Calrec NAB Award Press Release

15 April 2025

Calrec Wins 2025 NAB Show Product of the Year Award for True Control 2.0

True Control 2.0 expands broadcasters’ control networks to cover a much wider range of live content

Hebden Bridge, April 16, 2025 – Calrec is today announcing that its True Control 2.0 is a Remote Production winner in the 2025 NAB Show Product of the Year Awards. This official awards program recognises some of the most significant and promising new products and technologies showcased by exhibitors at NAB Show.

Calrec’s 2nd generation remote production technology, True Control 2.0, which made its Las Vegas NAB debut, is an adaptive IP ecosystem that enables broadcasters to embrace distributed production, minimise costs and scale resources on the fly. With the ability to control up to five Calrec devices simultaneously, True Control 2.0 now encompasses every product across Calrec’s entire IP-native range. At NAB 2025, the company announced an expansion of True Control 2.0 adding control of Calrec’s Apollo+ and Artemis+ consoles to the Argo Q, Argo S, Argo M, Type R, ImPulse, Impulse 1, and ImPulseV mixing engines.

True Control 2.0 can control a channel path’s complete feature set offering a deeper level of remote control from a wider product portfolio. It gives broadcasters the flexibility to scale remote productions, implement disaster recovery, boost remote operations, create back-up scenarios and apply enhanced effects mixing by expanding the number of products they can connect to. This provides greater flexibility to scale production as demand grows or shrinks.

“We launched True Control 2.0 to address the increasingly complex workflows global media companies are exploring, says Sid Stanley, Managing Director, Calrec. It allows broadcasters to control DSP from any location across Calrec’s entire product range. We’d like to thank NAB for this award and the acknowledgement of True Control 2.0 in the Remote Production category.”

NAB Show Product of the Year Award Winners were selected by a panel of industry experts in 16 categories and announced in a live awards ceremony at NAB Show on April 8. To be eligible for an award, nominated products had to come from companies exhibiting at the 2025 NAB Show and be delivered within the 2025 calendar year.

“NAB is proud to recognise the industry’s top work driving a remarkable range of solutions opening new frontiers and shaping the future of content creation, distribution and monetisation,” said Eric Trabb, senior vice president and chief customer success officer at NAB. “Congratulations to Calrec on earning the 2025 NAB Show Product of the Year Award for True Control 2.0 - a breakthrough solution transforming a pivotal stage of the content lifecycle and empowering storytellers to meet today’s challenges while shaping the future of media.”

Click here for more information about the 2025 NAB Show Product of the Year Awards.

Note for editors:
Follow the link to Calrec’s NAB 2025 press kit for high-res True Control 2.0 and other images: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tSan_TCGarV1GpulNHHXRbwy3bAEv2X0?usp=sharing

About Calrec Audio Ltd.
For 60 years and counting, the world's most successful broadcasters have relied on Calrec, who continue to provide help as the industry adapts to changing viewing habits and commercial environments. This support comes in many forms, including achieving efficiency with remote broadcasting, saving money with virtualised production, and providing a range of options from proprietary systems like Hydra2, IP connectivity with ImPulse and ImPulse1, audio mixing in the cloud with ImPulseV and more control with True Control 2.0. Calrec’s consoles include the award-winning IP-native Argo M, Argo S and Argo Q configurable control surfaces, Type R which can adapt to a variety of requirements including virtualised workflows, the compact plug-and-play Brio, the powerful Apollo, intuitive Artemis and straightforward Summa. For future-proof innovation, flexible working, integrated networks and reliable audio, Calrec has it covered. Learn more at calrec.com.

About NAB 
The National Association of Broadcasters is the premier advocacy association for America’s broadcasters. NAB advances radio and television interests in legislative, regulatory and public affairs. Through advocacy, education and innovation, NAB enables broadcasters to best serve their communities, strengthen their businesses and seize new opportunities in the digital age. Learn more at www.nab.org.

Agency Contact:
Kate Ford
Phone: +44 (0)7740 948065
Email: kate@jumppr.tv

Calrec Audio Contact:
Alexia El Merhebi,
Marketing Manager
Phone: +44 (0) 1422 841337
Email: Alexia.ElMerhebi@calrec.com
Website: calrec.com