Case Study: Austage Events elevates AV production with BirdDog NDI and FLEX 4K

Austage Events Elevates Its AV Production with BirdDog

Austage Events, a full-service audio-visual production company, faced a significant technical challenge while installing a large LED art piece for an anniversary celebration at Melbourne's Federation Square. The primary obstacle involved running a 4K video signal over exceptionally long cable lengths to the suspended display panels. To solve this, they turned to vendor BirdDog and its product, the Flex OUT 4K NDI to HDMI converter.

By deploying the BirdDog Flex 4K converter over existing fiber cabling with Power over Ethernet, Austage Events successfully delivered the high-quality signal to the LED processor, ensuring a flawless installation. This success with BirdDog's technology led to a broader adoption of their NDI products across the company's operations. The solution provided a versatile, high-quality, and low-latency method for video transport, which has since become integral to nearly all of their events, fundamentally elevating their production capabilities.

Austage Events

Mike Rankin

Senior Production Manager and Technology Specialist