The global media and entertainment market moves fast, and so does technology—but change is only useful when it fits the way operators actually work. TSL has spent almost 40 years proving that principle. Born as an independent, vendor-agnostic specialist, it now offers an unrivalled set of interoperable control, monitoring, and power distribution and management solutions that slot into any production chain, whether on-premises, in the cloud, or the hybrid workflows driving live events, OTT platforms, and remote facilities.
Open standards matter: back in 1994, TSL released the TSL Tally & UMD protocol as open source, and it is still the de facto global tally standard. TSL integrates with virtually every leading media technology, from IP or SDI, cloud or on premise. It lets engineers design workflows their own way and lets operators drive those workflows from a single, self-configurable interface instead of juggling multiple screens from competing vendors. That independence shows in its flagship control portfolio.
TSL’s Hummingbird Broadcast Control and Orchestration ecosystem, installed at more than 2,000 sites worldwide, hides the complexity of routers, multiviewers, replay servers, and camera tally behind intuitive hardware or virtual panels; one button can trigger multi-level actions that might otherwise require several operators. A modular ecosystem of applications and interfaces, customers can decide to deploy a single application to enhance or extend an existing system, even if from another vendor, build an end-to-end workflow from combining multiple applications or ‘glue’ multiple systems from multiple vendors together and also choose whether to deploy on COTS servers, on VMs in the cloud or on TSL’s proprietary hardware.
Recent control projects underline the real-world impact, such as subtitle-routing automation for Sony Pictures Networks India, video-routing for U2’s ground-breaking Las Vegas Sphere residency, IP control for Power Station at Berklee College of Music in NYC, and live-streaming reliability for the Czech Philharmonic.
Audio confidence monitoring is just as operator-centric. The PAM and MPA audio monitoring unit families deliver multichannel metering, loudness monitoring, and instantaneous source switching in 1U and 2U form factors. Signals span 3G and 12G SDI, AES-67, ST2110-30, MADI, Dante, Dolby and analog, with ST2022-7 redundancy also available, so engineers can drop the units straight into a truck or studio to fit existing workflows. Even front-panel layouts, including the V-shaped knob layout design now being copied across the industry, came from listening to direct user feedback during hectic live productions.
We enable interoperability, listen and adapt fast, and collaborate across the industry so media and entertainment teams gain unified control, greater efficiency, and sustainable operations without vendor lock-in. — Matthew Quade, CEO
Behind every modern facility sits a rack room, and TSL’s intelligent PDUs keep those racks running. Models such as PD14PMiD provide fourteen individually fused outputs, dual inlets with automatic change-over, SNMP remote control and monitoring, e-mail and SMS alarms, and secure remote reboot down to outlet level, features that data centers, broadcast master controls, and mission-critical defense sites rely on for 24-hour uptime. By extending the life of installed equipment and enabling staged upgrades, these PDUs help customers “do more with less,” a constant theme as content creators proliferate far beyond traditional broadcasters.
Enabling centralized, remote control and monitoring is key across all three product lines, with TSL’s Hummingbird control layer unifying monitoring, tally, device command, and power management so an operator in New York can cut a show finishing in Tokyo without touching underlying complexity. Software deployment, hardware deployment, or a mixture of both; the choice is the customer’s. AES-67, SMPTE 2110, and NMOS sit comfortably next to SDI and GPIO, ensuring legacy equipment keeps earning a return while new IP gear comes online. Because the company manufactures in the United Kingdom and the United States, not in outsourced plants, it controls lead times, protects intellectual property, and maintains the quality and security that broadcast, aerospace, and government customers demand.
Listening to customers is part of the culture. When operators asked for power monitoring that talks directly to automation dashboards, TSL’s engineers built it. When live-event crews needed an audio unit that flips between loudness metering modes at the touch of a button, the firmware was updated. That agility traces back to the successful integration of DNF Controls; a merger that quietly strengthened TSL’s US engineering base without disrupting existing product lines.
The result is a footprint that reaches every major US sport, from the EPL and IPL to the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, PGA Tour and NASCAR, multiple houses of worship streaming services worldwide, and ambitious entertainment venues like the Las Vegas Sphere and Esports Stadium Arlington. It even bridges sectors: data centers value the same rock-solid power telemetry that keeps OB trucks running under the Arizona sun, while pro-AV venues appreciate affordable and simple-to-configure, broadcast-grade control that eliminates patchwork spreadsheets.
Being a trusted advisor rather than a box-shifter also underpins TSL’s growth plans. The company will expand its range of control applications and interfaces, push deeper into APAC (the fastest-growing media market), and lean on its broadcast heritage to serve data-center, pro-AV, live events and defense verticals that need lower complexity and sharper price points without sacrificing reliability.
Throughout, TSL’s principles stay the same: user-first design, independence from vendor lock-in, fast development cycles, and pre- and post-sales support known for both technical depth and a friendly voice. By fusing best-in-class software, ironclad data, and decades of hands-on know-how, TSL turns the hardest parts of live production, including interoperability, accuracy under pressure, and total cost of ownership, into everyday advantages.
Operators focus on creating unforgettable experiences; finance teams see extended asset life and stronger ROI; engineers sleep easier knowing the system just works. That is why TSL earns its place among the leading media and entertainment solution companies shaping the future of content.