Appear To Display X5 And VX Media Gateway

Appear is to display the X5 and VX Media Gateway at NAB Show New York (Javits Center, Booth #746).

They each represent a critical piece of the puzzle for broadcasters navigating the transition to more flexible, cloud-integrated workflows.

At NAB New York, Appear will highlight how its latest technologies combine high-performance media processing, sustainability, and interoperability to meet the demands of live media contribution, production and distribution. These solutions address the needs of broadcast, streaming, and remote production environments, including large-scale live sports coverage where low latency and reliability are critical.

Appear will also demonstrate how it is helping broadcasters to modernize affiliate distribution by replacing traditional satellite downlinks with efficient IP-based delivery. This transformation was exemplified by NBCUniversal’s recent overhaul of its satellite reception operations, powered by Appear’s advanced X Platform and its integration with Skyline Communications’ Dataminer – an initiative that earned the prestigious NAB Show 2025 Delivery Project of the Year Award.

"Broadcasters are under unprecedented pressure to deliver more content across more platforms while managing cost and environmental impact," said Andy Rayner, CTO at Appear. "Our X5, VX Media Gateway, and leadership in developing the Media eXchange Layer, show how we're empowering customers to bridge the gap between traditional infrastructure and the new, software-defined and distributed compute world, enabling secure, ultra-low-latency live media transport wherever it's needed."

Building on the award-winning X Platform, the Appear X5 delivers Tier 1 performance in a compact, cost-efficient form factor. Designed for smaller-scale yet high-value live productions, the X5 provides ultra-low latency, industry-leading compression, and robust IP media transport, making it ideal for remote contribution, cloud-based workflows, and broadcast-grade transport. Supporting AVC and HEVC encoding/decoding, SDI and ST2110 workflows, and Appear’s hardware-accelerated SRT (aSRT), the X5 enables a smooth transition to IP-based live production.

Appear's VX Media Gateway will also take centre stage. As part of the company's open, software-based VX Platform, VX is built for secure, scalable, and hybrid media workflows that seamlessly connect on-premise infrastructure with cloud environments. Supporting SMPTE ST-2022, SRT, and ST-2022-7 redundancy, VX provides unmatched resilience, interoperability, and elasticity for media transport. VX has been designed from the ground up to support the Media eXchange Layer (MXL), the open standard for interoperable media exchange, enabling broadcasters to orchestrate low-latency, vendor-agnostic workflows.

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