AJA Introduces New Conversion and IP Video Solutions at IBC 2025
An interview from the 2025 IBC Show in Amsterdam with Abe Apt at the AJA Video Systems Booth. Since 1993, AJA Video Systems has been a leading manufacturer of cutting-edge technology for the broadcast, cinema, proAV, and post production markets. The company develops a range of flexible baseband and IP video/audio interface and conversion technologies, digital video recording solutions, and color management, streaming, and remote production tools.
At IBC 2025, AJA Video Systems introduced new products and updates that streamline signal flow management across broadcast, production, and proAV environments. The IP25-R Mini-Converter connects SMPTE ST 2110 networks with 4K SDI/HDMI infrastructures, and UDC-4K provides 12G-SDI/HDMI conversion, 4K/UltraHD/2K/HD scaling, and frame synchronization. BRIDGE LIVE 12G-4 brings multi-channel UltraHD support to the BRIDGE LIVE line of IP video devices while a free Desktop Software v17.6 update unlocks powerful new improvements for AJA’s KONA IP25 SMPTE ST 2110 I/O card.
“From day one, AJA’s main goal has been to bring customers practical solutions to common pipeline challenges. This mission has become even more critical given the complexity of modern workflows, between the growth in adoption of IP and higher resolution, higher frame rate, HDR production technologies,” said AJA President Nick Rashby. “IP25-R, UDC-4K, and BRIDGE LIVE 12G-4 enable professionals to keep pace with the latest industry evolutions while maximizing legacy equipment, by making it easy to integrate a wide array of signal types and equipment into their pipelines.”
IP25-R
As more productions and installs embrace hybrid baseband/IP infrastructures, IP25-R allows them to seamlessly de-encapsulate SMPTE ST 2110 video, audio, and ancillary data with frame-accurate synchronization for output to baseband 12G-SDI and HDMI 2.0 devices. The Mini-Converter addresses growing demand for the conversion of SMPTE ST 2110 signals to HDMI 2.0 for confidence monitoring, playout, and routing. IP25-R includes dual 10/25GbE network ports, two HDMI 2.0 outputs, and four 12G-SDI BNC outputs, and can deliver low latency video up to 4K DCI (4096x2160p60) with advanced HDR metadata handling. IP25-R will be available soon through AJA’s worldwide reseller network for $3,995 US MSRP.
UDC-4K
The AJA UDC-4K Mini-Converter provides broadcast, production, and AV professionals with a flexible toolset for handling a broad range of signals and equipment in the field. It enables 12G-SDI/HDMI 2.0 conversion, 4K/UltraHD/2K/HD scaling, including frame rate conversion, and frame synchronization. UDC-4K boasts several features engineered to streamline signal flow management, including an integrated color LCD display and button control panel to save teams configuration time and reduce cable clutter, active cooling and front-to-back airflow for high reliability, SDI VPID and HDMI Infoframe HDR signaling management, and a built-in EDID emulator. UDC-4K will be available soon through AJA’s worldwide reseller network for $1,595 US MSRP.
BRIDGE LIVE 12G-4
Unlocking cost-efficient, multi-camera/source UltraHD IP video workflows, BRIDGE LIVE 12G-4 decreases per-channel video costs. This versatile, high-density IP workflow solution supports a range of applications from synchronous, multi-channel video transport and contribution, to backhaul, direct-to-audience streaming, remote production, and distribution encoding. It packs 4x bi-directional 12G-SDI ports and powerful encoding, decoding, and transcoding capabilities into a compact, 1RU enclosure. Broadcast, production, and AV professionals can leverage the device to convert video between SDI and industry-standard IP video codecs and protocols, such as H.264, H.265, NDI, SRT, RTMP, and HLS. BRIDGE LIVE 12G-4 will be available soon through AJA’s worldwide reseller network for $17,999 US MSRP.
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