04/25/12 intoPIX and AXON announce collaboration on a new series of JPEG 2000 enabled products
intoPIX and AXON announced today their collaboration in creating a range of new JPEG2000 enabled broadcast products. AXON is positioned at the leading edge of technical development within the markets it serves. The majority of AXON’s product portfolio has been developed with a significant customer input, helping to ensure that AXON’s product portfolio remains appropriate to their needs in a dynamic business environment.
03/29/12 Axon Showcases new extensions and additions to its product range
New Synapse modules, Broadcast Workflow Control Software, Loudness Control Solutions & Affordable Sy
On its NAB booth (N4624), Netherlands-based modular AV signal processing specialist, Axon Digital Design, showcased a number of extensions and additions to its product range. Significant new developments were exhibited in its Cortex broadcast workflow control software application, new loudness control solutions and a highly cost-effective variant of its industry-leading Synapse AV signal processing modules.
05/03/12 Axon at NAB2012
Significant new developments to its Cortex broadcast workflow control software application, new loudness control solutions and a highly cost-effective variant of its industry-leading Synapse AV signal processing modules will form the heart of Axon’s most sophisticated ever showcase (booth N4624) at NAB 2012 and coincides with the company’s 25th anniversary celebrations.
10/02/12 WWNY-TV selects AXON multiviewer and video logger
AXON has been selected by US-based WWNY-TV, to provide SynView multiviewing equipment and TRACS2 video logging/ air check device for their master control room. WWNY-TV, based in Watertown, is the CBS-affiliated television station for Upstate New York's North Country region and is owned by the United Communications Corporation. The station signed-on October 22, 1954 as the first Watertown-based television station. “We have selected the SynView equipment because its simplicity of configuration”, says John Seymour, Director of Broadcast Operations.
11/09/11 AXON present at BVE NORTH 2011 November 9th, 2011
AXON will attend BVE North, booth 218, to be held at the Machester Central Arena, Manchester on November 16 and 17. Axon will be showing live presentations and demonstrations from its extensive range of Cortex monitoring and control software, SynView multiviewer, Synapse modular interfaces and 3rd generation compliance recording system TRACS2. At BVE North, Cortex, AXON’s monitoring and control software will feature the latest developments with customer-definable User Interface for control and monitoring of Axon and third-party products, with Router Control, SNMP functionality and with a redundant server option.
10/05/11 Axon at CCW/HD World 2011
AXON will attend the CCW/HD World, booth 1313, to be held in Javits Convention Center, New York on October 12 and 13, 2011. Axon will be showing live presentations and demonstrations from its extensive range of Cortex monitoring and control software, SynView multiviewer, Synapse modular interfaces and 3rd generation compliance recording system TRACS2. John Carapella, AXON’s new Director of Sales USA will be present...
09/12/11 AXON and Civolution launch Broadcast Watermarking Solution
Axon Digital Design has teamed with Civolution, the leading provider of technology and solutions for identifying, managing and monetizing media content, to integrate digital watermarking for audience measurement and 2nd screen synchronization capabilities into its Synapse product line. In order to facilitate the watermarking of content, Axon and Civolution have developed the Synapse DAW88, an up to 8 audio channels watermarking encoder. This DAW88 is of the same form factor as other Synapse modules and can therefore be mixed and matched with additional Synapse modules in the same housing...
08/31/11 ANO Sports Broadcasting selects AXON to supply Glue for new nine outside broadcast vehicle fleet
AXON Modular Processors Used Within Critical Live OB Environment for International Games in Russia
AXON Digital Design has been selected by ANO Sports Broadcasting (Panorama) to provide Synapse modular processing equipment for a fleet of Outside Broadcast (OB) trucks.
The fleet will be used as part of a massive new broadcast infrastructure project being built to enable millions of viewers in Russia to watch the XXII Winter Games and the XI Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi in 2014, as well as the XXVII World Summer University Games in Kazan in 2013. AXON modular processors will be used in a broad range of applications with the OB vehicles, including the up-conversion, down-conversion and cross conversion of 3G signals. AXON modules will support the distribution of video and audio signals throughout the vehicles as well as the embedding and de-embedding of audio signals...
08/31/11 Dutchview new OB van equipped with AXON’s Synapse
DutchView, the leading multimedia broadcasting company in the Netherlands, has chosen AXON’s Synapse modular system for its new 3D OB van. This OB van should hit the road in November 2011. The OB van is not only designed for 3D but is also fully equipped to handle 1080P on 3Gb/s connections. For DutchView, this OB van is an addition to the existing fleet of 7 fully-equipped OB vans and 14 studio facilities. The equipment includes Synapse 3Gb/s embedders, de-embedders, frame syncs, up converters and down converters. A large portion of the equipment consists of the Synapse TWINS modules. These modules provide for dual channel functionality which reduces the number of modules needed which is beneficial to space, power consumption and costs...
08/17/11 Axon introduces new Synapse audio shufflers
Axon has added three SynLite audio shuffler modules within its its Synapse modular AV signal processing system. The three new audio shuffling modules cater for situations where repeated corrections and standard channel swapping occur in a multi-lingual environment. Peter Schut, AXON’s CTO comments: “The Synapse product range has grown rapidly over recent years. The trend in recent developments is towards more functionality in one card. Despite the new capabilities and functionality, there will always be a class of applications where all these options and features could result in an over engineered solution. Preferably, more basic, straightforward and easily affordable modules will meet the application’s needs...
08/17/11 Axon to launch synapse-based modular video routing system at IBC
Netherlands-based AV conversion, processing and compliance recording specialist, Axon Digital Design, will prove that its outstanding growth in revenues last year (exceeding 25 per cent) was no flash in the pan but instead the result of a focused research & development programme associated with a strategic business development campaign.On the Axon stand, (10.A21), the latest product of one of the most advanced broadcast glueware development programmes worldwide will see the global introduction of an advanced new modular video routing system...
05/13/11 Axon showcases Cortex Monitoring & Control System
In today’s multi-platform, multi-purpose broadcast world the need to repackage content demands that you master a broad diversity of workflows. Cortex, an imaginative software-based control platform developed by Axon, enables you to do this easily and cost-effectively. The latest version of AXON’s Cortex software application makes the implementation of multiple video and audio signal paths easier, more efficient and cost-effective than ever. Cortex provides comprehensive tools to configure, monitor and maintain a diversity of devices including Axon’s Synapse range of control modules and other third-party products...
05/13/11 Axon’s Synapse addresses audio processing needs
2011 represents the 15th consecutive year that the Netherlands-based AV conversion, processing and compliance recording specialist, Axon Digital Design, will have taken part in NAB.Amongst the key new Synapse products in Las Vegas will be the GRB100 - a 3Gb/s HD and SD 48x16 channel shuffler - re-embedder. With this new unit, the source audio channels used for embedding into the output SDI can be derived from two individual 3Gb/s HD or SD inputs and from the 32 channels that are available in the quad speed multiplexing audio ADD-ON bus...
10/12/10 RAI selects Axon Synapse product line to manage its transition to digital terrestrial broadcasting
Axon is pleased to announce that RAI has chosen the Synapse product line to manage its transition to 16:9 format for digital terrestrial broadcasting operations. RAI is currently engaged in a complex transition to digital content production and transmission. Several geographical areas have already moved to digital broadcasting, while other areas are still analog…
06/24/10 G3D100 wins TV Technology STAR award
Axon is the recipient of the 2010 STAR (Superior Technology Award Recipient) Award for its Synapse G3D100. The award is presented by the editorial staff of TV Technology magazine at the 2010 NAB Show. Now celebrating its 10th anniversary, TV Technology’s STAR Award is designed to honor and showcase the outstanding technological innovations available to the broadcast industry…
