Appear at IBC 2026
Transform live production at scale
See how leading sports leagues, broadcasters and streaming platforms are doing it with Appear
Meet us at stand 1.C61, RAI Amsterdam
September 11-14, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Solution Brief
Remote Production (REMI)
About Appear
Live production is constantly evolving to embrace technology advancements, reduce operational costs and deliver entirely new viewer experiences. Appear designs and delivers high-capacity, sustainable solutions for the most demanding live broadcast media processing and delivery applications. We invite you to spend time with Appear at IBC 2026.
Learn more about us
What you’ll see from Appear
The highest-performance live contribution
Enabling remote production from ground to cloud
Get every event to air at the highest quality and lowest latency, from any venue or network — on the densest hardware in live.
IP transport you can trust
Securing media over unmanaged connectivity with hardware-accelerated SRT
Modernise primary and affiliate distribution to IP — denser, simpler, and secure by design.
Software-defined live production
Resilient live workflows across all compute platforms
Compose live production processing across hardware, software and cloud in one operating model.
Product news
New at IBC 2026
New for IBC
X5 now speaks JPEG-XS
The whole signal chain in one portable half-rack — now with JPEG-XS and a native Dolby AC-4 / ATMOS audio stack.
- JPEG-XS — the lowest-latency contribution codec, in a portable box.
- Native AC-4 / ATMOS opens primary distribution and playout, not just contribution.
- AVC, HEVC, SRT, IP redundancy and genlock — two units fit in 1RU.
Launching at IBC · GA Dec 2026
ECx400 — one card, every format
The next-generation compression module for X10 / X20: JPEG-XS, AVC and HEVC, over IP and SDI, encode and decode.
- One card adapts to any job today and future-proofs as operations grow.
- Native Dolby ATMOS and AC-4 in the AVC / HEVC path.
- The next-gen path for existing ECx110 (SDI) and ECx210 (IP) customers.
All-new in VX
The software that makes hybrid real
VX extends your Appear hardware into any cloud and any protocol — one workflow, no lock-in. Everything you need to take live from ground to cloud.
Hybrid Cloud Gateway
Import SRT feeds from X5 / X10 / X20 into the cloud — no re-cabling, no forklift.
Cloud-agnostic, multi-protocol
AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI or private cloud. SRT, NDI, RTMP, WebRTC and RTP.
Cloud Distribution Hub
One ingest out to social, production, partners and remote viewers — at once.
Compressed Stream Processing
Software SPTS demux and AVC / HEVC decode. No hardware decode required.
Hitless redundancy & failover
ST 2022-7 seamless protection and A/B failover — in software.
Enterprise security
SSO, dynamic firewall, secrets and dashboards. Passes IT-governance review.
Trusted by leading broadcasters and rights holders
Appear solutions are already helping teams:
Create space by taking advantage of our ultra-high density hardware
Transform the economics of live production operations
Deliver high-quality live production at scale
Premium Sport Contribution and Distribution
Telefónica Servicios Audiovisuales and Appear selected by LaLiga
REMI at Scale
PSSI Global Services invests in Appear to support FIFA World Cup
IP-centric broadcast infrastructure
beIN ASIA PACIFIC enhances broadcast distribution and international contribution
Satellite-to-IP
LTN and Appear to enable scalable, IP-native contribution and distribution
In-House Live Event Production
World Archery brings production in-house with Appear’s X Platform & SRT
