Media Links, manufacturer and pioneer in Media over IP transport technology, celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, will highlight its new Xscend® IP Media Platform at NAB NY 2023, Oct 25-26th on booth 622.
Xscend is designed with modularity, upgradability, and configurability in mind, providing a truly flexible IP media gateway for any size application or use case. Its media-tuned architecture accommodates evolving network protocols, interfaces, algorithms, and video formats for now and in the future. Xscend supports best-practices NAT firewall and system trust boundary implementation, addressing enhanced content and data security.
Whether being used at the network edge or as a core infrastructure platform, Xscend provides broadcasters and service providers with an advanced IP solution to transport up to 128 contribution-quality media and data services on managed and unmanaged networks. It supports 4K and 25Gbps hitless video and data and is suitable for remote / distributed applications, low latency requirements, distribution of live production high-quality content, and any environment that requires SDI to IP and/or IP to IP media conversion and data delivery.
Xscend also provides the bandwidth headroom necessary to accommodate current industry standards, as well as future developments, providing the capabilities for a future-proof IP technology transport solution. The platform supports SMPTE ST2110/2022, JPEGS-XS, VSF TR-01/07/08, IEEE-1588 PTP, along with SRT and RIST protocols, ensuring its compatibility with cloud, unmanaged, and managed networks.
