Press Release: ToolsOnAir and NDI Collaborate to Expand Metadata Capabilities for Enhanced Live Production and Broadcast Workflows.

17/03/2025

Press Release: ToolsOnAir and NDI Collaborate to Expand Metadata Capabilities for Enhanced Live Production and Broadcast Workflows.

Vienna, Austria. March 17th, 2025 ToolsOnAir and NDI, the global standard for plug-and-play connectivity, have joined forces to enhance NDI metadata capabilities, unlocking unprecedented control in live production and broadcast workflow.

As part of this effort, newly updated documentation (NDI Metadata Documentation) outlines how developers can leverage seamless, bidirectional XML metadata exchange between NDI senders and receivers. This advancement enables innovative workflows, remote control functionalities, and smarter automation, optimizing live event and broadcast environments.

In addition to documenting existing capabilities with the support of Vizrt, the latest NDI Metadata release introduces a new official standard NDI metadata element, developed in collaboration with NDI innovation partner ToolsOnAir, namely the support for broadcast standards CEA-708 & SCTE-104 for the NDI ecosystem, to further expand its capabilities for modern broadcast applications.

Having processed metadata across all our solutions for years-primarily in the SDI domain-we recognize its critical role in broadcast production. NDI metadata extends this capability into the IP realm, enabling deeper integration, smarter automation, and more efficient workflows within the NDI ecosystem. The excellent and solution-oriented collaboration with the NDI team ensures that together, we push the boundaries of video innovation, creating seamless, intelligent solutions for the present and future of NDI-based productions, said Manuel Grund, COO of ToolsOnAir.

More information about the new NDI Metadata enhancements: Official NDI Metadata landing page: https://docs.ndi.video/all/developing-with-ndi/metadata

ToolsOnAir - proposed new NDI Metadata messages: https://docs.ndi.video/all/developing-with-ndi/metadata/proposed-new-metadata-messages

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About NDI NDI, a fast-growing tech company, is removing the limits to video and audio connectivity. NDI - Network Device Interface - is used by millions of customers worldwide and has been adopted by more media organizations than any other IP standard, creating the industry's largest IP ecosystem of products. NDI allows multiple video systems to identify and communicate with one another over IP; it can encode, transmit and receive many streams of high-quality, low-latency, frame-accurate video and audio in real-time. The growth of NDI is backed by a growing community of installers, developers, AV professionals, and users who are deeply engaged with the company through community events and initiatives. NDI is a part of Vizrt. For more information: https://ndi.video/

About ToolsOnAir Broadcast Engineering ToolsOnAir Broadcast Engineering GmbH, headquartered in Vienna, Austria, pioneered the innovative concept of a TV station in a Mac. The company offers a remarkable range of innovative, powerful, and versatile capture, playout and live captions solutions that run on either macOS or Linux platforms. These solutions are designed to address the diverse and demanding requirements of TV stations, broadcast production facilities, houses of worship, and agencies in the education and government sectors, all while maintaining a cost-effective approach.

For more information about our solutions and services, kindly direct your inquiries to 2:=E@iD2=6DoE@@=D@?2:C]4@>);>moc.rianosloot@selas or visit our official website at www.toolsonair.com.

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