AJA to acquire Comprimato and unify BRIDGE LIVE development

AJA Video Systems is acquiring Comprimato, the software company behind its BRIDGE LIVE encoding products.

AJA Video Systems has entered into an agreement to acquire Comprimato, the live video encoding and processing software company whose technology has underpinned the BRIDGE LIVE product family since the two companies first partnered in 2020.

The deal will bring Comprimato's software portfolio under AJA's ownership. That includes Live Transcoder, Live Standards Conversion for frame rate conversion, the Twenty-One SMPTE ST 2110 encoding appliance, and the JPEG 2000 Codec SDK. The acquisition is expected to accelerate development across both the BRIDGE LIVE and Comprimato product lines.

Comprimato CEO and co-founder Jiří Matela and the full Comprimato team will join AJA when the deal closes. Comprimato will continue to operate as a separate brand, retaining its European offices. Existing sales channels, customer support structures, and currently shipping products will not be affected. Financial terms were not disclosed.

“Comprimato has proven to be a trusted, strategic AJA partner for years now, supporting us through the continued evolution of our BRIDGE LIVE line of IP video solutions. This agreement sets our R&D, support, sales, and manufacturing on track to become tightly intertwined, which will allow us to accelerate development of the BRIDGE LIVE and Comprimato lines,” said AJA President, Nick Rashby. “The synergies between our companies and technology are undeniable, and together, we’ll be able to address rapidly evolving customer needs faster than ever and break new ground in broadcast production.”

“We've built Comprimato with a bold vision for the future of live encoding and media production - making broadcast-quality video processing more accessible, flexible, and powerful. AJA is the ideal partner to accelerate that vision,” shared Matela. “AJA’s global reach, hardware expertise, and manufacturing capabilities combined with our software innovation is expected to enable our team to move faster and bring solutions to market that neither company could achieve alone. The latest agreement marks an exciting next chapter for our team and our customers.”