Nearly two decades after its inception, Audio over IP (AoIP) technology has finally gained widespread acceptance in the broadcast industry. It's been a long, strange trip - one with origins dating to the late 1980s - but with thousands of studios around the globe making use of Livewire these days, AoIP technology has achieved critical mass.
Greg Shay, Chief Technology Officer with The Telos Alliance, tells Hummingbird Media's Jeff Touzeau the story of how this breakthrough came about, and its journey from resistance to acceptance.