Vislink announced that Live Production Product Manager and interim Group R&D Leader, David Edwards, has joined the European Broadcasting Union’s (EBU) 5G in Content Production Group. 5GCP brings together major equipment vendors, broadcasters and leaders in the industry to define relevant use cases for 5G technology across various genres including news, sports, events, studio and location production. The Group also works to identify and quantify the associated technical and operational requirements for the anticipated 5G transition, as well as gain a thorough understanding of typical working practices and standardization of the latest broadband technology. Edwards has over 25 years of experience in the video broadcast industry, holds five patents in the field of RF transmission and is responsible for Vislink’s portfolio of wireless camera systems. Vislink’s membership in the EBU comes on the heels of its latest announcement of a new Connected Edge solution which creates an environment leveraging all IP connectivity everywhere to facilitate lower latency, ultrafast video and data speeds at a higher capacity in order to provide customers with instantaneous actionable video through the efficient maximized utilization of resources. The Connected Edge solution also enables real-time analytics that disrupt traditional information flows by facilitating the collection and assessment of actionable intelligence including metadata, biometrics, video and audio recognition.