A project at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow has seen WyreStorm’s NetworkHD AVoverIP ecosystem, delivered in partnership with Habitech and TVC Technology Solutions, support flexible campus-wide AV distribution across teaching spaces, lecture theatres, collaborative classrooms, student-facing venues, and social areas.
The wider deployment includes approximately 400 encoders and 300 decoders across WyreStorm’s NetworkHD 100, 400, and 500 Series, alongside WyreStorm wireless presentation switchers for modern teaching and collaboration environments.
The University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, required an AV distribution system that could support the scale, flexibility, and daily demands of a modern university campus. With teaching spaces, lecture theatres, collaborative classrooms, social areas, and studentfacing venues all requiring access to different types of content, the university needed a platform that could move video reliably across individual rooms, buildings, and eventually the wider campus network.
Delivered in partnership with Habitech, WyreStorm’s NetworkHD AV over IP ecosystem was selected as the backbone of the deployment, with a mix of NetworkHD 100, 400, and 500 Series devices installed across the university. The wider system now includes approximately 400 encoders and 300 decoders, alongside WyreStorm wireless presentation switchers used to modernize classroom teaching spaces and support multiple input types, including wired sources and wireless casting.
The University of Strathclyde needed to move away from isolated AV systems that worked independently in individual rooms or buildings. The goal was to create a more connected and scalable environment where content could be shared locally, across multiple displays in a single teaching space, between lecture theatres, or eventually across the entire campus. In classroom environments, the requirement was not simply to show a lecturer’s presentation on a projector. The university wanted teaching spaces where multiple displays could be used across student benches, where local content could be shared, and where student work could be routed back to the teaching position for collaborative learning. This was especially important in technical and engineering environments, where smooth video performance, fast switching, and strong frame rates were critical.
The university also needed an AV system that could serve public and social spaces. In the Students’ Union sports bar, for example, the system had to manage a mix of sources such as digital signage, live TV, and sports content, while remaining easy enough for venue staff to operate without extensive technical training. As the university’s IT infrastructure evolved, the opportunity became even greater. With the campus network upgraded, the AV system could
move beyond room-by-room operation and support truly campus-wide content sharing. This opened the door to applications such as live Dean’s addresses, graduation broadcasts, overflow viewing, and central content distribution across multiple buildings and displays.
WyreStorm’s NetworkHD platform, delivered with partner Habitech, provided the university with a scalable AV over IP solution capable of supporting both local room-based applications and wider campus distribution. The deployment uses a combination of NetworkHD 100, 400, and 500 Series products, allowing the university to select the right performance level for different spaces, network conditions, and content requirements.
In teaching spaces and lecture theatres, NetworkHD enables content to be routed across multiple screens, projectors, and local displays. This allows lecturers to present from different sources, share content wirelessly, display material across multiple screens, or allow student workstations to contribute content back into the teaching environment. In one collaborative classroom, the system supports multiple bench displays, teaching-position routing, document cameras, local PCs, and student-to-lecturer content sharing, creating a more interactive and flexible learning experience.
The Students’ Union sports bar uses NetworkHD to distribute a variety of entertainment and signage sources across individual displays or groups of screens. With the NetworkHD Touch app, staff can drag and drop sources to specific displays, groups of displays, or saved presets. This makes day-to-day operation simple, allowing managers to prepare layouts in advance and giving front-line staff the ability to control the environment with very little training.
As the system has grown, the university’s upgraded network has allowed WyreStorm’s AV over IP platform to support a more connected campus model. Content that was once limited to individual buildings can now be distributed more widely, making it possible to share live events such as graduation ceremonies, university-wide announcements, or Dean’s broadcasts across multiple spaces and displays.
By combining a large-scale NetworkHD deployment with WyreStorm wireless presentation switchers, the University of Strathclyde has built a flexible AV environment that supports modern teaching, collaboration, hospitality-style content distribution, and campus-wide communication.