ACT Entertainment and NETGEAR Announce Strategic Network Interoperability Partnership

ACT Entertainment and NETGEAR have announced a strategic partnership establishing verified interoperability between NETGEAR switches and core technologies from ACT's tvONE, Green Hippo, and digital lighting control brands. To highlight the collaboration, the companies are hosting live, interconnected hardware demonstrations at InfoComm 2026 (ACT Booth N6813). The initiative ensures that live production, touring, and broadcast professionals can confidently deploy validated network infrastructures optimized for real-time, low-latency, and high-performance workflows without facing typical multi-vendor configuration bottlenecks.

"ACT Entertainment is thrilled to announce this full-stack production partnership with NETGEAR AV, which ensures that the entire production ecosystem — from control to processing to playback — is verified and supported on the network's leading production IP backbone," says Bob Bonniol, Chief Innovation Officer, ACT Entertainment. "As productions continue to evolve toward increasingly network-centric workflows, this collaboration gives our customers the confidence that their fully validated, interoperable systems are backed by world-class support and training resources through our U.S.-based ACT Academy and UK-based Pixel Academy."

The combination of ACT Entertainment's portfolio of industry-leading production technologies with NETGEAR AV's networking expertise provides customers with access to robust, standardized and fully supported AV-over-IP workflows for live events, broadcast, touring and installed entertainment applications. Through the agreement, ACT customers will also have access to NETGEAR AV's network support services, in addition to certification and training programs available through ACT's facilities in Maidenhead, UK and Cincinnati, Ohio in the U.S.

"NETGEAR is committed to simplifying and strengthening AV-over-IP deployments for entertainment and production professionals worldwide," says Devan Cress, Director, Pro AV Manufacturers OEM, NETGEAR. "Partnering with ACT Entertainment expands access to validated network solutions across some of the industry's most trusted production technologies, while also providing the training and support necessary to deploy these systems successfully."

As the live production industry continues its transition towards increasingly networked workflows, ACT Entertainment and NETGEAR are committed to delivering the infrastructure, expertise and interoperability that professionals need to build scalable, future-ready production environments. The companies will showcase these integrated workflows throughout InfoComm 2026.

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