AJA’s latest solutions page offers an overview of how video over IP works, from core concepts to real-world deployment. Learn how IP systems compare, where standards like NDI, Dante AV, and SMPTE ST 2110 fit, and how hybrid workflows bring SDI, HDMI, and IP together seamlessly. 

The page also explores the operational realities of transitioning to IP, including timing, synchronization, security, and system visibility, plus practical migration strategies that help facilities evolve from SDI to hybrid to fully IP-based environments at their own pace. 

Explore the page for more insight into IP video fundamentals, hybrid workflows, and how AJA supports modern production environments. 

12G-AM and 12G-AMA users gain expanded flexibility and control for audio monitoring workflows, while fixes and stability improvements across the AJA Mini-Converter line help to ensure reliable performance in diverse production environments. 

The following week, we’re headed to Las Vegas for NAB Show 2026, where you can meet with AJA product experts and demo new tech at AJA’s booth #N1927, April 18-22. Visit our events page for full the full lineup and find out where else you can sync with the AJA team in April and beyond.  

Also learn how to add and configure an SRT destination (including IP/port, Caller vs. Listener mode, encryption, and latency settings), configure AAC audio with remix/downmix options, map metadata into the output, and verify successful stream startup. Visit AJA's YouTube channel to check out this video and others.  

Watch it now to learn how to configure your BRIDGE LIVE pipeline including settings for SRT input (including Listener vs. Caller mode and proper latency settings), confirming incoming codec and resolution details, and setting up RTMP(S) outputs with destination URLs and stream keys. He’ll also demonstrate how to fine-tune H.264 video parameters, ensure AAC audio output for platform compatibility, stream to multiple endpoints simultaneously, and verify successful connection handshakes.  

He walks you through BRIDGE LIVE pipeline options such as choosing Caller vs. Listener mode, mapping stereo audio, passing SCTE-35/closed captions, and verifying successful output. Watch the video tutorial here to ensure signals arrive cleanly and ready for production when using BRIDGE LIVE, whether for managing remote interviews, live events, or contribution feeds.  

If you're heading to Las Vegas for NAB Show from April 19-22, be sure to stop by the AJA booth, #N1927, to chat with our team and see our latest gear in action.  

AJA encourages Mini-Converter, HELO Plus, HELO, ColorBox, DANTE-12GAM, IP25-R, KUMO, and KUMO Control Panel users running macOS v13 (“Ventura”) and Windows 10 (v22H2) or higher versions to download the free updates here. AJA customers leveraging earlier versions of macOS or Windows should remain on eMini-Setup v2.4.3.

For the latest version of eMini-Setup to be recognized and support KUMO router configuration, users must ensure that they have KUMO firmware v4.5.0 or higher installed. 

For full release details and additional guidance, please review the eMini-Setup v2.4.4 release notes for macOS and Windows. 

A popular, free-to-attend event, the Broadcast Sport Content Summit brings together sports content producers, clubs, federations, athletes, brands, and broadcasters to explore the craft and commercial impact of sports content. Topics span live sports coverage, branded content, documentaries, and digital distribution, all within the context of a fragmented media environment where linear TV, streaming platforms, YouTube, TikTok, and sports apps are competing for audience attention. 

Register now to attend, come check out the session, and connect with Andy during the event.  

Read our latest customer interview to uncover the benefits of tech like U-TAP in modern courtrooms.

At the core of Butcher Bird’s infrastructure are AJA KUMO SDI routers, including KUMO 3232-12G, KUMO 1616-12G, and KUMO 1616. The routers enable seamless signal distribution throughout the studio, allowing teams to monitor camera ISOs, program feeds, and composited outputs across stages, green rooms, and workspaces. Pre-built KUMO salvos make it easy to instantly switch between primary and backup systems, helping the team maintain continuity during live and mission-critical productions. 

For remote jobs and streamlined encoding setups, Butcher Bird frequently leverages AJA Io 4K Plus to provide external Thunderbolt I/O for OBS and vMix. The flexibility of the setup proved essential during a recent multi-camera 4K green screen shoot with live compositing, where synchronized, low-latency monitoring was required across the stage to support real-time performance. 

Find out how Butcher Bird Studios uses AJA to reduce complexity and support ambitious production workflows in our latest customer interview. 

Visit our events page for complete details on all the events we’re attending this month and find out how you can connect with the AJA team in-person.  

Fiber-based conversion was crucial to ensuring signals seamlessly flowed across multiple locations, including the Moscone Convention Center and the client’s Seattle studio. Recongizing this demand, the MeyerPro team employed AJA FiDO 12G-SDI and 3G-SDI Fiber Mini-Converters to transmit 4K signals from one side of a venue building to the other, and to support the transmission of HD signals to Seattle.  

Five Ki Pro GO multichannel H.264/5 recorders were tapped to record four channels of HD and FS4 frame syncs helped ensure ingested content was synced. The team also rackmounted its converters in a DRM Mini-Converter Frame. 

Explore the project and MeyerPro’s workflow in more depth by reading our latest customer interview.  

AJA’s new Closed Captioning Solutions page launched today, providing an overview of the full workflow from caption creation and encoding to distribution and playback. Learn about technical standards like CEA-608, CEA-708, OP-47, and SMPTE ST 2110-40, and see how proper timing, synchronization, and compatible tools ensure accurate, high-quality captions for any production. 

Whether you’re delivering live broadcasts, streaming on-demand content, or preparing multi-platform media, AJA provides the gear to make captions reliable, seamless, and impactful. 

Explore the page to learn more about the standards, terminology, workflow tips, and more for modern captioning solutions. 

AJA’s new Streaming Solutions page provides a high-level overview of the technologies, protocols, formats, and codecs that make these experiences possible. Learn how adaptive bitrate streaming (ABR) improves viewer experiences, discover tips for building a reliable live stream, and see examples of real-world pipelines that deliver content efficiently to audiences of all sizes. 

Whether you’re a solo podcaster or producing a large-scale live event, AJA’s streaming solutions offer the tools to capture, encode, and deliver high-quality video to virtually any device. 

Ideal for environments that demand flexible video transport, backhaul, streaming, and remote production capabilities, BRIDGE LIVE 12G-4 can convert between 12G-SDI and an extensive range of industry standard IP and streaming protocols. Offering ultra-low latency and flexible video encoding, decoding, and transcoding capabilities, it makes multi-channel high-quality video transport and delivery over the public internet simpler and more cost-efficient.   

UDC-4K lets professionals easily and reliably manage multiple formats, resolutions, and frame rates across HDMI 2.0 and 12G-SDI connected gear. Built using advanced 12-bit conversion technology and an advanced multi-tap polyphase scaling algorithm, it offers the best detail preservation and superior anti-aliasing. When compared with other less resource intensive approaches that can result in soft edges, aliasing, and/or ringing artifacts, UDC-4K delivers unparalleled image quality for the most demanding workflows. 

Order BRIDGE LIVE 12G-4 or UDC-4K today through an authorized AJA reseller. 

From colour management and conversion, to streaming, and recording, QPAC’s upgrade is anchored by production-proven tools like FS-HDR, Ki Pro Ultra 12G, HELO Plus, ColorBox, and C10DA and FiDO Mini-Converters. These tools help the venue deliver beautiful, high-end visuals and sound for live stream audiences and post workflows alike.  

Discover how QPAC is modernizing its live stream offering and preparing for an AV-over-IP future in our latest customer Q&A. 

Up next, on December 11, is Band Pro Open House in Burbank, California, where AJA will gather with other industry pros conversations about the future of cinema, broadcast, and production. 

From December 15-16, we’ll be in Midtown Manhattan, New York, at the SVG Summit as we meet with leaders in sports production and showcase technology that supports high-end live sports production workflows. 

If you’re attending any of these events, be sure to stop by and say hello to the AJA team. Get more info on the AJA Events Page. 

That same week, on the other side of the world, we’ll join VMI’s Broadcast AV Tech Showcase at Knott’s Berry Farm Hotel in our home state (California), on November 5. There we’ll connect with local professionals and share insights on the latest in broadcast and production technology. 

Up next, we’re headed to the beautiful city of Seville, Spain for the 4K HDR Summit from November 11-12. If you’re in town, come catch up with AJA’s leading experts for a deep dive into the evolving HDR landscape. 

We’ll wrap up the month in Villa del Oso y el Madroño, the city of the Bear and Strawberry (Madrid), at BITAM 2025, November 19-21. Join us at the ComLine stand to uncover the power and flexibility that AJA gear brings to IP, HDR, and live production workflows. 

If you’re attending any of these events, be sure to stop by and say hello to the AJA team. Find out more about these events and others nearing on the AJA Events Page.  

The setup allows volunteers at each remote site to seamlessly mix audio locally to ensure a more engaging worship experience while helping to reduce the church’s gear footprint. Watch the video and read the article to find out why Kyle describes DANTE-12GAM as a workhorse that’s allowed him to cut the devices required of his signal flow chain in half.  

To power the projection system in one of the world’s brightest environments, they used a suite of laser projectors and relied on a host of AJA Mini-Converters and openGear solutions to support critical signal conversion and distribution needs. Beyond this event, AJA gear has also played a vital role in several other Westcoast Pixel projects, including media server programming and IMAG displays for Christina Aguilera’s latest tour. 

Check out this customer interview to learn more about their work and toolkit. https://www.aja.com/news/story/2337-westcoast-pixel-on-bringing-live-event-spectacles-to-life 

Find an AJA Reseller near you to secure an IP25-R today.   

AJA recommends all OG-DANTE-12GAM board users upgrade to the latest release and ensure they are up to date with Dante Controller v4.16.15 and Dante Updater v2.8.4 prior to installation. To download the update, visit the OG-DANTE-12GAM support page. 

• IP25-R -- A dual 25GbE ST 2110 receiver with 4x 12G-SDI anddual HDMI 2.0 outputs, PTP timing, HDR, and high-density deployment options. 

• UDC-4K -- An all-in-one 4K/UltraHD/2K/HD 12G-SDI and HDMI 2.0 up/down/cross converter,frame sync, frame rate converter, and distribution amplifier.  

• BRIDGE LIVE 12G-4 -- A multi-channel UHD IP video solution with support for encoding, decoding and streaming a range of formats and protocols, including H.265, H.264, JPEG XS, JPEG 2000, NDI®, and SRT. 

Find out more about these products on our What’s New Page.  

IP25-R features four 12G-SDI BNC and two HDMI 2.0 outputs, plus dual 10/25GbE SFP28 ports for ST 2022-7 redundancy, providing cost-effective signal bridging in modern hybrid IP/baseband infrastructures. An intuitive browser-based UI, routing tools, NMOS support, and AJA’s latest aluminum enclosure design with active cooling make it a smart, flexible option for blending SDI and HDMI with SMPTE ST 2110 ecosystems. 

IP25-R feature highlights include:

• SMPTE ST 2110 (-10, -20, -21, -30, -40) standards compliant Video, Audio, ANC Receiver 
• ST 2110-20 Video: Supports up to 4 RX with ST 2022-7 redundancy, bandwidth dependent 
  • 10-bit 4:2:2 up to 4K DCI (4096x2160p60) resolution 
• ST 2110-30 Audio: Supports up to 4 RX with ST 2022-7 redundancy  
  • Up to 16 channels per stream 
  • 1ms and 125us timing 
• ST 2110-40 Ancillary data (ANC): Supports up to 4 RX with ST 2022-7 redundancy 
• Intuitive web browser-based control and configuration  
• 4x 12G-SDI BNC outputs 
• 2x HDMI 2.0 outputs 
• 2x SFP28 cages support 10GbE and 25GbE SFPs, providing ST 2022-7 redundancy 
• NMOS (IS-04 and IS-05) compatible 
• In-Band (via SFPs): PTPv2/ST 2059-2, control via NMOS (IS-04 and IS-05), AJA REST API, and Ember+ 
• Out-of-band (via 1GbE RJ45): control via NMOS (IS-04 and IS-05), AJA REST API, and Ember+ 
• ST 2059-2 (IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol) (PTPv2) accessed via media net SFPs 
• Web UI signal monitoring of selected output video channel, and easy control and configuration 
• Output standard test patterns 
• HDR support, including HDR metadata override 
• BT.709 and BT.2020 Colorimetry support with override 
• LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol) 
• DNS SD (DNS Service Discovery) 
• Locking 12V power connector, with included power supply 
• Five-year warranty and industry-leading technical support 
• AJA IP25-R will be available soon through AJA’s global reseller network for $3,995 US MSRP.

Learn more from our latest announcement and see the technology in person at IBC 2025 in hall 7, stand 7.B19. 

UDC-4K's powerful feature set also includes support for up to 100 frames of configurable audio delay and supports embedded Dolby formats such as Dolby Digital Plus with Atmos. An easy to use, feature-rich front panel color LCD display and push buttons offer complete control, and UDC-4K is also compatible with AJA’s free Mini-Config software. Other integrated tools including HDR signaling metadata override, EDID emulation, and extra SDI outputs for signal distribution make UDC-4K ideal for on-set use, live event production, or integration into control rooms and flypacks.

Standout UDC-4K features include:

• Modern enclosure featuring front panel push button controls and a color LCD display for access to configuration and status information 
• 4K/UltraHD/2K/HD up/down/cross-conversion with 12G-SDI and HDMI 2.0 inputs and outputs 
• Built in frame synchronizer for timing signals 
• Utility frame rate conversion  
• 12G-SDI to/from HDMI 2.0 conversions up to 4K 60p; supports 12-bit workflows 
• HDR signaling metadata pass-through and optional override 
• EDID emulation up to UHDp60 
• Loss of input management 
• HDMI embedded audio support 8-channel 24-bit 
• Embedded audio pass-through of AC-3 (Dolby Digital) and E-AC-3 (Dolby Digital Plus) compressed audio, including DD+ Atmos (aka DD+ JOC), and support for up to 100 frames of audio delay 
• 4x 12G-SDI outputs can be used as a 1-to-4 distribution amplifier (DA) 
• Genlock: Reference input, SDI input, HDMI input, or free run 
• Universal power supply, included 
• Five-year warranty including technical support 

Read the announcement and visit the product page to learn more. UDC-4K is coming soon and will be available through AJA’s global reseller network for $1,595 US MSRP. See it live at IBC 2025 at the AJA Stand, 7.B19, from 12-15 September.

BRIDGE LIVE 12G-4 supports up to four channels of bi-directional 12G-SDI I/O and lets professionals easily encode, decode, and transcode between SDI and a wide range of industry-standard IP codecs and protocols, including H.264, H.265, NDI, JPEG 2000, JPEG XS, SRT, RTMP, and HLS. Developed in collaboration with Comprimato, the new device simplifies IP-to-SDI and SDI-to-IP integration across diverse production environments, from OB trucks and control rooms to OTT platforms and CDNs. 

Using the device, professionals can securely backhaul content over the public internet or feed multiple UltraHD streams directly to delivery networks like YouTube Live, Facebook Live, or Twitch. The system’s synchronous multi-channel transport ensures frame-accurate alignment across inputs for seamless switching and recording.

AJA BRIDGE LIVE 12G-4 feature highlights include: 

• Encode, decode, transcode, and stream for a diverse set of professional workflows, including remote production, backhaul, delivery, and much more.
• Pure IP transcode capability lets users convert between any IP codec with SRT or HLS encapsulation.  
• 4x bi-directional 12G-SDI ports enable multiple UHD encodes and decodes at once. 
• Bi-directional NDI-SDI stream conversion allows professionals to receive NDI (Full and HX) and transcode to IP video streams (i.e., H.265, H.265) and vice versa. Professionals can also integrate remote NDI and non-NDI equipment/facilities via RTP, UDP, or SRT and tap directly into the NDI network for a conduit to content delivery networks CDNs or other delivery mechanisms. 
• Synchronous multi-channel/multi-system transport enables the backhaul of multiple SDI sources from remote locations, ensuring they arrive at the destination in the exact same timing as they left. With this capability, the SDI outputs are aligned and genlocked, facilitating seamless production switching, multi-cam recording, and other workflows that require live sources to arrive in time.  
• HLS input and output allow users to deliver content to a content delivery network (CDN) or for consumption on popular devices and software, such as iOS, iPadOS, and/or tvOS.   
• A video preview feature offers visual confirmation that the SDI input/content for encoding operations is correct. It gives operators basic confidence while providing customers who cannot “go live” to check their content an added peace of mind.  

AJA BRIDGE LIVE 12G-4 will be available soon through AJA’s global reseller network for $17,999 US MSRP. Learn more from our latest announcement and see the latest technology in action at IBC 2025, stand 7.B19 from 12-15 September. 

Desktop Software v17.6 introduces Video+Key playout/TX per SMPTE ST 2110-20:2022 for combining program video with keyed graphics and titles, adds format support for up to 4:4:4 12-bit 4K, and supports multiple ST 2110-30 audio stream per video modes for routing up to 16 channels with KONA IP25. New IGMPv3 with Source Specific Multicasting implements Layer 3 network support, while Forward Error Correction (FEC) enhances media reliability over long-distance IP transport. Download it soon.

The upgrade included the addition of AJA Io 4K Plus and Io X3 I/O devices integrated with ToolsOnAir’s just:in mac multi-channel video record software to support multi-channel 4K/HD video capture from 15 in-venue cameras. Find out how BES and The Star Theatre architected the setup in this story.