AVIXA Webinar to Detail AV over IP for Sports Production
AVIXA is hosting a webinar on June 4, 2026, focused on how AV over IP technology can enhance sports production capabilities. The session, featuring insights from Broadfield Distributing Inc. executives Jim Bask and Glen Seaman, will discuss flexible, scalable, and cost-effective broadcast workflows using standards like NDI and ST2110 for remote and multi-camera setups.
Key Takeaways
- The webinar will explore AV over IP for more flexible, scalable, and cost-effective sports production workflows.
- Key standards discussed will include NDI, Dante AV, and ST2110, alongside system design considerations.
- Topics include democratizing video distribution in-venue, on broadcast, and for post-production, making network-connected video sources available to multiple production systems simultaneously.
- The session will address common challenges in AV over IP deployment, such as latency, synchronization, and network security in sports environments.
- Broadfield Distributing Inc. executives Jim Bask and Glen Seaman will lead the discussion.
Why It Matters
The continued advancement of AV over IP in sports production directly impacts how live events are captured, distributed, and experienced. Its promise of increased flexibility and cost-efficiency through standards like ST 2110 and NDI allows for broader adoption of remote production and multi-camera setups. The industry should watch for concrete metrics on cost savings and production efficiencies demonstrated by early adopters, as these will drive further migration from traditional broadcast infrastructures.
Additional Context
The sports broadcasting sector is rapidly migrating to IP-based infrastructures, with major sporting events increasingly relying on SMPTE ST 2110 production cores (SVG Europe, May 2026). This shift is driven by the flexibility, scalability, and automation IP offers, alongside declining hardware costs for essential ST 2110 kit like fiber switches and PTP clocks (SVG Europe, May 2026). Broadcasters often pursue hybrid SDI/IP workflows to integrate existing hardware and manage risks during the transition, using gateway devices to bridge the two worlds (SVG Europe, May 2026).
In North America, large-scale sports organizations and greenfield network builds are aggressively adopting IP, while Europe leads in sophisticated ST 2110 implementations, particularly among public service broadcasters (SVG Europe, May 2026). Companies like Lawo, Evertz, and Grass Valley are completing significant ST 2110 projects for universities and professional sports venues, recognizing the scalability advantages over legacy HD-SDI (TV News Check, May 2026). Fox Sports, for instance, has implemented a SMPTE ST 2110-based Broadcast Remote IP Studio Kit (BRISK) for tactical deployments, allowing remote production from varied locations for events like the Super Bowl and the 2026 World Cup while centralizing resource-heavy tasks (Sports Video Group, March 2026; Advanced Television, April 2026). This approach reduces onsite complexity and costs by operating a minimal physical footprint at venues. Meanwhile, Bundesliga stadiums in Germany upgraded their broadcast infrastructure across all 36 venues to IP-based networks during the 2025 off-season, enabling a higher volume of live baseband/IP services and expanded remote production workflows (SVG Europe, April 2026). Early 2110 installations faced interoperability issues, but the technology has matured, and new standards like IPMX are emerging to simplify deployment for Pro AV and potentially smaller broadcast operations by reducing reliance on complex PTP synchronization (TV News Check, May 2026).
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