GLOBAL: As broadcast and professional AV workflows continue to converge across corporate studios, live events and higher education environments, AVIXA has introduced a new online training course, ‘Broadcast AV: Glass-to-Glass’, designed to help professionals understand and navigate the increasingly interconnected disciplines.

The course provides an end-to-end framework covering the entire content workflow, from the camera lens (‘glass’) capturing content to the screen (‘glass’) on which the viewer experiences it. Bringing together subject matter expertise from across the AV and broadcast ecosystem, the programme explores the people, technologies and processes involved at every stage, from acquisition through to distribution, offering practical examples of how decisions across the production chain contribute to a reliable viewer experience.

“The convergence of broadcast and pro AV is reshaping our industry, and this course provides professionals with an understanding of how broadcast operates in today’s AV environment,” said Pam Taggart, Vice President, Content Creation, AVIXA. “As organizations discover a need for interdisciplinary professionals, our course is a reflection of our commitment to prepare professionals to operate and support today’s industry.”

Designed for professional AV practitioners, broadcast professionals and those entering integrated media environments, ‘Broadcast AV: Glass-to-Glass’ aims to equip learners with the knowledge to plan, operate and support converged systems, communicate more effectively across teams and make informed decisions within integrated media environments.

The programme has been developed with support from Diversified and EVS, both of which contributed to its development and launch.

“The line between broadcast and pro AV has all but disappeared. The same expectations for reliability, timing, and quality now apply in a corporate studio, a house of worship, or an arena as they do in a network control room,” said Nathan Volchko, Director of Intake and Bid Desk at Diversified. “Diversified is proud to bring our experience designing and delivering these systems to create this training.”

“The skills required to support these environments are evolving quickly, and what’s been missing is an educational bridge that connects the disciplines and helps professionals understand the complete media workflow,” said Matthew Morgan, Vice President of Business Development, EVS. “’Glass-to-Glass’ is an important step toward building that shared understanding and preparing our industry for what’s next.”

AVIXA is offering a free preview of the opening portion of the course, with access to both the preview and full programme. Additional broadcast AV resources, including webinars and articles, can be found at AVIXA’s Broadcast AV resource centre