With increased use of Audio-over-IP connectivity for Program Sound, Talkback and even Telephone contributions, the need for IP Audio codecs has increased significantly especially over the last couple of years. For each Front-End IP Audio device connection, there is the need for a matching Back-End codec and the costs of purchasing, owning, running – and indeed recycling at end-of-life – not to mention finding space in equipment bays to house them and energy to run them, followed by yet more energy to keep them cool, makes dedicated individual hardware units far from attractive. Furthermore, Organizations – often encouraged by Government legislation – are becoming much more conscious of their Green Credentials and carbon footprint so condensing capability within a single hardware unit is extremely attractive. For full information, please visit www-ng.vtx.uk/callme-tx/