KMH Integration focuses on the changing landscape of systems integration at NAB 2024. The Brooklyn, New York-based integrator showcases the latest sports venue and television broadcast projects, as well as a full range of work in A/V, media and entertainment. , corporate market, art market.
This list of projects showcases KMH’s full range of consulting, creative, design and integration services. It also highlights the company’s unified approach to new projects, which prioritizes working with customers to implement the right technology to meet their needs. Each market has unique requirements, but it’s important to start with a basic approach.
“The boundaries between traditional systems integration markets are disappearing,” he says. Kevin Henneman, President of KMH Integration. “Integrators and designers need to stop thinking of AV and broadcast, for example, as separate disciplines. Broadcast workflows and what has traditionally been thought of as AV technology have truly converged. We call this convergence. We like to think of this as “AV casting”, as you can call it, but it’s really about focusing on what the customer needs, not what the market is. ”
Henneman attributes this change primarily to rapidly evolving technology trends, particularly recent advancements in AV over IP protocols, which create more options for providing low-latency and high-resolution compression engines. I think this is because of this. Customers now have immediate, affordable access to high-performance features that until recently were only available in high-end products.
Today, you can configure fully IP-based, high-quality broadcast-level systems using current streaming technologies and protocols such as IP 2110, IPMX, NDI, Dante, and SRT, with scalable control from a single platform. And you can do it within your budget. Friendly.
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Combined with the continued maturation of live streaming as a reliable and secure AV transport method, you can cost-effectively produce crisp 1080P or 4K HDR content from PTZ cameras installed at your team’s training facility, and You can now mix and integrate signals. Part of a broadcast quality stream.
For sports production, the flexible use of protocols for audio and video distribution in remote production and transmission is a huge benefit, allowing teams to easily produce podcasts, coaches’ shows, new programming, and pre- or post-game interviews. It will be. Off-site sports producers and directors can easily interact with TDs and talent on-site as if they were in the same room.
At NAB, KMH will highlight its ongoing efforts with the Pittsburgh Steelers. This includes the latest project phase to provide technology and workflow recommendations to keep broadcast and production operations at the Steelers’ Southside facility up to date for years to come. Another long-time sports partner of KMH is the New York Giants. KMH Integration implemented new digital production workflows and communication methods between MetLife Stadium and the Quest Diagnostics facility, installed an in-house IPTV system, and designed his TV studio for new programming.
KMH also worked with NBC Sports in Stamford, Conn., to support the network’s continued upgrades to its existing production control room and commissioned a new production workflow that fully incorporates 2110 IP SMPTE integration.
KMH can provide a complete on-site service that combines experiential design and consulting, comprehensive project management, creative capabilities and managed services. This team provides video networks, remote production workflows, IP encoding platforms, IPTV systems, virtual or centralized production, studios, control rooms, newsrooms, live streaming, event spaces, lobby displays, multimedia presentation areas, conference rooms, and classrooms. designed and developed. .
Henneman said his team is increasingly being brought in for consulting and planning in the early stages of projects as customer requirements become more complex.
“Organizations in nearly every market are building on-site broadcast-grade studios to enhance communication between employees and externally,” he says. “You need a partner you can trust who understands all the nuances of television production, video distribution, and content creation, especially when there are so many workflow options available. Our core expertise in broadcast system design will seamlessly translate into the success of our facilities in , strengthening our ability to provide the best recommendations to customers in any market.”
