AJA Becomes Member of Panasonic's KAIROS Alliance, Makes IP ST 2110 Mini-Converters Compatible With KAIROS Live Production Platform

AJA Video Systems has joined Panasonic’s KAIROS Alliance Partners program as a verified hardware partner for the new KAIROS IP live video production platform. AJA’s product range of IP ST 2110 Mini-Converters are compatible with KAIROS via simple integration, including transmitter and receiver models IPT-10G2-HDMI, IPT-10G2-SDI, IPR-10G2-HDMI and IPR-10G2-SDI.

“As remote production continues gaining traction in 2020, IP solutions are critical for ensuring production crews are able to control equipment from any location and collaborate at safe distances,” says Nick Rashby, President, AJA Video Systems. “AJA’s partnership with Panasonic around KAIROS further improves IP workflows for live production, with our powerful fleet of IP Mini-Converters for bridging HDMI and SDI with IP fully integrated with KAIROS and Panasonic’s live switching platform.”

AJA is actively supporting streamlined IP Mini-Converter integration with KAIROS and collaborating with Panasonic to establish KAIROS as a new standard for live production, offering optimized performance and video quality for live workflows.

“KAIROS is an IP native system and it is a key factor for KAIROS that it seamlessly connects with baseband systems,” says Kageyuki (Kenny) Fuimoto, lead manager of KAIROS Alliance, Panasonic. “We are very happy to have a partnership with AJA. The IP Mini-Converters from AJA give customers very efficient I/O for our ST 2110 native system. Their high usability makes it ideal for live production or remote production with KAIROS.”

AJA IP ST 2110 Mini-Converters are designed for the transmission, transport, and reception of IP video for both encoding and decoding. AJA IP ST 2110 Mini-Converters provide a bridge between baseband and IP video and are rugged, compact and reliable for handling rigorous live production workflows