Green Hippo Ships Estuary MC1 and MC2 Controllers

The Estuary Media Controller Series, built on tvONE's CALICO architecture, now ships in its 1RU MC1 and 2RU MC2 models for LED wall and projection management.

Updated on Nov. 3, 2026 in Semiconductors

Isometric editorial illustration of a blank rack-mounted controller unit beside a grid of LED wall modules in muted slate and cream tones. — Green Hippo has begun shipping its Estuary MC1 and MC2 media controllers, which manage LED walls and projection from the same DMX consoles used for lighting. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

Green Hippo has begun shipping the MC1 and MC2 models of its Estuary Media Controller Series, which provides screen management and live switching for LED walls and projection. The series is controlled from DMX consoles and is on display at LDI 2026 at Booth 1111.

Why it matters

The controllers bring video screens into the same show-control environment used for lighting, automation and effects, letting production teams manage them from familiar consoles. Shipping now gives U.S. production companies and venues a new option for large-format display control.

The platform supports 10-bit/HDR processing with one-frame end-to-end latency and up to 256 layers across four canvases. The MC1 has four 4K outputs, while the MC2 offers four 4K inputs and eight 4K outputs.

The players

Green Hippo

Green Hippo is a company that develops show-control and media-server products for live entertainment and production.

tvONE

tvONE is a video processing company whose CALICO architecture underpins the Estuary platform.

The details

The Estuary platform uses the CALICO Video Processing Architecture from tvONE and supports DMX/sACN, HippoNet, Companion and REST API control. A grandMA3 programmer can bring screens into the same cue stack as the lighting rig, automation, pyro and other show-control elements.

November 3, 2026: Green Hippo announces that the MC1 and MC2 are shipping now.
LDI 2026: The MC1 and MC2 are on display at Booth 1111.

The Tech Race

The Estuary series builds on tvONE's CALICO architecture to bring one-frame latency and 10-bit processing into a controller format that works alongside lighting consoles. It positions Green Hippo among vendors racing to unify LED wall and projection control with existing show-control systems.

Production teams that already run grandMA3 consoles can add LED wall and projection screens to their existing cue stacks rather than managing them separately. The one-frame latency and 10-bit processing aim to reduce timing mismatches between screens and lighting in live events.

The takeaway

Event technicians evaluating LED wall control should compare the Estuary platform's latency and layer specifications against their current processors before committing to new hardware. Booth 1111 at LDI 2026 offers a direct look at the MC1 and MC2.