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Bryan Nelson, Alpha Video’s resident NDI expert, was asked to present on remote production workflows as part of a recent “Work-from-Home: Media Consumption in the Age of Covid-19” national webcast hosted by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE). The SMPTE organization includes more than 7,000 members worldwide and includes motion-imaging executives, broadcast engineers, creatives, technologists, researchers, and students who volunteer their time.

NDI remote workflows allow live productions to be virtualized by hosting all of the routing and signal processing in the cloud. HD-SDI sources are converted to NDI and streamed through the public internet. Cloud services like AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure host the NDI processing and routing software. Producers and directors can use local laptop software or IP-based hardware to monitor, switch, and insert graphics.

Alpha Video is excited to welcome Bob Hallas as our new Broadcast Project Manager. Bob joins Alpha Video with more than 30 years of experience in sports facility operations, facility maintenance,
operations, building operating systems, and working on remodeling/renovation projects.

It was 50 years ago this month that Alpha Video opened its doors as one of the first professional audiovisual dealers in Minnesota.

Over the years, we’ve had a rich history of growth and innovation. We lead the Desktop Video revolution, developed one of the first digital signage networks, and launched one of the most successful sports integration divisions in the country.

Today we are a national Top 25 AV, Broadcast, and IPTV integrator with over 80 employees.