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AVnu Alliance, Inc.
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Email: administration@avnu.org

Following are the most recent industry announcements about AVB technology:

• April 1, 2013, Axon previews industry-first Audio Video Bridging (AVB) innovations at NAB 2013
  By Axon
  Axon, the broadcast infrastructure, monitoring and control specialist, will use NAB 2013 as a platform to call all broadcasters to embrace the benefits of an AVB-based (Audio Video Bridging) future. An open set of standards established by the IEEE, AVB is expected to transform the way broadcasters manage and deliver live video production content over Ethernet. Axon will provide a technology preview showcasing the practical applications of AVB in its market-leading Synapse product range. Read more >>>

• February 26, 2013, What You Need to Know About AVnu Alliance’s AVB Certification Program
  By Systems Contractor News / AV Network
  At ISE 2013, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands January 29-31, AVnu Alliance announced the opening of the Audio Video Bridging (AVB) certification for its member manufacturers, representing the most important milestone yet in the consortium’s mission to advance AVB networking. Read more >>>

• February 8, 2013, Certification ensures a smooth ride for in-vehicle audio/video streaming: Q&A with Rick Kreifeldt, President and Chairman, AVnu Alliance
  By Embedded Computing Design
  With the increasing number and variety of infotainment applications being crammed into cars today, interoperability is becoming vitally important to guarantee that in-vehicle systems function reliably and deliver the anticipated user experience. Rick shares how the AVnu Alliance is helping ensure that all parts of the in-vehicle system work together consistently by maintaining a certification program for Audio Video Bridging (AVB) protocols and collaborating with the GENIVI Alliance on defining In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) specifications based on open-source technologies. Read more >>>

• January 21, 2013, Medical Research Advances - IU Health Neuroscience Center Standardizes AV
  By Jim Stokes, Sound & Communications
  A clean, standardized look and feel was a goal in AV design and installation in Goodman Hall, which is the first building of the Indiana University (IU) Health Neuroscience Center in Indianapolis IN. Accordingly, we will highlight several AV rooms within the new building. Read more >>>

• January 8, 2013, Lab X Launches Xavity™
  By Lee Minich
  Leading Audio Video Bridging platform provider Lab X Technologies announces the launch of Xavity™ AVB connectivity. Xavity (pronounced ‘zav-i-tee’) provides turnkey AVB platforms for an expanding list of silicon devices for use in AVB-enabled audio, video, and switching products. Read more >>>

• November 19, 2012, Sound & Communications: Open Standards Evolution, A Look 'under the hood' of AVB
  By Lee Minich
  Audio Video Bridging (AVB) is a suite of open standards designed specifically for the networked transport of audio and video media. Although one doesn't have to know how to build a higher performance turbocharged engine, there is a natural curiosity about the fundamental concepts and lingos of technology. Here, we will provide an overview of key terminology and concepts of AVB, as a peek "under the hood" of this performance AV network media engine. Read more >>>

• September 2012, Installation Interview: Know Your Allies
  By Paul Watson
  At this year’s InfoComm expo, a string of seminars were held at the AVnu Alliance stand in a bid to spread the word about the advantages of the evolving Audio Video Bridging (AVB) technology. With a number of major manufacturers already aboard, how close is the pro-audio world to a true standard? Ellen Juhlin, digital products analyst at Meyer Sound and one of the AVnu Alliance presenters, believes that this open standard can genuinely change AV networking…Read more >>> 

• July 16, 2012, Telematics Update
  By Andrew Tolve
  TU catches up with Rick Kreifeldt, chairman and president of the AVnu Alliance and vice president of research and innovation at HARMAN, to discuss opportunities and challenges to delivering state-of-the-art audio video bridging technology. Read more >>>  

•  July, 2012, Sound & Communications: Networking Is The Enemy Of AV Media Distribution!
  By Lee Minich
  Ok. Now that I have your attention, I should more correctly say that networking was the enemy (or at best, ambivalent bystander) until now. So what's different now? Two "game changers": Audio Video Bridging (AVB) and the AVnu Alliance. You may say, "That's a very bold statment because there has been a number of networking protocols over the years." As someone who has spent the last 12 years implementing and deploying some of those pre-AVB technologies for some of the biggest names in the industry, I'm keenly aware of what existed in the dark days BAVB (before AVB). Read more >>>  

•  June 15, 2012, Is InfoComm 2012 AVB's Coming-Out Party?
  By CI Staff
  Every integrator at InfoComm 2012 is facing new networking challenges, due to the evolving ways their clients are using and distributing content.They’ve all also probably heard that a networking solution may come in the form of IEEE 802.1 Audio Video Bridging (AVB), the standard being promoted by AVnu Alliance for the interoperability of networked audio/video in commercial environments, homes and automobiles. What they haven’t seen is a lot of actual AVB-friendly products on the market. Read more >>>  

• May 22, 2012,  Tech Jargon 101: Audio Video Bridging
  By Fred Harding
  AVB technology is another one of those great industry acronyms we all (should) know and love. It stands for Audio Video Bridging, and is technology based on IEEE 802.1 standards that have been developed by a consortium of experts in the professional audio industry. Read more >>>  

• February 2012, Lighting & Sound International (February Issue)
  by Lee Baldock
  Lee Baldock talks to Lee Minich, chairman of the marketing work group for the AVnu Alliance, and president of Lab X Technologies... Read more >>>  

• February 22, 2011, Two worlds collide: When Infotainment Meets Driver Assist, What Language Should They Speak?
by Ian Riches, Strategy Analyst

Many automotive companies have a long and noble history. They also tend to have a fairly rigid internal structure. You have your powertrain engineers over here, your safety engineers over there, and your infotainment engineers somewhere else altogether. Read more >>>


• August 30, 2009, AV and IT Giants Strike Technology Alliance
by Digital Production Middle East Staff

Leading AV, consumer electronics and silicon companies have joined forces to launch the AVnu Alliance, a new lobby group which will work to promote emerging IEEE 802.1 Audio/Video Bridging (AVB) networking standards for industries including professional AV, automotive and consumer electronics. Read more >>>


• August 27, 2009, AVnu Alliance to Improve Networked Audio and Video Quality
by Alfred Colby, Soft32

AVnu Alliance aims to establish a professional quality A/V experience  in networked environments, whether an HD television or music studio, a car, a concert hall, a stadium or a home theater. Out-of-sync audio and video, glitches and delay can occur in many of these settings, unless complex, proprietary solutions are deployed. In networked whole-home audio solutions, there is no standards-based solution to make the speakers play in sync. Read more >>>


• August 26, 2009, Big Names Form Streaming Alliance
by Paul Milligan, AV Interactive

AVnu Alliance aims to establish a professional quality a-v experience in networked environments. The Alliance is promoting the IEEE standards, currently in development, for 802.1 AVB (Audio Video Bridging) and also the related IEEE 1722 and 1733 (which extends RTP for use with AVB). Read more>>>


• August 25, 2009, Alliance Drives Ethernet into Cars, Professional Media
by Rick Merritt, EE Times

An ad hoc industry group that debuts Tuesday (August 25) will drive standards that could bring Ethernet to new automotive and professional audio/video markets and enhance tomorrow's home networks. Read more >>>


• August 25, 2009, AVnu Alliance Launches to Advance Audio/Video Bridging (AVB) Networking Standard
by PSW Staff, ProSound Web

A group of industry-leading audio/video (A/V), consumer electronics and silicon companies today (August 25, 2009) announced the launch of AVnu Alliance. Read more >>>


• July 26, 2009, New Standard Improves Audio and Video Streaming Over 802 Network
by Electronics News

The US-based standards organisation, the IEEE, announced the first standard in a project to synchronise audio and video communications has moved to sponsor ballot. The sponsor ballot stage allows interested parties to offer feedback on a standard draft proposal before it is forwarded for consideration as a formal standard. Read More >>>


• May 10, 2009, Understanding IEEE's New Audio Video Bridging Standards
by Robert Boatright

A multiyear effort by the IEEE 802.1 Audio/Video Bridging (AVB) Task Group is nearing completion on series of enhancements to the legacy Ethernet standards that enable the delivery of time-synchronized, low-latency audio and video over Ethernet networks--with perfect Quality of Service (QoS)--while retaining 100% compatibility with legacy Ethernet networks. Read more >>>

November 19, 2012, Open Standards Evolution, A Look 'under the hood' of AVB
By Lee Minich
Audio Video Bridging (AVB) is a suite of open standards designed specifically for the networked transport of audio and video media. Although one doesn't have to know how to build a higher performance turbocharged engine, there is a natural curiosity about the fundamental concepts and lingos of technology. Here, we will provide an overview of key terminology and concepts of AVB, as a peek "under the hood" of this performance AV network media engine.Read more >>>