Cobalt Digital announced its NAB 2026 lineup, adding new standalone signal processors plus expanded IPMX and SMPTE ST 2110 support across products including audio monitoring, multiviewers, gateways, and mini converters. Updates include an ST 2110/IPMX output option for the PACIFIC ULL-DEC decoder (simultaneous SDI and IP outputs with PTP-locked timing), a DVB-S/S2 demodulator option, and hybrid Satellite-Internet distribution support aligned with VSR TR-06-4 Part 7 as C-band distribution changes.
This is the “migration era” product strategy in one press release: don’t force rip-and-replace—sell the on-ramps. As broadcasters and streamers modernize facilities, IPMX is emerging as the pragmatic cousin to ST 2110 (interop-friendly, especially around JPEG-XS and hybrid environments), while PTP-locked timing remains the tax you pay for deterministic live workflows. Meanwhile, C-band reallocation keeps pushing distribution architectures toward resilience—hybrid satellite + internet packet recovery is a quiet but strategic hedge. The meme: the winners won’t be the pure-IP shops, but the best bridge builders.
Add StreamingMeme as a preferred source on Google to see more of our streaming news at the top of your Search results.
Add as preferred source