Corporate Studios & The AV-Broadcast Convergence | Craig Frankenstein, FORTÉ at NAB 2026

James Tian sits down with Craig Frankenstein, Senior Director of Digital Workplace at FORTÉ, live from the Ikan booth at NAB 2026.

With more than 30 years in broadcast and post-production, Craig leads a team of solution architects at FORTÉ — the global AV and unified collaboration systems integrator formerly known as AVI Systems, with 1,500+ employees and 42 locations across the U.S. and Europe. He works with Fortune 500 companies to design specialty broadcast spaces that meet the rising production expectations of senior executives.

In this conversation, Craig shares:
• Why 52% of AV/broadcast purchasing decisions are now being made at the executive level
• The "last mile" mindset — measuring quality all the way to the end viewer's device
• Why one centralized control room with multiple remote contribution studios is the new model
• How AV-style control systems (Crestron, Q-SYS) are bringing simplicity and reliability to broadcast environments
• Where IP, NDI, and 2110 fit into hybrid workflows — and the real-world challenges of full IP adoption
• Why right-sizing solutions to a customer's actual staffing reality matters more than aspirational spec sheets
• His take on the Ikan Studio Rover and how it solves the one-touch-to-join problem for executive content
• The role of incremental upgrades, integrated AI tools, and trusted-partner relationships in modern integration

A thoughtful conversation about how enterprise broadcast is evolving — and what it takes to deliver studios that actually get used.

Recorded live at NAB 2026 in the Ikan booth.

Learn more about FORTÉ: ourforte.com

Learn more about Ikan: ikancorp.com

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