arkona is a technology provider for the most advanced and premium live broadcast productions in the world. We provide IP core infrastructure solutions for audio/video routing, compression, processing, and visualization with open standards support and an API 1st approach. BLADE//runner is a suite of live broadcast production software and hardware which provide a wide variety of tools for professional productions. Designed with a highly flexible and modular core allowing for the creation and deletion of resources and functions on-the-fly. BLADE//runner is controllable by an open API as well as through NMOS IS-04/-05 and is designed for the modern broadcast facility, where flexibility and scalability are essential.