Cleveland, Ohio (March 24, 2025) – Telos Alliance®, a trusted global leader in broadcast audio for more than thirty years, will showcase its industry-leading loudness management tools and Next Generation Audio (NGA) solutions for over-the-air and streaming TV, as well as automated audio processing and audio handling solutions for file-based media workflows at NAB 2025 in Las Vegas (Booth #N721).
The company's NAB display will highlight several new product updates for its audio processing, remote live production, and IP intercom solutions that allow broadcasters and other media professionals to deliver unmatched audio quality to viewers hungry for the next wave of immersive viewing experiences.
“We are fully focused on delivering innovative solutions that keep pace with the evolving needs of broadcasters,” says Costa Nikols, Media & Entertainment Strategy Advisor for Telos Alliance. “Our latest product updates showcase advancements in Next Generation Audio, improved loudness processing that maintains compliance without sacrificing dialogue intelligibility for traditional audio delivery, or NGA. By embracing SMPTE ST 2110 readiness across our product offerings and developing AI-enhanced optimizations for both live and file-based audio production workflows, we’re providing the tools broadcasters need, both to elevate consumers’ viewing experiences and to streamline daily operations for broadcast pros.”
Telos Alliance is committed to developing innovative, best-in-class audio processing technologies for live television, streaming channels, on-demand content providers, and radio. The company’s market-leading product portfolio for television and radio, including brands like Linear Acoustic®, Minnetonka Audio®, Telos® Infinity, Jünger Audio™, Omnia®, Axia®, and Telos Systems®, can be heard powering broadcasts of major sporting events, news coverage, and popular entertainment around the world.
Introducing AERO.enterprise
AERO.enterprise, the newest member of the family of AERO-series DTV audio processors, debuts at NAB 2025. AERO.enterprise offers the same trusted AEROMAX® loudness control and UPMAX®-II stereo-to-5.1-channel upmixing and downmixing as the hardware-based Linear Acoustic AERO.20, AERO.200, AERO.2400, and AERO.8000 products, but is delivered as software for hosting on customer-provided COTS servers. Each AERO.enterprise framework can host multiple AEROMAX processing instances in any combination of 5.1 (5.1+2+2), 2.0 (2+2+2), or 5x2 (2+2+2+2+2) configurations. Per-instance options include Dolby® Digital Plus transcoding, Nielsen® watermark encoding (N2, N6, and CBET), Verance® Aspect® watermark encoding, CrowdControl™ for increased dialogue intelligibility, and much more. Standard I/O for AERO.enterprise is Audio over IP (AoIP), using AES67 in support of SMPTE ST 2110-30 (Level A) as well as Livewire+. Telos Alliance xNode2 or SDI AoIP Nodes can be used to convert analog, AES3, and SDI signals to/from AoIP.
Updated Product Features
- Telos Alliance highlights its commitment to Next Generation Audio workflows with enhancements to flagship Linear Acoustic NGA products, such as the LA-5291 Professional Audio Encoder, LA-5300 Broadcast Audio Processor, and UPMAX® ISC Immersive Soundfield Controller. These products are updated to support NMOS IS-04 and IS-05, adding advanced network registration, discovery, and connection management features.
- The industry-leading Linear Acoustic LA-5300 Broadcast Audio Processor gains several sophisticated new features, including Dolby® Digital Plus with Atmos encoding for Atmos workflows where Dolby AC-4 is not employed, the ability to upmix to 5.1.2 and 7.1.4 formats, 5.1.4 to 5.1- and 2.0-channel downmixing, mono and stereo handling of SAP audio, and an updated Dolby AC-4 encoder library to support M&E + D workflows.
- The renowned Jünger Audio™ flexAI platform, which includes the award-winning AIXpressor and flexAIserver, becomes even more powerful and versatile with the addition of S-ADM metadata authoring and rendering for immersive and personalized Dolby® Atmos workflows, advanced support for Ember+, NMOS IS-04 and IS-05, SMPTE ST 2110-30 and -31 Level A, B, and C, and SMPTE ST 2110-41 metadata transport. An optional AI-powered automixer, available later this year, will add real-time analysis and intelligent adjustments of audio mixes to ensure consistent audio levels and enhanced speech intelligibility. Finally, a brand-new flexAIcloud product will offer a cloud-native AWS deployment of the flexAI platform, providing the option of a fully cloud-based workflow or upscaling systems with cloud instances to meet peak production demands.
- The latest version of the cloud-based Telos Infinity Virtual Intercom Platform (VIP) makes its North American debut showcasing the new Virtual Commentator Panel (VCP), an optional extension giving remote contributors instant access to a commentary or announcer station via standard HTML-5 Web browsers, or the free Infinity VIP App for iOS and Android devices. VCP features include on-air mic muting when using comms, a customizable monitor mix of IFB, program, mix-minus, and aux sources, and integration with Elgato Stream Deck + for environments where hardware control is preferred.
Partnership with Telestream
Telos Alliance is pleased to announce its partnership with global media supply-chain leader Telestream at NAB 2025, simplifying the purchase and delivery process of their solutions. This collaboration seamlessly integrates Minnetonka AudioTools Server, the industry’s most flexible automated audio handling system, into Telestream Vantage, the world’s most comprehensive video production environment.
“We’re very excited that Telestream has chosen to offer AudioTools Server, the most complete, end-to-end audio processing solution available, to the many satisfied users of Telestream Vantage,” says Nikols. “Telos Alliance is heavily invested in helping clients achieve their highest level of audio excellence. We think that Vantage users, who are similarly invested in the excellence of their video productions, will find ATS the perfect complement.”
Telos Alliance will feature its full line of broadcast products for the TV, radio, and streaming at NAB 2025; visit Booth #N721 in the North Hall. To book an appointment, visit https://success.telosalliance.com/nab2025 .