arkona technologies has received a substantial order from one of Norway’s largest broadcasters. The order is for our BLADE//runner solutions for IP gateways, A/V processing, Ultra Low Latency video-compression and audio shuffling.
Rainer Sturm, CEO of arkona technologies says: “This shows we have outstanding solutions, and we experience a large uplift in sales after building up our own distribution channels since the beginning of 2023. The already large installed base of our products, which had previously been marketed and sold through an exclusive OEM arrangement, continues to grow very nicely around the world under our own name.”
The order was placed via arkona’s partner in the Nordics, Danmon Group. Wiggo Evensen, sales and partner manager at arkona says “We started immediately to focus on marketing arkona into projects in the Nordics. We have been working very hard to even out the missing control options since that has been a weak point in the start. This has been solved in a nice way after our independence from the OEM company. arkona now directly integrates with most third-party SDN, orchestration and broadcast control systems that our clients work with. In addition, we have been developing unique internal control possibilities of our AT300 blades and our free of charge open source-based telemetry solution is exceptional. Further, with our NMOS IS04/05 and Ember+ support we don´t see any control issues in marketing our solutions anymore”.
To quote from the Norwegian broadcaster’s evaluation report: “Arkona’s AT300 provides a highly impressive gateway solution offering exceptional density in both video and audio, along with robust buffering capabilities for signal alignment. The product’s FPGA-based design delivers unmatched end-to-end processing delay, which is invaluable in an IP-based workflow where managing delay is critical”. Regarding compression the end user states: “The Arkona AT300 delivers impressive density for JPEG XS, coupled with low processing latency between compressed and uncompressed signals, making it a strong choice for our ultra-low-latency requirements. As our platform will rely on JPEG XS for signal distribution across the WAN, the AT300’s ability to handle these signals at scale without introducing significant alterations is crucial.” And with regards to flexibility: “The quick boot times between FPGA firmware changes allow for dynamic repurposing of hardware, a valuable feature for our evolving needs”.
A further reason for choosing arkona’s BLADE//runner platform was the dedicated audio only app with unmatched audio routing, shuffling and processing capabilities, offering incredible density when focused on audio streams. While it is useful to have basic audio shuffling capabilities in all apps that handle video as well, this dedicated audio only app sets a new benchmark in both density and performance of audio processing.
