Broadcast infrastructure equipment developer Axon Digital Design has become a member of the AVnu Alliance. In addition, Axon CEO Jan Eveleens is to serve as chairman of the newly-formed AVnu Alliance Pro Video Subgroup.
‘Joining the AVnu Alliance fits very well in our history and strategy of being at the forefront of new technologies and standards in professional video,’ Eveleens says. ‘We strongly believe that networked video is the next big thing in professional video applications, and the AVnu Alliance is an excellent platform to help drive this vision towards a reality’
As chair of the AVnu Alliance Pro Video Subgroup, Eveleens will work with other alliance member companies to define key requirements for AVnu certification of video products. The goal is to ensure that professional video equipment manufacturers and their customers can benefit from the performance and interoperability advantages of AVnu-certified AVB products.
‘The AVnu Alliance continues to expand, and we welcome the addition of another AVnu Alliance member that is so video-centric,’ says Lee Minich, Marketing Work Group chair of AVnu Alliance, and president of Lab X Technologies. ‘Axon’s participation has boosted our ability to support the AVB standard in the exploding networked video market.’
AVnu Alliance members include Meyer Sound, Biamp Systems, Soundcraft, Powersoft, Riedel, the TC Group, Riedel and Xilinx, as well as key players in the automotive, consumer electronics markets.
