DigiNet - Expertise with Vision

⚡ 25GbE is no longer just for tower workstations and rack servers.
That is the point of the new Sonnet Technologies Twin25G T5.

It brings dual-port 25GbE over Thunderbolt 5 to Mac, Windows and Linux systems, with two SFP28 ports and two 25GBASE-SR optical transceivers included.

For post-production and shared-storage workflows, that matters because the workstation itself is often no longer a large PCIe-equipped tower.

It may be a Mac Studio, MacBook Pro or compact Windows workstation.

Twin25G T5 gives those systems a direct path into high-bandwidth storage and media networks without adding an external PCIe chassis just to get faster Ethernet.

And the step up does not necessarily mean replacing the complete network.

The adapter also supports 10GbE, so it can connect to existing 10GbE infrastructure today and move to 25GbE as switches and shared storage are upgraded.

Sonnet has also added a second Thunderbolt 5 port, which can be used for another Thunderbolt or USB device, or a display.

The bigger shift is simple: high-performance shared storage no longer has to dictate the form factor of the workstation. If the editing system has Thunderbolt, 25GbE can now sit right beside it.

What do you think about this?

Why would a broadcast control room monitor the same HDMI device a viewer has at home? The answer is actually quite simple.

Because checking the signal inside the facility is not always the same as checking the experience at the end of the chain.

A programme may look and sound correct over SDI or IP.

But what happens after encoding, distribution, the streaming app, the set-top box or the consumer media player?

That is the idea behind the new Wohler Technologies, Inc. iVAM2-CMD.

The unit combines HDMI 2.0 input and output with 12G-SDI monitoring in one 2RU platform. It is specifically designed to decode video and audio, including Dolby options from consumer HDMI devices such as set-top boxes and streaming players.

That allows a control room to compare two very different points in the workflow:
the professional broadcast signal,
and the actual consumer playback path.

The iVAM2-CMD can also be expanded with Dante/AES67 or Ravenna/AES67, making it useful in mixed monitoring environments rather than only as a standalone HDMI checker.

This matters because more content is being distributed through apps, connected devices and streaming platforms.

And the closer monitoring gets to the actual viewer experience, the easier it becomes to catch problems that may not exist earlier in the chain.

So the question is no longer only:
“Is the programme leaving the facility correctly?”

It is also:
“Is the viewer actually receiving it correctly?”

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Are you ready for a deep dive from monitoring to operational assurance? 👇

Because knowing that something is wrong is useful.
But knowing what changed, what matters and where to investigate next is much more valuable.

That is the direction Providius showed at IBC2026 with its move from traditional monitoring toward Operational Assurance.

At the centre is NVRT: Network Visibility & Real-Time Telemetry.

NVRT brings network, media and operational context together. New capabilities include NMOS BCP-008 status exchange, labels from multiple broadcast control systems and integration of Nevion eMerge telemetry and VideoIPath service information.

Then Providian AI adds another layer.

Instead of reasoning from an isolated alarm, it combines deterministic network, media and traffic intelligence with AI to help operators understand what changed and where they should focus their attention.

When deeper evidence is needed, Providius Direct and IP Jackfield can move the workflow from observation to investigation.

With X-SPAN, an engineer can initiate a SPAN workflow directly from NVRT and send selected traffic to analysis tools such as CRIO without manually rebuilding the monitoring path.

Providius has also expanded this approach beyond traditionally integrated network environments.

CRIO then provides the packet-level evidence: RTP loss and sequence discontinuities, multicast activity and operational visibility into SRT deployments.

So the workflow becomes:
see the issue → understand the context → isolate the traffic → collect the evidence.

That is a very different proposition from simply adding another dashboard.

Discover Providius now 👇
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⏰ Last call: The Future of IP-Based Video Contribution

The way live video reaches production is changing fast.

Fixed contribution, public internet, 5G and IP-based broadcast infrastructure are increasingly becoming part of the same workflow.

During The Future of IP-Based Video Contribution, DigiNet and Haivision will show how these technologies can come together in real production environments, with Riedel joining as guest technology partner.

We’ll look at practical workflows around:
✅ ultra-low-latency video contribution
✅ 4G/5G and bonded connectivity
✅ SRT and IP transport
✅remote and mobile production
✅ integration with professional broadcast infrastructure
✅ resilient contribution when network conditions change

This is not just about replacing one connection technology with another.

It is about building contribution workflows that can adapt to where the production is happening and which network is available.

If IP contribution, remote production or 5G is part of your roadmap, this is your last chance to join us.

Registration closes soon👇
https://r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/7O8T-LF2/registration-the-future-of-ip-based-video-contribution

From social discovery to production without the download detour 👇

Breaking news often starts on social media and the challenge is not only finding the right clip.
It is finding it quickly across several platforms, understanding whether it is relevant, and then getting it into the production workflow without creating a chain of manual downloads, file transfers and metadata re-entry.

That is the problem behind Woody Vision.

Vision is an AI-powered multi-platform search engine for broadcasters and media teams.
From one interface, users can search YouTube, X, TikTok and Instagram using natural-language queries instead of opening each platform separately. Results can then be organised by relevance, narrative, visual similarity and location.

The interesting part is what happens next.

Once useful content has been identified, Woody can connect discovery directly to the professional production workflow.

Through the wider Woody ecosystem, selected social content can be processed, transcoded into the required house format, enriched with metadata and delivered into MAM/PAM and editing environments instead of being downloaded manually first.

That shortens a workflow that can otherwise look like:
find → download → transfer → transcode → re-enter metadata → ingest.

Into something much closer to:
find → select → production.

For newsrooms, that matters because social content is often most valuable when the story is still developing.

The less time journalists spend moving files around, the more time they can spend understanding whether the material actually belongs in the story.

👉 Discover Woody Technologies at DigiNet: https://shop.diginet.pro/en-us/brand-woody-technologies

Still using an older PTZ camera? This might be a good moment to upgrade.

PTZ cameras have become an essential part of many studios, corporate AV environments and live production workflows.

But the technology around them has moved quickly.

Sony’s BRC-AM7 brings AI-powered PTZ Auto Framing into the production workflow and Sony is now offering a trade-in incentive of up to €1,500 when upgrading to a new BRC-AM7.

And your existing camera doesn’t have to be a Sony.

Any PTZ camera with SDI output can qualify for the trade-in programme, subject to the promotion terms and availability.

That makes the programme particularly interesting for organisations looking at the next step in their PTZ setup, without simply adding another camera to an existing system.

The promotion applies to both the black and white BRC-AM7 and runs until 31 March 2027.

At DigiNet, we can help you determine whether your existing PTZ cameras qualify and discuss how the BRC-AM7 could fit into your current production environment.

Considering an upgrade?Reach out to us👇
https://shop.diginet.pro/en-us/contact-us

What if the perfect soundbite was never spoken as one sentence? Anyone who has edited interviews knows the problem...

People pause. They restart a sentence. They find the right words a few seconds later. And sometimes, the clearest version of the story is spread across different moments in the interview.

With Quickture v1.6.3, editing is no longer limited to complete transcript lines.

You can now work at the word and phrase level: use part of a sentence, combine words and phrases from different moments into a “frankenbite”, or deliberately add pauses to improve pacing.

And it goes beyond dialogue.

You can ask Quickture to keep audio running underneath B-roll, add title cards between sections, or place text overlays over footage.

The interesting part isn’t simply that the edits become more precise.

It means the paper edit can get closer to the way an editor actually thinks about a story.

Instead of working around complete transcript lines, you can focus on what needs to be said, how the story should flow and where the audience needs a moment to absorb it.

For documentary, unscripted television, corporate video, sports and branded content, that can make the step from transcript to meaningful first edit considerably more natural.

Quickture v1.6.3 brings editing down to the word level.

Want to see how Quickture could fit into your post-production?

A partnership built over 25 years deserves a strong next chapter.

As part of bringing Media Utilities into DigiNet, we recently visited DHD audio GmbH in Leipzig to formally secure and continue the long-standing relationship between Media Utilities and DHD.

For more than 25 years, Media Utilities has built up deep knowledge of DHD Audio, broadcast audio and radio studio workflows in the Netherlands. That expertise remains an important part of what we are taking forward.

At the same time, DigiNet adds a broader organisation around it, with project support, logistics, installation, service and technical support across broadcast, audio, video, IT and workflow.
That combination matters because radio is changing.

Studios are increasingly becoming complete content environments, where live radio, visual radio, podcasting, streaming and online distribution all come together. The audio infrastructure remains critical, but it now needs to fit into a much broader production workflow.

That is also why this visit was more than a formal step.

It was about making sure that the experience built up over many years continues, while creating a stronger foundation for the next generation of radio and podcast environments.

A good conversation, a clear commitment and a partnership we are very happy to continue.

Want to know what this means for your DHD Audio environment or upcoming radio project?

How do you prove that the correct LUT is actually in your broadcast path?

That sounds like a simple question, until a converter is misconfigured, the wrong LUT is loaded or a signal takes a different path than expected.

The picture may still look “about right”.
But technically, it can be wrong.

Hitomi is introducing Spectra, a new HDR Colour Verification solution designed to confirm that the intended colour processing is actually present throughout the broadcast chain.

Spectra generates a defined set of test colours at the source, sends them through the normal programme path and analyses the result at the end.

By comparing the received colours with the expected values, it can identify issues such as incorrect LUTs, unexpected conversions and routing errors between SDR and HDR workflows.
That is particularly relevant in modern production environments, where the same facility may handle multiple formats and delivery paths at the same time.

Because visual judgement alone is not always enough.
A picture can look acceptable while the underlying colour path is still wrong.

Spectra gives engineers an objective way to verify that the image has actually been processed as intended before it reaches transmission.

Want to know how Spectra could help verify your HDR workflow?