BitFire Wins Three Top Awards at 2025 NAB Show

LAS VEGAS — April 17, 2025 — BitFire, a longtime leader in live video transport, today announced three major award wins at the 2025 NAB Show, April 5-9, in Las Vegas. The company’s BitFire Platform earned a Future Best of Show Award, presented by TV Tech, as well as a 2025 NAB Show Product of the year for BitFire Spark™ Production Environments, part of the BitFire Platform. For the innovative remote production of MLB Opening Day 2024 in Seoul, South Korea, undertaken in collaboration with MLB Network, BitFire also was named a winner in the acquisition category of the inaugural NAB Show Project of the Year Awards.

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Evaluated by a panel of engineers and industry experts, Future’s Best of Show Awards are selected based on innovation, feature set, perceived value, and application in serving the industry. The NAB Show Project of the Year Awards honor the most ambitious and impactful projects completed in 2024, spotlighting excellence in broadcasting and entertainment through cutting-edge applications, workflows, and installations. The NAB Show Product of the Year Awards program recognizes some of the most significant and promising new products and technologies showcased by exhibitors at NAB Show.

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BitFire Platform: Recognized for Innovation and Impact

Designed by broadcasters for broadcasters, the BitFire Platform is a fully integrated suite of cloud-based production tools and IP transmission technologies that streamline and elevate live production workflows. From a single web-based interface, users can design, deploy, and manage broadcast-grade productions with scalable tools for switching, audio mixing, replay, multiviewing, and more — all backed by BitFire’s proven IP transport and 24/7 network operations center. Key components of the platform include the BitFire Spark Production Environments, Inferno™ Command Center, FlightPath monitoring, FireBridge Connect for secure remote access, and BitFire Transport.

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“The BitFire Platform eliminates traditional production barriers by offering an easy-to-deploy, customizable, and scalable live production solution,” said Jim Akimchuk, president and CEO at BitFire. “For the overall platform and its Spark Production Environments to be recognized with two awards at NAB Show is a fantastic validation of the platform’s impact and the work our team has done to reimagine live production in the cloud.”

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The Best of Show Award from TV Tech was granted based on the platform’s innovation, feature set, and value to broadcasters. The Spark Production Environment earned a 2025 NAB Show Product of the Year Award, which recognizes some of the most significant and promising new products and technologies showcased by exhibitors at NAB Show.

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MLB Opening Day 2024: Large-Scale REMI at Global Scale

For MLB’s Opening Day broadcast from Seoul, MLB Network worked with BitFire to deliver a fully remote, multinetwork production that simultaneously served MLB Network, SportsNet LA (Dodgers TV), and San Diego Padres TV. The production used more than 28 live transmission paths — synchronized in real time — from Seoul to control rooms in Secaucus, New Jersey; San Diego; and Los Angeles. The deployment reduced on-site personnel needs while maintaining broadcast-grade quality, reliability, and flexibility.

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BitFire’s ultra-low-latency IP transport, cloud multiviewers, FireBridge communications tools, and real-time diagnostics enabled seamless collaboration across continents. Transmission kits were prebuilt and tested before shipping, with BitFire engineers on site to handle integration and last-minute change requests from international rights holders. The solution included backup UDP streams and AES67 audio routing for precise customization across multiple regions.

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“These awards highlight both the strength of our technology and the trust that leading networks like MLB place in BitFire to deliver critical live events at the highest level,” said Jim Akimchuk, president and CEO at BitFire. “We’re proud to be recognized not only for our platform innovation but also for the real-world results achieved by our customers using BitFire to reimagine what’s possible in live production.”

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