or workstations. It also has 64 channel interfaces. The system is configured and operated with a standard web browser, while all system parameters are controlled by the Ember+ protocol.

Jünger’s Netbridge series also includes Netbridge MADI, which provides an AES67 alternative to the 1:1 translation between MADI and DanteTM. The Netbridge MADI comes with two independent 64-channel bridges, enabling it to translate up to 128 channels between IP and MADI systems.

LAS VEGAS—At the 2017 NAB Show, Junger Audio will have its Smart Audio digital audio processing product line, which maintains predictable high-quality audio while promoting a more efficient, future-proof production and post production workflow.

With its intelligent, adaptive algorithms, SmartAudio enables users to produce high-quality sound with minimal manual control or intervention. This capability not only benefits broadcasting, but new services like remote production and live streaming as well. Smart Audio devices seamlessly integrate with playout automation, logging and monitoring, and other broadcast systems.

D*AP 4

Junger will also show its full range of D*AP audio processing solutions, including products for loudness control, surround monitoring, audio conditioning, metadata management, and Dolby decoding, encoding and transcoding. The company will demonstrate each processor’s capabilities via web server technologies and specific user interfaces on a computer.

The 2017 NAB Show takes place in Las Vegas, April 24-27. Junger Audio will be in boothN4831. For more information, visit www.nabshow.com.

AMSTERDAM—It’s going to be a team effort for Jünger Audio and Minnetonka Audio as Jünger’s Level Magic loudness management software algorithm will be supported by Minnetonka’s AudioTools Server as part of a new technology partnership.

Minnetonka’s AudioTools Server is an enterprise software system for file-based workflows for managing and processing linear PCM, Dolby E, Dolby Digital, and Dolby Digital Plus content, as well as audio essence in MXF and QuickTime clips. As an optional module, Level Magic can alert broadcasters and programmers to level changes when switching from one audio source to another. According to Markus Hintz, Minnetonka’s VP of global sales and business development, this combination provides the same type of audio processing as broadcaster’s real-time playout, but now in a file-based domain.

Both Jünger Audio and Minnetonka Audio are planning to showcase this collaboration at their booths during IBC 2016.

LAS VEGAS—At the 2016 NAB Show, Junger Audio will promote its Smart Audio technology, which automates the process of conditioning live sound to meet regulatory and viewer expectations. While high-quality audio can be effectively controlled in today’s file-based environment, live broadcast does not typically allow sufficient time and resources to fix the audio quality, especially when accepting live feeds from remotes, OB trucks, field news reports and other sources. 

SMART AUDIO: Fully Automated Show ARD's "Tagesschau" (Photo credit: Junger Audio)

Junger Audio’s DAP products—that deliver a Smart Audio experience—include the flagship DAP-8 TAP Edition, which ensures loudness and sonic character consistently across multiple program sources. The DAP-8 MAP Edition offers a surround monitoring audio processor; the DAP-8 Codec Edition provides a viable replacement for discontinued Dolby legacy hardware processors; and the DAP-4 VAP Edition offers a two channel voice audio processor.

Junger’s DAP audio processing tools incorporate adaptive processing algorithms, including automated leveling to pre-condition audio, and its Level Magic loudness control that adjusts audio from any source with no breathing, pumping, or distortion. DAP products also combine auto up-mix to maintain a constant surround experience, with auto EQ to ensure consistency of spectral balance and speech intelligibility.

The 2016 NAB Show takes place in Las Vegas, April 18-21. JungerAudiowill be in booth C2333. For more information, visit www.nabshow.com.

BERLIN - Jünger Audio is set to reveal new quality control tools for immersive multichannel 3D audio at the upcoming 2015 IBC Show. On display will be a prototype audio monitoring platform that will allow broadcasters to check the quality of all immersive audio transmission, regardless of format.

The audio monitoring system is a hardware-based product that will serve as a future platform to host immersive 3D audio encoding formats from different vendors, including MPEG-H TV audio system and Dolby’s immersive audio system. The hardware contains a combination of I/O, decoding stage, monitoring functionality, audio control software, and an advanced user interface. The platform allows monitoring and auditioning of up to 16 channels of audio. SDI, MADI and AoIP input and output formats will also be included. For object based encoded content, the graphical interface allows the user to perform 3D panning for audio objects to move and pan them around the screen.

At IBC, Jünger will demonstrate its audio monitoring technology with the Fraunhofer IIS MPEG-H TV audio system. The integration of Jünger loudness control features into MPEG-H enables broadcasters to identify content that has already been processed or leveled for loudness control or not.

Jünger Audio will be located at booth 10.A49. The 2015 IBC Show will take place in Amsterdam from Sept. 11-15.

ATLANTA – Fraunhofer IIS and Jünger Audio have announced that they have partnered on a prototype multi-channel monitoring, authoring and loudness processor for the MPEG-H TV audio system, the Level Magic. Using Jünger Audio technology, broadcasters can use the processor with the MPEG-H system can maintain compliance with loudness regulations while avoiding processing artifacts of traditional loudness control approaches.

Level Magic

With the new MPEG-H system, content can be tagged to indicate it has been processed or leveled for proper loudness control. This allows the system to only apply loudness control on unprocessed content, preventing degradation of multiple leveling passes. This occurs in real-time as the content is broadcast. This feature is integrated into MPEG-H Audio Monitoring and Authoring Unit from Jünger Audio, in collaboration with Fraunhofer IIS.

The Level Magic algorithm is highly adaptive to the structure of the incoming audio and requires only a small number of parameters be set by the user.

Fraunhofer IIS and Jünger Audio showcased the processor at the recent ATSC 3.0 audio demonstration in Atlanta.