ALBOURNE, England—Huw Mills has joined broadband infrastructure technology provider Technetix as senior vice president, global operations.

A 30-year tech industry veteran, Mills comes from Nidec Drives, where as senior vice president, global operations, he led a 1,000-member team across the Americas, Europe, India and Asia responsible for manufacturing, supply chain, quality, HSE and operational strategy.

“Huw has demonstrated throughout his career that he understands operations from the ground up and knows how to turn strategy into action,” said Techex President, CEO and Founder Paul Broadhurst, to whom Mills will report. “He brings extensive international experience, but also a very practical and people-focused approach to leadership.”

During his tenure with both Nidec and Emerson, Mills led large international operations and major manufacturing transformation projects in Europe, the Americas and Asia, Technetix said. He holds an MBA from Wrexham Glyndŵr University in Wales and qualifications in operations management and electrical and electronic engineering.

“I’m excited to be joining Technetix at an important stage in its growth,” Mills said. “I’m passionate about developing people, simplifying complexity and building operations that are resilient, competitive and ready for the future. Technetix has built a strong reputation for agility, innovation and being close to its customers, and I’m looking forward to working with the team globally to build on those strengths."

Technetix provides broadband infrastructure for wireline and wireless providers in 70 countries around the world. It has operations in the U.K., the Netherlands, the U.S, Canada, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Kosovo, China and Taiwan.

AMSTERDAM—Ross Video has announced TV Skyline, one of Germany’s leading providers of broadcast and media services, has become the world’s first customer for Ross’ new Ultrix FR30, which was launched at IBC2026.

The Ultrix FR30 is a high-capacity, hyperconverged routing and signal-processing platform, offering up to 576 UHD inputs and outputs in a single frame. It brings routing, processing, production switchers and infrastructure together to help production teams simplify workflows, maximize space, and prepare for future growth.

For TV Skyline, the FR30 is the next step in a long-standing relationship with Ross and a natural evolution of its Ultrix journey.

"As existing Ultrix users, we've seen firsthand how transformative the platform can be.” Says Wolfgang Reeh, founder, owner and CEO of TV Skyline. “TV Skyline operates multiple Ultrix systems today, and the combination of routing, audio and video processing, and production switching within a truly software-defined ecosystem has proven to be a major advantage for our outside broadcast productions. With the new Ultrix FR30, Ross is enabling us to scale these efficiencies even further and support increasingly complex productions with greater confidence and operational agility."

"TV Skyline has been a valued partner for many years, and we're proud to see their continued investment in the Ultrix platform,” added Steffen Buschmann, regional sales director, Northern Europe at Ross Video. “Their decision to adopt the new Ultrix FR30 reflects not only the strength of our relationship, but also the tangible operational and production benefits Ultrix delivers to their outside broadcast workflows."

Learn more about the new Ultrix FR30 here.

AMSTERDAM—Ross Video has announced that TV Skyline, one of Germany’s leading providers of broadcast and media services, has become the world’s first customer for Ross’ new Ultrix FR30, which the company is launching at IBC2026.

"As existing Ultrix users, we've seen firsthand how transformative the platform can be.” Says Wolfgang Reeh, founder, owner and CEO of TV Skyline. “TV Skyline operates multiple Ultrix systems today, and the combination of routing, audio and video processing, and production switching within a truly software-defined ecosystem has proven to be a major advantage for our outside broadcast productions. With the new Ultrix FR30, Ross is enabling us to scale these efficiencies even further and support increasingly complex productions with greater confidence and operational agility."

The Ultrix FR30 is a high-capacity, hyperconverged routing and signal-processing platform, offering up to 576 UHD inputs and outputs in a single frame. It brings routing, processing, production switchers and infrastructure together to help production teams simplify workflows, maximize space, and prepare for future growth.

"TV Skyline has been a valued partner for many years, and we're proud to see their continued investment in the Ultrix platform,” added Steffen Buschmann, regional sales director, Northern Europe at Ross Video. “Their decision to adopt the new Ultrix FR30 reflects not only the strength of our relationship, but also the tangible operational and production benefits Ultrix delivers to their outside broadcast workflows."

Discover the new Ultrix FR30 here.

MONTREAL—Matrox Video has announced an integration between Matrox ORIGIN and NVIDIA Holoscan for Media, enabling Matrox ORIGIN media services to be provisioned, configured and deployed within the Holoscan for Media open reference architecture using Kubernetes.

The integration is being demonstrated as part of the European Broadcasting Union’s (EBU’s) Dynamic Media Facility during IBC2026, Sept. 11-14, at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Center.

A Kubernetes-native operator developed by Matrox Video extends the Kubernetes control plane to natively understand and manage Matrox ORIGIN resources, automatically deploying the required pods when new resources are added. This enables the provisioning, configuration and placement of media functions with appropriate resource limits and isolation.

For developers, the integration brings these Kubernetes-native deployment capabilities together with the developer-first approach of Matrox ORIGIN. The Matrox ORIGIN SDK abstracts the complexities of media application development and provides a comprehensive framework for building media functions, allowing developers to focus on their core competencies while building software-defined live media applications.

NVIDIA Holoscan for Media is an open reference architecture and developer toolkit for building AI-powered media applications for software-defined live production on NVIDIA-accelerated infrastructure.

The implementation being demonstrated at IBC includes Matrox ORIGIN media processing services, such as color correction, media playback, audio shuffling and Ograf graphics. These services connect to the wider DMF deployment using the Media eXchange Layer (MXL) with support for NMOS BCP-007-03, enabling MXL I/O services to register using IS-04 and receivers to be switched using IS-05.

See the Matrox Video and NVIDIA integration at IBC2026 stand 10.D21.

More information is available on the company’s website.

BURLINGTON, Mass., and SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Avid and Google Cloud have expanded their strategic partnership with the introduction of browser-based Avid Media Composer and an upgraded Avid Content Core content data platform and are showcasing their agentic workflow at IBC2026, Sept. 11-14, at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Center.

By embedding Google Cloud’s Gemini Enterprise and Google BigQuery directly into Avid’s post-production environment alongside media-specific AI agents and Avid tools, creators can remove the constraints of physical hardware and administrative friction. As a result, editors and directors can collaborate seamlessly from anywhere, automate repetitive tasks and focus on storytelling.

Media production houses today face two competing pressures. Content demand is soaring, yet creative teams remain bogged down by administrative overhead. Editors often spend substantial portions of their day tagging footage, organizing timelines and searching through fragmented archives. Additionally, professional editing historically has required heavy, on-premises workstations, making adoption of remote global collaboration slow and cost-prohibitive.

The next phase of the Avid and Google Cloud partnership embeds Gemini Enterprise directly into Media Composer and Content Core to accelerate the creative process. Connecting an intelligent, searchable media archive directly to a browser-based timeline X streamlines media discovery and timeline organization bottlenecks.

The expanded partnership included four tech integrations, including:

• Browser-based Media Composer and agentic editing, making the editing solution available in the Google Chrome Browser, enabling creators to edit timelines in Avid Content Core. Within Media Composer, agentic AI capabilities in Avid’s Ready to Edit allow editors to use natural language prompts to sync media, transcribe and align dialog and organize project bins, putting the focus back on editorial storytelling.
• Semantic search in Content Core to speed up media discovery. Using Google Cloud technologies to analyze and enrich media as it is imported, Avid Content Core and Gemini Enterprise automatically generate transcripts and semantic descriptions, eliminating hours of manual logging.
• Connected workflows from newsroom to timeline. Through Content Core Insights—built with Gemini Enterprise and BigQuery—organizations can bridge the data gap between how content is produced and how it performs. Newsrooms can plan stories and assign teams in Content Core Planning and Rundown, which coordinate assignments, resources, and program rundowns, while editors can pull matching footage into their timelines via natural language search. Final cuts then sync back to broadcast programming.
• Flexible, secure hybrid cloud deployment. The Avid Content Core Site Engine links customer Google Cloud environments directly to Content Core, ensuring media processing, production intelligence and agentic workflows are managed centrally, while compute and high-res assets remain in the user’s own cloud environment.

See Avid at IBC2026 stand 7.B59 and Google in the Accelerator Program location in Hall 14 and Content Everywhere community in Hall 5.

More information is available on the Avid website.

AWS Elemental has announced that it will be showing four new capabilities that bring AI, personalization, and intelligent monetization to the live video workflow during IBC2026 in Amsterdam Sept. 11-14.

The new capabilities were created in response to the fact that live video audiences now expect content-aware streams, per-viewer personalization, and monetization opportunities that respond to what's happening on screen. But deployments of these features had been difficult in the past because each has historically required its own vendor, its own pipeline, and its own operational overhead and deployments.

The new features on display during IBC2026 are:

1. AWS Elemental MediaPackage Dynamic Multiview – Viewers choose their own multi-camera layout from a single set of encoded sources, delivered to any device over standard HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) or Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH), without per-layout encoding costs
2. AWS Elemental Inference Contextual Metadata – AI-generated metadata extracted from live video in real time, powering personalized video experiences and contextual ad decisioning
3. AWS Elemental MediaTailor Yield Optimization – Automated backfill of unfilled ad inventory using Amazon Publisher Services (APS) demand, giving streaming TV publishers incremental revenue with zero setup cost
4. AWS Elemental MediaTailor Low-Latency Ad Insertion – Extends personalized ad insertion of MediaTailor to low-latency streams using Apple's HLS interstitials, so publishers no longer have to choose between fast delivery and ad revenue

In terms of the MediaPackage Dynamic Multiview offering the company noted that multi-feed viewing has become a necessity across live content: multiple camera angles for a single sporting event, simultaneous games on one screen, or curated linear bundles combining different content types like news, sports, or entertainment into a single view.

But existing approaches force trade-offs. Tiled encoding limits reach to High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC)-capable devices. Client-side compositing demands custom SDKs per device. Server-side compositing requires pre-encoding every layout combination, each costing as much as a new channel. Large operators using server-side compositing vendors spend $2M–$12M per year on infrastructure alone, and most streaming platforms can't justify the investment at any price.

MediaPackage Dynamic Multiview stitches multi-camera and multi-feed layouts on demand from encoded sources, delivered as a single adaptive bitrate stream through HLS or DASH. Sources encode one time through AWS Elemental MediaLive. AWS Elemental MediaPackage assembles layouts in the compressed domain with no re-encoding. The output reaches more than 95% of consumer devices with a single digital rights management (DRM) key and requires no SDK, per-device builds, or new vendors.

"AWS Elemental MediaPackage Multiview lets us deliver multiple synchronized camera angles within a single stream, putting our subscribers in control of how they experience live sports. The server-side composition approach scales this premium experience to over 100 million viewers without multiplying origin complexity or CDN costs, giving us a true differentiator in India's competitive OTT landscape" explained Akash Saxena, CTO (JioHotstar).

By compositing in the compressed domain rather than re-encoding per layout, MediaPackage Dynamic Multiview provides up to 97% cost savings compared to solutions that require a separate video stream for every viewing combination.

In terms of the Elemental Inference Contextual Metadata offering, the company explained that personalizing video experiences requires understanding what's happening on screen. Whether that means surfacing the right highlight clip, recommending related content, or matching an ad creative to the moment, it starts with metadata. Until now, generating that understanding at broadcast scale required either manual tagging or bespoke machine learning (ML) infrastructure.

Elemental Inference Contextual Metadata uses AI to generate rich, scene-level metadata extracted from live video in real time. Computer vision models run in parallel with encoding to identify objects, actions, brands, on-screen text, and sentiment from real video content. The metadata is emitted through a standard API, aligned to the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) content taxonomy and the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) brand suitability categories. As displayed in the following flow diagram, this powers downstream workflows including automated highlight clipping, content discovery, contextual ad decisioning through Elemental MediaTailor, and content moderation, all without custom ML infrastructure.

In terms of Elemental MediaTailor Yield Optimization, this feature fills available ad slots from Amazon Ads inventory during ad insertion, turning dead air and slate video into monetized impressions. It delivers incremental revenue with no cost to enable and no additional infrastructure. Because the ads are inserted server side (stitched directly into the stream before it reaches the viewer), they play seamlessly on every device, can't be blocked, and transition without buffering. At launch, MediaTailor Yield Optimization is available to APS streaming TV publishers.

"Our team set out to monetize low-latency streaming without giving up the latency itself, which had not been done on our platform before. Through DSPORTS's coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2026, we held six seconds glass-to-glass with ads running across every match, built on AWS Elemental MediaTailor and Amazon CloudFront," explained Claudio Rodrigues da Silva, head of IT (Streamco)

The capability is built for large-scale live events like professional league championships, with low latency and fast response times. It remains brand safe by filtering demand by category to avoid competitive conflicts within the same break. For example, if a sports drink brand is running a direct-sold spot, MediaTailor Yield Optimization won’t fill an adjacent slot with a competing beverage advertiser. Publishers set their own price floors and category rules throughout.

In terms of monetizing low-latency streams with MediaTailor Low-Latency Ad Insertion, the company noted that AWS Elemental MediaTailor already delivers personalized, server-side ad insertion at scale.

MediaTailor Low-Latency Ad Insertion now extends that capability to low-latency streams, using HLS interstitials, a server-guided ad insertion (SGAI) approach. As audiences increasingly expect streams to keep pace with social (a goal scored, a breaking headline, a viral moment), publishers can no longer afford latency that lets the timeline spoil the moment before their stream delivers it.

AWS also stressed that these four capabilities share a design philosophy: intelligence layered inside the video pipeline, not bolted on after.

They all run within the same AWS Elemental services that power millions of live streams globally, with the same 99.9% service level agreements (SLAs), the same operational model, and no new vendors to onboard.

The value compounds across the stack. AWS Elemental Inference generates metadata that enriches yield decisions, MediaPackage Dynamic Multiview delivers personalized viewing and ad experiences at scale, and MediaTailor low-latency insertion help to avoid impressions being left behind regardless of how fast the stream moves.

Visit AWS at IBC 2026 in Amsterdam (September 12–15) to see live demonstrations.

IRVINE, Calif.—Teradek has launched the Bolt 7 with a unified wireless video and data system, which the company is calling “the most significant update” to the product series since its introduction in 2013.

“The original Bolt replaced long SDI cable runs with a wireless zero-delay video system crews could trust,” said Colin McDonald, product manager at Teradek. “Bolt 7 takes the next step with an all-new 900MHz RF pipeline that works in tandem with your zero-delay video signal and acts as a wireless Ethernet or USB cable replacement, enabling wireless camera control, color management, telemetry and more without a Wi-Fi network.”

The Bolt 7 lineup includes 750, 1500 and MAX TX and RX models, each with an integrated 900MHz radio that runs in parallel with zero-delay 4K video signal, simplifying Ethernet workflows by eliminating the need for Wi-Fi or additional on-camera hardware. The new Bolt 7 Series features a 20% smaller TX as compared to the Bolt 6 XT models and a new color OLED display for faster pairing, control and diagnostics.

For cine workflows, Bolt 7 sends camera control and zero-delay video over a single connection. Bolt 7 TX connects directly to the camera, eliminating the need to set up or manage a dedicated Wi-Fi network on set. Because Bolt 7 uses dedicated RF pathways outside standard Wi-Fi frequencies, productions can reduce interference and simplify their wireless environment.

Camera control can be sent directly to a remote SmallHD monitor (with optional camera control license), CTRL.5, laptop or iPad using supported manufacturer or third-party camera control apps. Beyond camera control, Bolt 7’s dual video-and-data pipeline opens the door to wireless color management, audio communication and other workflows previously dependent on wired connections or additional hardware.

For live production, Bolt 7 unifies camera telemetry, video shading and zero-delay wireless video into one connection, reducing the complexity of multi-device setups. Crews can send zero-delay video to a switcher while delivering telemetry data to a Sony or Cyanview RCP in an OB truck or control room without managing separate systems.

Bolt 7 preserves the zero-delay performance required in professional live environments. Bolt 7 TX features a USB-C port that supports single-cable, zero-delay video and communication for iPhone camera workflows and DP-Alt Mode (DisplayPort Alternate Mode) for compatible cameras and monitors.

Bolt 7 introduces one new transmitter and two new receivers to the Bolt product family. Each comes with 900MHz radio, a color OLED display with a simplified interface, optional single-cable pairing and new battery plate that cradles for faster battery plate swaps. Automated RF management in PageOS and the Bolt App streamlines TX and RX pairing to ensure reliable performance even in the most challenging RF conditions.

Bolt 7 TX is available in 750, 1500 and MAX models. Boasting a 20% smaller footprint than the Bolt 6 XT, it is Teradek’s most compact 12G-SDI transmitter to date. Bolt 7 RX is available in 750 and 1500 models. Bolt 7 RX MAX enables encoding to an SD card. When paired with a Link AX or other Wi-Fi router via Ethernet, productions can receive zero-delay video while also sending a low-latency feed to iPads on set through the Teradek TV app.

Bolt 7 TX and RX units support up to 4K60 10-bit 4:2:2 HDR video over 12G-SDI and are fully compatible across Bolt 4K (5GHz) and Bolt 6 (5GHz and 6GHz) wireless ecosystems. The new 900MHz wireless data functionality is available exclusively between Bolt 7 units.

NEW YORK—Media software technology provider Dalet has promoted Brian Doheny to chief executive officer.

Doheny had led the company in April as president and chief revenue officer, leading the company’s go-to-market and customer experience organizations. As CEO, he will lead Dalet’s global strategy and operations.

Dalet provides enterprise media asset management systems, newsroom computer systems and content supply-chain orchestration platforms to broadcasters, studios and enterprise content owners.

“Since joining Dalet, I have had the opportunity to spend time with our customers, partners, and teams around the world, and one thing is very clear: the pace of change in our industry is only accelerating, and Dalet is uniquely positioned to lead the way,” Doheny said. “Our opportunity is not simply to respond to that change. It is to anticipate it. We need to understand the challenges our customers face today, anticipate the ones they’ll face in the future, and how Dalet will help address them with speed and confidence.”

Doheny, a 30-year technology industry veteran, was chief revenue officer at risk management software provider Veriforce before joining Dalet. He also held senior leadership posts at TIBCO and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, among other companies.

“Brian has brought strong strategic focus and operational discipline to Dalet, while keeping customer value at the center of the company’s strategy,” said Will Brennan, managing partner of Dalet owner Long Path Partners. “His appointment as CEO reflects our confidence in his ability to lead Dalet through its next phase and ensure we continue to innovate around the evolving needs of our customers and the broader media industry.”

MUNICH– ARRI has unveiled SMPTE ST 2110 support for the ALEXA 35 Live multicam system, opening the system to fully IP-based broadcast studios, stadiums, high-end flypacks, and remote productions and will exhibit the development as well as its other enhancements for live entertainment workflows during IBC2026, Sept. 11-14, at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Center.

Delivered through Software Update Package (SUP) 1.5.0 for the Live Production System LPS-1, the new support brings ALEXA 35 Live directly into modern ST 2110 infrastructures through a permanent software license.

By combining ARRI’s cinematic image quality with open IP standards and proven live-production reliability, the update strengthens ALEXA 35 Live as a platform for the next generation of high-end media and entertainment workflows.

The ST 2110 implementation enables independent routing and control of uncompressed video, multichannel audio, and time-sensitive metadata over a 25GbE full-duplex connection. It can simultaneously transport two uncompressed UHD camera feeds alongside multiple HD or UHD return-video and return-AUX channels. Multiple HD streams also support HFR slow-motion acquisition over IP.

For resilient live production, the implementation includes seamless SMPTE ST 2022-7 redundancy. With two third-party SFP28 25GbE fiber-optic transceiver modules installed at the rear of the LPS-1, the unit maintains dual active network paths for automatic, glitch-free failover. Recommended transceiver modules are listed in the LPS-1 SUP 1.5.0 user manual.

Proven in demanding live-production environments

The LPS-1 ST 2110 architecture is designed for interoperability with broadcast ecosystems, including Riedel Communications infrastructure and SimplyLive production environments. Comprehensive AMWA NMOS support (IS-04, IS-05, IS-08, IS-09, BCP-003-01 and BCP-003-03) and Precision Time Protocol (PTP) enable automated discovery, connection management, audio-channel mapping, synchronization and secure operation across the media network.

Supported standards and protocols include:

• SMPTE ST 2110-10: System timing and synchronization (PTP)
• SMPTE ST 2110-20: Uncompressed active video transport
• SMPTE ST 2110-21: Traffic shaping and packet timing
• SMPTE ST 2110-30: PCM audio transport (AES67 compatible)
• SMPTE ST 2110-40: Ancillary data transport (captions, VITC, timecode)
• SMPTE ST 2022-7: Seamless protection switching (hitless redundancy)
• AMWA NMOS Suite: IS-04 discovery and registration, IS-05 connection management, IS-08 audio channel mapping, IS-09 system parameters, BCP-003-01 secure communication and BCP-003-03 authorization.

LPS-1 SUP 1.5.0 can be downloaded from the ARRI website. The LPS-1 ST 2110 license is available from the ARRI License Shop. It is priced at $8,735 (U.S.) or €7,500.

More information is available on the company’s website.

See ARRI at IBC2026 stand 10.A24.

WASHINGTON—FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced on Wednesday that the commission will vote later this month on two items that would open up additional spectrum for “next-generation connectivity.”

In a satellite spectrum abundance order, the commission will vote on unlocking more than 1,000 MHz of spectrum in the 12 GHz and 42 GHz bands for a range of connectivity services, including even faster satellite broadband. Second, the commission will seek comment on a proposal to modernize the FCC’s rules for ultra-wideband technology (UWB)—unlicensed offerings that power a range of IoT, consumer, and other cutting-edge devices.

"Unlicensed device manufacturers are increasingly finding that UWB’s high data rates, precise location capabilities, and ability to coexist with other services across multiple spectrum bands make it the right technology for today’s needs," the FCC said. "Today’s NPRM addresses the technology advancements and explosion in innovative use cases since the commission’s landmark 2002 decision to authorize the first unlicensed UWB operations."

Carr said the FCC's proposal "will push more commercial spectrum into the marketplace than ever before. By unlocking these bands, the FCC will give a big boost to American innovation and promote economic growth across a wide range of industries."

“In the spectrum abundance decision, we will ensure that consumers continue to benefit from competitive, high-speed Internet delivered from next-gen satellites,” Carr added. “And in our UWB proposal, the commission will propose to modernize our existing rules to unlock even more opportunities for unlicensed devices across a wide swath of spectrum. This spectrum is so seamlessly woven into our everyday lives, from keeping us safe in our cars to tracking our package deliveries that most people don’t even realize its critical role. The proposal circulated today represents the Commission’s first comprehensive modernization of these rules since their adoption in 2002 and works to further refine and reshape our rules to meet today’s needs.”

The announcement comes amid a slew of initiatives to auction off more publicly held radio spectrum since the FCC's auction authority was restored a year ago.

DENVER—At IBC2026 (Sept. 11-14, RAI Amsterdam, Stand #1.B73), Imagine Communications has announced that it will be demonstrating the latest advances to its XVR high-density media server, which has already been successfully deployed for production, playout, and news operations across the industry.

New capabilities include real-time graphics and master control switching — delivering a true integrated playout chain.

"We're proud of the success XVR has achieved in the marketplace, building on the industry’s transition to IP-based workflows, including ST 2110 and the cloud,” said Darren Gallipeau, senior product director at Imagine Communications. “With the addition of real-time graphics, newsroom connectivity, and next-gen AI and MXL capabilities, XVR becomes a full-fledged integrated channel engine. Whether deployed on-premises or in the cloud, it is the fastest path to launching a new channel or refreshing an existing one."

During the show, Imagine will also demonstrate Media Exchange Layer (MXL) interoperability and AI-augmented playout operations, further establishing XVR as a full-featured integrated channel engine designed from the ground up for high-frequency, fast-turnaround broadcast workflows.

Building on more than 30 years of playout innovation, XVR is equally suited to on-prem and cloud-based deployments and natively supports legacy and modern media and interface formats from SDI to MXL. This high-density media server integrates cleanly into modern plants through open APIs and native HTML5 interfaces.

In addition, as part of the Imagine Aviator ecosystem, XVR deployment, content, and playlist workflows are available through Model Context Protocol (MCP), so that agentic AI systems can launch and monitor channels and manage content — enabling media organizations to further modernize operational profiles.

At IBC, Imagine will demonstrate how the latest XVR capabilities empower a full suite of channel-origination workflows using the same core engine. Those include:

• Real-Time Graphics: Building on Imagine's tradition of high-quality dynamic rendered graphics, new XVR releases add comprehensive graphics functionality, providing a flexible platform for channel branding, lower thirds, tickers and data-driven graphics. The native graphics engine allows designers to create complex scenes driven by live external data sources, all rendered and composited in real time within the XVR channel. HTML5 graphic planes extend this capability to operations that incorporate HTML5 graphic workflows, and both approaches are available simultaneously within the XVR engine.
• Newsroom Integration: The latest XVR releases also integrate with Newsroom Computer Systems (NRCS) via industry-standard MOS and VDCP protocols, making it a natural fit for news environments. Clips can be pulled into edit while still being ingested; finished media is available for playout as the editor signs off. Coupled with Imagine's Aviator Orchestrator™ and Aviator Automation™ platforms, XVR delivers a tightly integrated solution for news, sports production, and channel origination environments.
• Assured Ingest: A new, dual-layer protection capability in XVR safeguards live recordings against downstream storage issues. If connectivity to external storage is interrupted, XVR buffers the incoming content internally and reassembles a seamless recording upon restoration, ensuring a breaking news feed, live event, or sports moment is never lost to infrastructure issues outside the playout engine.
• AI-Augmented Playout Management: Imagine will demonstrate how XVR integration with its Aviator orchestration ecosystem and MCP-enabled agentic technologies allows operators to use AI to streamline routine operational processes while maintaining human oversight of workflow decisions. Operators can use conversational AI tools to schedule bulk updates, real-time operational queries, and intelligent gap-fill from the content pool — all through a governed MCP service layer that enforces guardrails between the AI and playout automation.
• JT-DMF MXL Interoperability: Imagine and Appear will showcase a joint technology demonstration of the JT-DMF MXL protocol in action — connecting the Appear VX software platform as a live-input contribution directly to multiple XVR integrated playout engines via the MXL protocol. The cloud-based demo illustrates how MXL enables media applications from different vendors to interoperate within a common computing environment, allowing broadcasters to rapidly build workflows in an orchestrated environment.

“Showcasing the JT-DMF MXL as an interface on the XVR engine in an interop with an industry partner is a critical link in the development and deployment of Dynamic Media Facilities (DMF),” said John Mailhot, senior vice president, product management, at Imagine Communications. “Imagine has been building toward this vision for more than a decade, and our Aviator ecosystem and XVR engines are built around the principles DMF is designed to standardize.”

Imagine will demonstrate XVR alongside its full playout portfolio and AI-enabled technologies at its IBC2026 stand (1.B73). More information is available at https://imaginecommunications.com/event/ibc2026/.

SIEGEN, Germany—Guntermann & Drunck (G&D) and VuWall, both Panoptec companies, will introduce vsNEO, a new KVM-over-IP platform designed to simplify the deployment and operation of control rooms and broadcast environments, during IBC2026, Sept. 11-14, at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Center.

Built around the principle of simplicity, vsNEO creates a standalone KVM network that operates independently from the corporate LAN and eliminates the need for complex network configuration. The vsNEO-center controller provides network intelligence for every installation, including built-in DHCP, allowing connected devices to establish a dedicated, isolated KVM environment with minimal IT involvement. AES-256 encryption provides an additional layer of protection for KVM traffic.

At the heart of the platform is vsNEO-link, a universal transceiver that can operate as a transmitter, receiver, video wall node or multi-PIP KVM mosaic station using the same hardware device. This flexible architecture reduces the number of device types integrators need to specify, stock, deploy and support, simplifying both project design and long-term system management.

Designed for installations of up to 96 endpoints, vsNEO is well-suited for OB vans, esports studios, corporate control rooms and other environments requiring reliability and operator ergonomics without the infrastructure complexity of a large enterprise KVM deployment.

The simplified architecture extends to the hardware itself. At 4.13 inches (105mm) wide, three vsNEO-link transceivers fit side by side in a single rack unit, maximizing rack density in space-constrained environments. Because the same device can serve multiple roles within the system, integrators can also reduce hardware variation across a project.

Operators interact with vsNEO through a streamlined dark-mode OSD featuring live source thumbnails and intuitive source selection. The control ecosystem supports different workstation and room-control requirements through multiple interfaces, including G&D CommandDeck and CommandKeyboard, VuWall ControlVu for touch-based room control and CommandKeyboard-Advanced for advanced operator positions.

To further simplify system planning, a dedicated online configurator allows integrators and customers to design a vsNEO system based on their required number of endpoints and components. The tool automatically generates a bill of materials and system topology diagram in PDF format to support project planning with a certified partner.

See G&D and VuWall at IBC2026 stand 8.B63.

More information is available on the G&D and VuWall websites.

AMSTERDAM—Ceeblue, a Dutch-based provider of ultra-low-latency video streaming technology and Australian media technology company Layercake, today announced the expansion of their partnership with the full production rollout of an advanced Digital Rights Management (DRM) framework alongside revolutionary Server-Side Ad Insertion (SSAI).

Building directly upon the integration of Ceeblue’s sub-second WebRTS streaming with Layercake’s orchestration and workflow management platform, Streamcake, the two companies now support studio-grade content protection in live production on sub-second streams.

The upgraded feature set supports both major industry encryption schemes, CENC and CBCS, which unlocks full coverage across the Widevine, PlayReady, and FairPlay DRM ecosystems over DASH, HLS/CMAF, Low-Latency HLS, and WebRTS delivery channels.

Engineered for efficiency and extreme security, the DRM architecture introduces three strategically vital innovations:

• Encrypt Once at Ingest: Encryption metadata is computed and persisted at the origin, eliminating redundant processing and ensuring content is encrypted only once rather than per-output;
• Passthrough at the Edge: Edge and relay nodes forward protected streams without ever holding decryption keys, drastically lowering edge compute costs while materially reducing the key-exposure attack surface, and
• Open Integration Architecture: Built-in trigger hooks allow seamless interoperability with self-managed or third-party KMS/DRM backends, currently supporting Google Secret Manager.

This production capability directly addresses contractual content-protection requirements, unblocking deals for premium tier-1 live sports and entertainment streaming that were previously relegated to much higher latencies by the limitations of HLS/DASH streaming.

Alongside robust content protection, the expanded integration delivers Server-Side Ad Insertion (SSAI). Until now, operators had to choose between latency and monetization. But now, the combination of sub-second delivery, full-fledged DRM, and seamless SSAI running on standard CDNs gives sports and live broadcast operators a huge incentive to go ultra-low latency.

By coupling Streamcake’s automated cloud control plane, which makes management and scaling intuitive and reliable, with Ceeblue’s WebRTS origins, the combined solution delivers targeted value across core verticals:

• OTT Sports & Betting: Eliminates the "spoiler effect" by aligning digital delivery precisely with live play. Feeds delivered under one second expand live-betting windows, combat courtsiding, and protect high-value rights with DRM;
• iGaming & Live Auctions: Provides real-time interactivity to thousands of global users at the same time, allowing hybrid on-site and remote play / bidding. The immediacy of real-time interactivity maximizes Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and engagement, and ensures auction integrity, and
• Corporate Comms & Live Commerce: Drives interactive corporate town halls over HTTP, which easily traverses strict enterprise firewalls, while empowering live commerce platforms to handle massive viral traffic surges with automatic edge scaling.

The production DRM framework capabilities are available immediately across the integrated Ceeblue and Streamcake deployment options. Customers can deploy the unified solution across major CDNs, including Akamai, Orange CDN, Fastly, and many more.

Visitors to the 2026 IBC Show can see demos at Ceeblue (5.C43) and Layercake Partner Pod on the Grass Valley Stand (9.A01).

HACKENSACK, NJ—LiveU, a global provider of live IP-video solutions, announced today that The Associated Press will deploy LiveU Ingest, LiveU Transceivers and LiveU IQ connectivity across its global operations—including the industry's largest deployment of LU900Q intelligent production units—bringing AP’s global LiveU hardware fleet to over 100 encoders.

The LU900Q uses new AI-driven connection management and eSIM technology to draw on mobile data networks around the globe. The technology will support a range of AP operations, from live feeds to editorial and multicamera workflows used by the global news organization’s production arm, AP 360.

"We’re excited about expanding our work with LiveU to equip our journalists with the technology to transmit live wherever the story takes them,” said Matthew Durbin, director of video technology and operations at AP. “Additionally, using LiveU Ingest with our MAM system gives us greater flexibility and speed, allowing us to move even faster and more efficiently from capturing content to distributing it to our customers around the world.”

Alongside the LU900Q deployment, AP has integrated LiveU Ingest with its cloud-based MAM system. Supporting up to 10 simultaneous live channels, the integration streamlines how content moves from the field into AP’s workflows, helping teams get to near-live and on-demand output more quickly.

AP is also transitioning its infrastructure to a SMPTE ST 2110 IP environment, deploying five LiveU servers alongside a dedicated SDI server. LiveU Transceivers enable AP to send and receive feeds with content providers as needed, giving teams flexible access to live sources across the network.

LiveU IQ's intelligent network switching continuously optimizes across available network operators in real time, helping maintain consistent transmission quality as connectivity conditions change.

MONTREAL—Grass Valley today announced a new multi-year framework agreement with RAI (Radiotelevisione Italiana), Italy’s national public broadcaster, for the supply of LDX 150 camera systems. The agreement marks the start of one of the largest camera refresh programs in RAI's recent history, with the first camera systems already deployed to refresh RAI’s outside broadcast fleet, according to Grass.

Grass Valley already has a longstanding relationship with RAI, which will progressively deploy LDX 150 camera systems over the coming years. RAI says it selected the LDX 150 camera system for its unique native IP connectivity, renowned simple and intuitive control and operation and its pristine HDR image performance.

The LDX 150 provides a camera platform that supports RAI’s current production requirements while enabling the company’s continued transition toward more flexible IP-based workflows, they said.

“As we continue to modernize our production infrastructure, we were looking for a camera platform that would support both our current operational needs and our future ambitions,” said Riccardo Rombaldoni, Dirigente Responsabile – Ingegneria di Realizzazione e Gestione Contenuti at RAI. “The LDX 150 combines excellent image quality with native IP connectivity, HDR acquisition and intuitive operation, giving our production teams the flexibility to support a wide variety of production environments while building on the trusted relationship we have established with Grass Valley over many years.”

The first phase of the deployment has been completed, with the initial LDX 150 camera systems fully operational within RAI’s outside broadcast fleet. Grass Valley’s long-time partner and systems integrator Video Progetti led the overall system integration, while Domo supported the project as the integration partner for the wireless camera components of the deployment.

CLEVELAND and HILVERSUM, The Netherlands—Telos Alliance and Pluxbox have formed a new partnership that brings Minnetonka Audio ARC (Audio Realtime Control) technology, directly into Pluxbox CoreOC, its software-based operational platform for broadcast and media workflows.

The integration gives Pluxbox users access to ARC, which provides real-time software-based audio processing, within their existing CoreOC environment, using MXL to connect the applications.

This allows broadcasters and media organizations to add advanced audio processing to software-defined workflows without introducing a separate processing layer or changing the way operators work.

“We’re very pleased to work with Pluxbox to bring ARC into the CoreOC platform,” said Markus Hintz, vice president of Business Development at Telos Alliance. “Integrating ARC with Pluxbox via MXL gives broadcasters access to sophisticated audio processing directly within a modern software-based workflow. It’s a practical example of how interoperability can make it easier to build flexible media facilities without adding unnecessary complexity.”

The ARC integration is the first step in a broader collaboration between companies. Other Telos Alliance capabilities planned for integration with CoreOC include Minnetonka Audio UPMAX upmixing, Omnia Forza audio processing and Telos VX broadcast VoIP.

“Integrating Minnetonka Audio ARC into Pluxbox was straightforward because ARC supports MXL, enabling real-time exchange of uncompressed video, audio and metadata within software-defined broadcast and live production environments,” said Caspar Adriani, chief technology officer at Pluxbox. “For our customers, that means access to advanced audio processing without disrupting the workflows they already know. We’re excited to continue working with Telos Alliance and expand what we can offer through CoreOC.”

Caspar Adriani, CTO, Pluxbox, added: “Integrating Minnetonka Audio ARC into Pluxbox was straightforward because ARC supports MXL, enabling real-time exchange of uncompressed video, audio, and metadata within software-defined broadcast and live production environments. For our customers, that means access to advanced audio processing without disrupting the workflows they already know. We’re excited to continue working with Telos Alliance and expand what we can offer through CoreOC.”

The ARC integration is the first step in a broader collaboration between Telos Alliance and Pluxbox. Additional Telos Alliance capabilities planned for integration with CoreOC include Minnetonka Audio UPMAX upmixing, Omnia Forza audio processing, and Telos VX broadcast VoIP.

MONTREAL and NEW YORK—Haivision has announced that it is integrating Chyron LIVE into its live video contribution ecosystem, simplifying camera-to-cloud live production. Chyron LIVE is Chyron’s cloud-native platform for vision mixing, broadcast-grade graphics, data display, remote commentary, and illustrated replay. The joint solution will be showcased at IBC2026.

The combined solution will allow broadcasters to capture, transport, and contribute high-quality live video from virtually any location into Chyron LIVE, streamlining live production workflows while delivering the performance, reliability, and ease of use required for professional broadcasting.

Built for sports, news, and live event productions, the integrated workflow combines Haivision's live video contribution products, including Haivision mobile video transmitters (Falkon, Pro, and Air) and Makito video encoders and decoders, with Chyron LIVE, powered by Chyron’s PRIME Platform which is developed natively on AWS. The combined solution enables broadcasters to reliably contribute live video over cellular networks, the internet, satellite, and IP networks directly into cloud-based production workflows, according to the companies.

“Broadcasters are increasingly looking for flexible, cloud-native production workflows that simplify live content acquisition,” said Nikole McStanley, senior vice president of product, Chyron. “Together with Haivision, we're enabling customers to bring high-quality live video into Chyron LIVE more efficiently, giving production teams greater flexibility to produce live content from anywhere with ease.”

Visitors to IBC2026 can see the integrated workflow firsthand at Haivision (2.B32) and Chyron (7.A23) .

KINGS PARK, NY—Multidyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems will introduce SilverBack-IP, the newest member of its SilverBack Series of fiber camera adapters, at the 2026 IBC Show, Sept. 11-14 at the RAI Amsterdam. SilverBack-IP brings native SMPTE ST 2110 connectivity to Multidyne’s fiber camera platform, providing a direct path for integrating digital cinema cameras into modern IP production environments, the company said.

Multidyne developed the SilverBack Series to help content producers bring the cinematic quality of digital cinema cameras into live multi-camera production. The lightweight, vendor-agnostic adapters convert digital cinema cameras for SMPTE studio-camera workflows and have been deployed across live sports, concerts, television productions, houses of worship and other professional production environments.

Purpose-built for the industry’s transition from SDI, SilverBack-IP retains the series’s mobility, camera flexibility and familiar operational benefits while moving the transport layer to IP. The new design enables production teams to connect their preferred cinema cameras directly to SMPTE ST 2110 networks while maintaining the camera-centric workflows that have made SilverBack a fixture in live cinematic production.

SilverBack-IP features dual 25GbE network interfaces and supports SMPTE ST 2022-7 hitless protection across the two fibers within SMPTE hybrid cable, providing redundant network paths for demanding live production environments. Two 12G-SDI and two 3G-SDI connections accommodate a broad range of HD and UHD workflows, with video, audio, intercom and data encapsulated and de-encapsulated as standardized IP streams.

The IP architecture removes many of the point-to-point limitations associated with traditional camera chains. Rather than requiring signals such as intercom, timing and video to be discretely connected and distributed through dedicated hardware, SilverBack-IP makes those signals available within the ST 2110 network infrastructure. Integrated intercom, for example, can operate as an ST 2110-30 audio essence flow, allowing production teams to source and associate intercom audio through the network instead of a dedicated point-to-point connection.

The dual 12G-SDI capability also positions SilverBack-IP for emerging immersive production requirements. Stereoscopic cameras that generate discrete right- and left-eye UHD signals can deliver two simultaneous 12G-SDI feeds into the adapter, allowing both signals to be transported into the ST 2110 environment. The architecture extends SilverBack’s vendor-agnostic philosophy to new generations of digital cinema and immersive cameras, allowing producers to select the most suitable cameras.

SilverBack-IP’s studio camera-style physical design puts controls, menu access and system status directly in front of the camera operator. Full-size professional connectors complement the operator-centric interface, marking a departure from the traditional ENG-style cameraback configuration of earlier SilverBack systems. The result is a familiar studio-camera experience while retaining the flexibility of adapting a digital cinema camera for live production.

SilverBack-IP supports both 12V and 24V camera systems when paired with appropriate Multidyne power extension solutions, accommodating traditional cinema cameras as well as newer high-power camera platforms, the company said. The adapter can operate independently of a camera as a standalone fiber gateway, allowing production teams to place the unit remotely and transport video, intercom and other signals between SDI endpoints and IP networks.

Multidyne will be in Stand 11.C12.

DENVER—Comcast Technology Solutions today announced a new multi-year agreement with A+E Global Media to provide premium content distribution services using Comcast MediaExpress, part of the Comcast Media360 portfolio.

Under the agreement, Comcast Technology Solutions will provide centralized video-on-demand (VOD) management and distribution for content from A+E Global Media brands (A&E, History, Lifetime, and others). Using Comcast MediaExpress, A+E Global Media will leverage a single point of ingest for premium video titles and associated metadata to streamline content preparation, packaging, and delivery. The 24/7 managed service is designed to simplify VOD distribution for improved operational efficiency, CTS said.

"A+E Global Media is committed to delivering exceptional storytelling to audiences wherever they are, while embracing technology to help accomplish that core objective,” said Prakash Patel, Senior Vice President of Technology Strategy and Transformation at A+E Global Media. "Comcast MediaExpress gives us an efficient and scalable approach to managing content distribution, helping simplify workflows to ensure our programming reaches distribution partners quickly and reliably."

Comcast Media360 is a premium managed service for the media and entertainment industry, offering an integrated suite of technologies for comprehensive global video delivery, distribution, and monetization across linear and on-demand platforms.

WOODSTOCK, Ill.—Other World Computing will unveil two new Thunderbolt 5 solutions at the 2026 IBC Show, Sept. 11-14 at the RAI Amsterdam. The new additions include OWC Thunderbolt 5 Dock with Dual HDMI, and the Thunderbolt 5 (USB-C) Cable now available in a 1.5-meter length.

With the OWC Thunderbolt 5 Dock with Dual HDMI one connection provides the displays, storage performance, networking, power, and connectivity of an enterprise-class desktop workstation, without the need for a pile of adapters and workarounds. Its key features include:

• Two HDMI 2.1 ports built right in. Any monitor that has HDMI plugs directly into the dock with zero compatibility guesswork;
• Single Thunderbolt 5 connection delivers dual displays, wired networking, storage, card readers, and full laptop charging simultaneously;
• 140W Power Delivery: Keeps MacBook Pros and high-performance Windows laptops fully charged at peak performance while running the entire connected setup;
• Front USB-C port delivers up to 30W of charging;
• Downstream Thunderbolt 5 port runs external SSDs and RAID arrays at full rated speed;
• 2.5GbE delivers the throughput needed for NAS workflows, large file transfers, and secure corporate environments;
• UHS-II SD and microSD slots let photographers and video editors offload footage without a separate card reader;
• Supports dual HDMI displays at up to 4K 240Hz or dual 8K 60Hz with DSC on Thunderbolt 5 hosts. A third display is possible via Thunderbolt or USB-C;
• Compatible with Thunderbolt 5, Thunderbolt 4, USB4, USB-C, and Thunderbolt 3 (Mac) hosts across Mac and Windows environments;
• OWC Innergize Enabled: A complete health, performance, and field update management app when using OWC Atlas SD memory cards with the dock's SD memory card reader;
• Supports both horizontal and vertical desk placement, and
• OWC Dock Ejector unmounts every connected drive in a single click. On macOS, an included driver also enables Apple Super Drive support through the dock.

“Thunderbolt 5 gives you tremendous performance and capability. The real question is what you do with it,” said Larry O’Connor, Founder and CEO, OWC. “With the OWC Thunderbolt 5 Dock with Dual HDMI your laptop is no longer the compromise. One connection gives you the displays, storage performance, networking, power, and connectivity of a serious desktop workstation – without the pile of adapters and workarounds. We didn’t set out to build another Thunderbolt 5 dock. We set out to build the one professionals will measure the others against.”

O’Connor added, “This addition to our dock line-up is a result of customer feedback. Our goal is to continue to ensure our customers always have a choice when it comes to picking the solution(s) that best meet their individual desktop/workflow requirements."

Key features for OWC Thunderbolt 5 (USB-C) Cables, now available in a 1.5-meter length include:

• Since it's 100% USB-C compatible, it connects to current, future as well as older Macs, PCs, iPads, Chromebooks, Surface, and other devices with a Thunderbolt 5, Thunderbolt 4, Thunderbolt 3, USB4, or USB-C port;
• Up to 80Gbps of bidirectional data speed and up to 120Gbps for higher display bandwidth needs;
• Connects to millions of docks, displays, eGPUs, PCIe expansion, external SSDs, RAID storage, and accessories;
• Lab-certified to safely deliver up to 240W to charge the most power-hungry notebook computer;
• Connects to the latest and future Thunderbolt, USB-C, and DisplayPort displays for incredible 4K, 5K, 6K, and up to three 8K displays, and
• Three-Year OWC Limited Warranty.

The OWC Thunderbolt 5 Dock with Dual HDMI will be generally available (GA) in November and priced at $349.99. The Thunderbolt 5 (USB-C) Cable in a 1.5-meter length availability is planned for the middle of October and will be priced at $58.99.

OWC will demo the new additions at Stand 7.A60 during IBC 2026. For more information, visit www.owc.com

AMSTERDAM—swXtch.io, a global provider of software-defined networking solutions for media, has launched an AI-based broadcast engineer platform which it says is designed to remove the infrastructure and networking complexity behind live media workflows.

abbe removes the requirement for operators to configure networks, cloud infrastructure, compute resources, and AI software in media routing and interface workflows, according to the company.

abbe takes a conversational description of the desired outcome and deploys the necessary infrastructure, networking, and software required to make the workflow run and does so in the most economical way while meeting performance requirements.

abbe is a cloud-agnostic orchestration layer, able to deploy live media and AI workflows across any provider including Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Workloads are located based on user requirements including optimizations for cost and latency, without forcing the operator to design a different solution for each cloud environment.

The initial capabilities being shown at IBC focus on two areas where live media teams face significant operational complexity: managing live media transport and deploying AI into production workflows.

For live media networking, abbe provides SRT management and control, enabling operators to ingest, monitor and distribute streams globally without manually configuring the underlying infrastructure. abbe is designed to automate decisions around where and how live media moves, helping operators maintain reliable, high-quality feeds while reducing the manual intervention traditionally required to respond to changing network conditions.

For AI workflows abbe will demonstrate a live audio processing workflow using NVIDIA models and other select partners. An operator can describe the desired outcome and abbe stands up the cloud infrastructure, networking, security, and software required for the audio processing use case.

The future of abbe is much broader than the initial iteration being shown at IBC, swXtch.io said.

abbe treats AI models as interchangeable components within a live workflow. Operators can select and test different models, chain models together, compare performance, and swap from one model to another easily and quickly. abbe separates what an operator wants to accomplish from the increasingly complex infrastructure, networking, and knowledge required to accomplish it.

NVIDIA models provide the foundation for abbe's initial real-time AI capabilities and swXtch.io is already expanding abbe's support across additional NVIDIA AI models and capabilities over time.

“The AI models are becoming incredibly capable but putting them into a live production still requires expertise across networking, cloud infrastructure, and AI software,” said Brent Yates, CEO of. “abbe is designed to remove that complexity. You describe what you want to accomplish, and abbe stands up everything needed to make it work. And because workflows are not locked to one model, you can easily optimize it as the technology changes. abbe simplifies AI for live media.”

Skyline Communications and Bridge Technologies will showcase the latest developments in their technology partnership, highlighting how broadcasters can deploy workflows that detect, decide and automatically act, not simply monitor and alarm, during IBC2026, Sept. 11-14, at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Center.

The companies will present two complementary innovations: an automated AV synchronization workflow that combines Bridge Technologies VB440 measurement intelligence with DataMiner’s orchestration and automation capabilities, and a new generation of DataMiner apps that enable organizations to create purpose-built applications tailored to their unique operational workflows.

The centerpiece of the demonstration is an AV synchronization workflow built around Bridge Technologies} new VB440 AV synchronization feature, which measures audio and video delay with high precision and exposes that information through open APIs. In remote production environments, AV sync delay is not an exception but an inherent operational reality that teams need to measure, manage and compensate for reliably.

DataMiner receives this AV sync intelligence and uses it to orchestrate the required corrective workflow automatically. Bridge Technologies provides the measurement intelligence. DataMiner provides the orchestration layer that turns that intelligence into action.

Alongside the AV sync workflow, Skyline will also demonstrate a new generation of DataMiner apps. The apps enable organizations to create purpose-built applications rapidly tailored to their unique operational workflows. By leveraging AI-assisted application development, customers can move from concept to production in a fraction of the time traditionally required, while maintaining full flexibility and control over the user experience.

See Skyline Communications at IBC2026 stand 1.B40 and Bridge Technologies at stand 1.A71.

More information is available on the Skyline Communications and Bridge Technologies websites.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Net Insight has introduced Nimbra 1020G, a compact, ultra-dense addition to the Nimbra Live portfolio that combines IP media processing, switching and controlled interconnection in a modular 1U platform.

The company will demonstrate Nimbra 1020G and Open Live Media at IBC2026, Booth 1.B47, RAI Amsterdam, September 11–14.

Net insight’s Nimbra 1020G combines open standards and APIs with Net Insight’s Trust Boundary technology, enabling broadcasters, production companies and media service providers to extend Broadcast IP without overbuilding infrastructure.

As live production becomes more distributed across venues, partners, facilities and cloud environments, IP workflows increasingly need to extend beyond the media core without bringing core-scale footprint, power and cost with them.

“The value of Trust Boundary is that organizations can exchange live media without sharing network design, investing in complex integrations or adding conversion,” said Larissa Görner-Meeus, CPO of Net Insight. “With Nimbra 1020G, that controlled handoff can now be placed wherever services enter or leave the network.”

Nimbra 1020G addresses this need in a compact 1U modular platform, supporting up to 64 channels of 2110 JPEG XS compression and 600 Gbps of lossless Ethernet switching. This increases service density while reducing rack space, power, external switching requirements and cost per live service. Built around the Nimbra Media Pro App architecture, Nimbra 1020G can adapt across contribution, remote production, facility connectivity, partner interconnect and distribution access.

A key differentiator of Nimbra 1020G is the always-enabled SMPTE RP 2129 Trust Boundary. It creates a secure demarcation between independently operated media networks, allowing organizations to exchange live media services while retaining full control of their own addressing, multicast architecture, security policies and orchestration. To maintain service resilience and interoperability, full media payload and timing is always preserved through each Trust Boundary.

With demarcation from 1G to 100G Ethernet, Trust Boundary combines per-service admission, address adaptation, strict QoS control and real-time flow monitoring. One application handles the full range of media flows, from compressed transport streams to uncompressed 2110 UHD essences. Up to 128 lossless Ethernet switch instances provide guaranteed QoS, fine-grained traffic isolation and workflow aggregation for any broadcaster or service provider workflow.

Nimbra Live Intelligence adds service-level visibility, control and assurance, giving operators real-time insight as live services are added, rerouted or changed. This enables more dynamic, software-driven operations while maintaining operational control.

For existing Nimbra operators, compatibility with Nimbra 1000 modular hardware and the Nimbra Media Pro App family provides a direct expansion path, allowing customers to extend on the infrastructure rather than introduce a separate platform.

Nimbra 1020G adds a new scale point to Nimbra Live, complementing Nimbra 520 for HEVC contribution and Nimbra 1060 for high-capacity media processing. Together with Nimbra Edge and Nimbra Live Intelligence, it extends Net Insight’s Open Live Media architecture across contribution, access, aggregation, controlled interconnect, core and distribution.

NEW YORK—The software-based realtime media monitoring, multiviewing and quality control (QC) provider TAG Video Systems has announced TAG Blue, a cloud platform that gives every company on a delivery chain shared visibility of their workflow, and uses AI to turn that visibility an analysis of root causes and recommendations for dealing with issues.

TAG Blue will be previewed at IBC2026, Stand 1.D33, RAI Amsterdam, 11–14 September.

TAG’s Core platform already gives broadcasters complete visibility inside their own operation. The challenge is what happens beyond that boundary. As content moves across more entities, facilities, partners and workflows, visibility breaks down in two distinct ways. First, every entity on the chain sees only its own leg of the workflow. No one sees the full path. Second, the telemetry each deployment generates is rich enough to explain what went wrong, but connecting the dots across companies to a root cause and a next step is impossible or takes too much time and money.

TAG Blue gives every entity in a delivery chain visibility into the workflow points they have in common using TAG technology, with no new instrumentation required. AI technology then correlates errors across the defined path, finds the potential root cause, and recommends the steps to fix the issue.

Operators can also ask TAG Blue directly what happened, powered by a large language model (LLM) built into the platform, and get an answer instantly instead of digging through logs.

In a live sports broadcast, for example, shared visibility between production and takers is crucial. From the venue all the way to the platforms airing it, TAG Blue lets them all see the same picture, end to end. If something breaks along the way, everyone already knows where and why, instead of each side checking its own system while the clock is running.

TAG is working with other leading media technology vendors to extend that same shared visibility further across the industry.

"Traditionally, every entity on the chain could see what was happening inside its own walls and almost nothing beyond them. When something goes wrong, the phone starts ringing. TAG Blue changes that. It gives them real visibility across the chain, securely, without giving up control, and its AI turns that into a root cause and solutions. Now broadcasters, service providers and operators can solve the problem and avoid unnecessary costs related to service outages," said Ziv Mor, chief growth officer, TAG Video Systems.

TAG Blue is in development, with design partners and is expected to be available before the end of the year. TAG will preview TAG Blue at IBC2026, Stand 1.D33, RAI Amsterdam, 11–14 September 2026.

LIEGE, Belgium and MONTREAL—EVS and Matrox Video are combining their respective platforms to accelerate the broadcast industry's transition to software-defined live production. Aligned with the European Broadcasting Union's Dynamic Media Facility (DMF) initiative, the collaboration pairs EVS's orchestration and workflow management capabilities with Matrox ORIGIN’s software-defined media transport and processing to help broadcasters build more flexible, resource-driven production environments.

DMF architectures enable production resources to be provisioned and assigned according to operational needs rather than permanently tied to individual workflows or dedicated hardware.

Matrox ORIGIN gives EVS a software-defined media processing foundation designed to run broadcast workloads on standard compute infrastructure, while supporting open, interoperable approaches including the EBU’s Media eXchange Layer (MXL) and IPMX. Its scalable architecture allows media processing resources to be deployed and allocated dynamically, aligning closely with the resource-driven principles of the DMF. As an OEM building on Matrox ORIGIN, EVS can focus its engineering investment on the orchestration, automation, and operational layers where it delivers differentiated value to broadcasters.

EVS provides the orchestration and operational layer that enables broadcasters to align infrastructure resources with evolving production requirements. Through Production Resource Manager (PRM), a key component of EVS's Flexible Control Room solution, processing resources can be dynamically deployed, configured, and reconfigured based on the specific needs of each production. This allows broadcasters to maximize infrastructure utilization, increase operational agility, and reduce total cost of ownership, according to the company.

Complementing this approach, EVS’s Tactiq UI provides a modern, workflow-driven user experience that abstracts the complexity of the underlying technology stack, allowing operators to focus on producing content rather than managing infrastructure. In parallel, Cerebrum delivers the same simplification for engineering and operations teams, providing a unified control layer across SDI, IP, on-premises, and cloud environments.

Today, EVS' Cerebrum broadcast control and orchestration platform integrates with Matrox Video's Avio 2 IP KVM extenders and ConvertIP baseband to IP converters and encoders/decoders, enabling centralized control and routing across IP-based production environments.

The companies said they will continue collaborating on technologies that advance the industry's transition "toward more dynamic, scalable, and software-defined production infrastructure."

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Accedo and MediaKind will show their newly launched end-to-end, multi-platform streaming solution that enables operators of all sizes to launch, manage and monetize branded streaming services across TV, mobile, web and set-top boxes during IBC2026, Sept. 11-14, at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Center.

The joint white-label solution brings together the combined expertise of both companies, which have a long track record of designing, launching, operating and continuously evolving operator streaming services at global scale. Together, Accedo and MediaKind have helped many of the world's leading telecommunications providers, broadcasters and media companies deliver premium video experiences to millions of consumers worldwide.

The solution is powered by Accedo’s native application framework and cloud-based application management tools, which support all major connected TV, mobile and web platforms, as well as MediaKind’s MK.IO platform.

The joint solution provides operators with a scalable and reliable cloud-based pay-TV platform that reduces deployment complexity while maintaining the flexibility to customize the user experience and evolve services over time.

"The streaming ecosystem has become significantly more complex in recent years, making it increasingly challenging for operators to launch, manage and evolve modern streaming services cost-effectively,” said Accedo chief revenue officer Mrugesh Desai. “By combining Accedo's expertise in delivering world-class user experiences with MediaKind's market-leading backend platform, we've created a proven solution that dramatically reduces complexity, accelerates deployment and lowers total cost of ownership. Just as importantly, operators benefit from a platform backed by two companies with decades of experience launching and continuously evolving streaming services at scale.”

Designed to reduce implementation risk, engineering costs and time-to-market, the joint solution simplifies customer onboarding while delivering a consistent, premium user experience across Android STB, iOS, Android Mobile, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Roku, Samsung Smart TV and web. Operators can rapidly customize branding, user experience and service configuration without the need to build and maintain multiple native applications from scratch.

"Operators are looking for a faster, lower-risk path to launching premium streaming services without compromising on quality or flexibility. This solution combines MediaKind's trusted MK.IO Platform with Accedo's market-leading application technology to deliver a production-ready offering that enables operators to go to market quickly while retaining the ability to innovate and differentiate over time,” said MediaKind senior vice president of product and marketing Shahar Barr.

The joint solution powers Canada’s Cogeco's EPICO streaming service, demonstrating its ability to support large-scale commercial deployments.

The new streaming solution will be shown in the Accedo and MediaKind IBC2026 stands, 5.D76 and 1.D71, respectively.

More information is available on the Accedo and MediaKind websites.

MILAN, Italy—Brightcove has launched Brightcove Gen 2, the next generation of its platform designed to give video teams more capacity to create, distribute, engage and monetize content at scale.

The update includes more than 22 new enhancements and 30+ platform advancements and is designed to allow media companies to reach more audiences, increase engagement and unlock more revenue; automate work, streamline workflows and reduce complexity and combine a more powerful, reliable and secure platform with faster innovation across the entire video workflow, Brightcove said.

These capabilities build on a year’s worth of new solutions and features across the platform. Recent additions include the redesigned Prism user interface, expanded monetization tools, new localization and accessibility capabilities, Next-Gen Live, and AI-powered features that help automate workflows and reduce manual work.

Among the features completely new to Gen 2 is the AI Agentic Hub, which will be unveiled at IBC 2026, Sept. 11-14 at the RAI Amsterdam. The Hub enables teams to move beyond step-by-step tasks by allowing users to define an outcome and have AI agents coordinate the actions and workflows needed to achieve it, according to the company.

AI agents can work across Brightcove’s functionality, meaning they can analyze video data, generate insights, and take action on those insights across the platform—from managing content and metadata to optimizing workflows and configuring experiences. Users interact with the agents through a chat-based interface, making it possible to automate complex, cross-platform workflows and move from insight to action faster.

The AI Agentic Hub is already available to customers in production.

Brightcove will be in Stand 5.A90 at the RAI Amsterdam.

BRISTOL, U.K.—DTVKit will showcase its production-ready DVB-I Client at the Ocean Blue Software stand during IBC2026, Sept. 11-14, at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Center.

The demonstration will give broadcasters, operators, TV manufacturers and technology providers a first-hand look at how DVB-I can be deployed using a practical, standards-compliant implementation designed to accelerate commercial adoption.

Developed collaboratively by Ocean Blue Software and DTVKit, the DVB-I Client is available to DTVKit members as a shared-source, royalty-free solution, delivering a portable and efficient implementation suitable for smart TVs, set-top boxes and next-generation hybrid television platforms.

As DVB-I moves from industry trials into commercial deployment, manufacturers are increasingly seeking production-ready solutions that simplify integration, reduce development effort and ensure compliance with evolving standards. The live IBC demonstration will show how the jointly developed implementation enables rapid DVB-I adoption while maintaining platform flexibility and low resource requirements.

The DTVKit DVB-I Client is implemented in native C++ for maximum portability, efficiency and minimal memory consumption. The client exposes a JSON-based API, enabling seamless integration with web-based user interfaces and applications across a broad range of operating systems and device platforms.

Key capabilities include:

• Shared-source, royalty-free DVB-I client available to DTVKit members. 
• Native C++ implementation designed for portability and low resource usage. 
• JSON API for integration with modern web-based user interfaces. 
• Compliance with DVB-I BlueBook A177r7 requirements. 
• Platform-independent architecture suitable for Android, Linux, RDK and other browser-capable environments. 

Visitors to the Ocean Blue Software stand will see the DVB-I Client integrated with a React-based web user interface running on the DTVKit Android reference set-top box platform.

The demonstration will showcase how users can:

• Discover DVB-I service lists with region selection. 
• Browse channels and services. 
• View program guide (EPG) information. 
• Access accessibility and parental-control metadata. 
• Play IP-delivered linear television services. 
• Navigate and launch on-demand boxsets. 
• Launch linked HbbTV and web applications. 

The demonstration highlights the flexibility of DTVKit's architecture, which separates the DVB-I client from the presentation layer through a standards-focused JSON interface.

Although the demonstration runs on DTVKit's Android reference platform, the implementation itself is not Android-specific. The web-based user interface communicates with the DVB-I client through a platform-independent JSON API, enabling deployment across a wide range of browser-capable environments.

The demonstration intentionally does not use the Android TIF/TIS framework, showcasing an integration model that can be readily adapted to different operating systems and middleware environments.

DTVKit continues to track developments within DVB and is actively following the DVB-I roadmap, including support for future specification updates. Members receive full source-code access to the DVB-I Client together with royalty-free distribution rights.

See Ocean Blue Software at IBC2026 stand 1.B25.

More information is available on the DTVKit and Ocean Blue Software websites.

MONTREAL—Haivision announced today that its Makito ONE video transport platform now supports Bonded 5G support via the CellLink 5G external modem and antenna array.

Commonly used as a low latency contribution encoder over Ethernet-connected networks, Haivision says its Makito ONE is now the first device of its kind to also leverage cellular connectivity for contribution, all from a single hardware blade.

Makito ONE is Haivision’s low latency, dual channel multi‑codec encoder/decoder designed for pristine 4K, HD, and high dynamic range (HDR) broadcast contribution. Engineered for remote production workflows that demand high quality video and low latency, the Makito ONE supports HEVC, H.264, and JPEG XS workflows and provides native SRT protocol support for secure and reliable streaming over wired connections.

The Haivision CellLink 5G modem and antenna array features three 5G modems and dual antennas for MIMO 2x2 performance. Encased in a weather‑resistant enclosure with magnetic pad and thread mounts, CellLink 5G can be easily installed on vehicles, poles, or buildings and easily connects to Makito ONE via standard Ethernet.

With CellLink 5G, Makito ONE can contribute high-quality video over bonded networks including Ethernet and multiple cellular modems leveraging SST protocol, enabling broadcasters to build robust contribution workflows with greater throughput and network load balancing across wired and wireless network paths to maximize live video quality for any production, Haivisio said.

For instance, Makito ONE can use public internet as the priority network (with Ethernet), but in the event of internet congestion, can leverage cellular networks as backup until the priority network performance returns to normal. This can ensure that there is no disruption in video quality.

In addition to its integration with the Makito ONE, the CellLink 5G is also compatible with the rest of Haivision’s mobile video transmitters including Falkon, Haivision Pro, and Haivision Air transmitters, making resilient cellular bonding a core connectivity option across Haivision’s entire live video ecosystem.

Haivision will showcase Makito ONE support for Stand 2.B32 during the 2026 IBC Show, Sept. 11-14 at the RAI Amsterdam.

BERKELEY, Calif.—Eluvio today announced its plans for the 2026 IBC Show, Sept. 11-14 at the RAI Amsterdam, focusing on new advanced features in its Global Broadcast Fabric, the latest generation of the Content Fabric protocol and global infrastructure, as well as new advances in its Universal & Dynamic Video Intelligence architecture and Eluvio Video Intelligence Editor (EVIE)

At IBC, Eluvio will demonstrate the Global Broadcast Fabric’s live broadcast distribution architecture—a decentralized, zero-copy system that replaces satellite distribution, fiber point-to-point connections, and ground-to-cloud multi-point egress for live broadcast feed distribution, extended with new live-operations and monetization capabilities. One decentralized Content Fabric distribution simultaneously serves every downstream taker just-in-time — B2B broadcast affiliates and D2C consumer endpoints — from a single ingest workflow without duplication, according to the company.

Eluvio says Content Fabric “is powering thousands of D2C live games and streaming events and hosts hundreds of thousands of live, archive, and library titles for premium brands and creators — with 10x cost savings over legacy CDN and media cloud infrastructure at scale.

Improvements include :

• 8x increase in live stream cross-variant serving; <=30ms segment delivery latency; up to 4x scale of DRM encryption variants; zero-impact global maintenance; and instant-on HFR streaming.
• Stereoscopic HFR 4K (SBS and MV-HEVC), Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos, HDR/HDR10+, full Widevine parameterization, AV1 (upcoming), optimized asset structure for hundreds of language and subtitle tracks.
• Powered by new Media Wallet v3 and Creator Studio CMS, allowing Eluvio to provide best-in-class TV, browser, and mobile native white label D2C OTT properties with advanced UX branding, interactive experiences, and configurable live, VOD and clip based content presentation and management.
• The ability to configure and deploy unlimited D2C OTT streaming and archive monetization apps for TV/mobile/browser, B2B portals, and Pocket TV microsites with fast multi-view, integrated DVR, automatic live and VoD content slating, and up-next autoplay. New multi-view sidebar, “In This Video” AI data panel, and expanded entertainment and sports layout options provide a flexible and outstanding UX experience for fans with no code deployment. Fully integrated with the Eluvio Video Intelligence Editor (EVIE), browse and publish zero-copy EVIE clips and compositions.
• Full SVOD/TVOD (rental and ownership) entitlements, match-based live entitlements, seamless JWT/SSO, and fully integrated Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Stripe in a single checkout flow. CableLabs-compliant Title Metadata API with territory-based offers and delta-only global updates.
• A fully white-labeled microsite for live and episodic content sales with zero friction: no login required, single-click Apple Pay and Google Pay, and magic links for return access. No PII collected. Instantly embeddable as a URL in any social post, paid ad, or CRM email. Deployed by a Tier 1 US broadcast network in 2026.
• Real-time analytics spanning B2B SRT/TS and D2C HTTP streams; global receiver map with per-receiver performance stats; expanded audience metrics; client-side QoS stats; and sales transaction reporting by currency, product, and country.

Eluvio will also showcase Eluvio AI and Eluvio AI and the Eluvio Video Intelligence Editor (EVIE), a new architecture for universal dynamic video intelligence.

According to the company, Eluvio AI is "the first commercially available inline, frame-accurate, multimodal AI built natively into a media platform — running inference on live and VOD content at frame and segment level with zero file copies, zero file movement, and zero transcoding, across open-source, custom, and third-party models."

The Eluvio Video Intelligence Editor (EVIE) provides the media-facing application layer for this intelligence, allowing users to inspect, search, validate, edit, and act upon AI data while remaining synchronized to the underlying video. The new EVIE Titles & Events experience brings the complete AI stack together around a title—such as a film or television program—or an event, such as a live sports match.

“Eluvio AI is fundamentally different from point AI solutions because the intelligence runs inline, with frame accuracy, across live and archival content — without the cost and delay of copying and re-transcoding media before it can be processed and ensembling the power of individual models with frame-accuracy,” said Michelle Munson, CEO and co-founder of Eluvio. “The AI is built directly into the video pipeline of the Content Fabric, rather than added afterward as a separate cloud workflow.

“Everything from identifying action, players, celebrities, speakers, or brands to turning that intelligence into highlights, vertical videos, compliance reels, or personalized content happens in place against the source media and has no limits on size, duration, or ensemble scale,” Munson added. “The result is dramatically greater efficiency and speed, while making AI intelligence immediately actionable for personalization and monetization. At IBC, we’re excited to show broadcasters and rights holders these capabilities running across both live sports and premium content.”

Eluvio will be in Stand 8.MS5 at the show. For more details, visit https://ibc.eluv.io.

BERLIN—TiVo today unveiled significant enhancements to its TiVo OS media platform, expanding generative AI-powered content discovery experiences, more free streaming content, enhanced sports experiences, interactive commerce capabilities and platform optimizations that the company says could reduce costs for smart TV manufacturers.

TiVo, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Xperi, also announced the appointment of Tal Bone as senior vice president and general manager of TiVo OS. Bone, who brings more than a decade of experience building and scaling global smart TV and entertainment platforms most recently served as vice president of global product and chief technology officer at VIDAA, Hisense's smart TV operating system.

The company made its announcements in advance of the the IFA 2026 tech show, which takes place Sept. 4-8 in Berlin.

Expanded TiVo Channels Offering
TiVo announced that it has added hundreds of new global and local FAST channels to its TiVO Channels platform and added a new mini guide for faster channel navigation and personalized content carousels that offer relevant programming based on viewers’ preferences.

TiVo has also enhanced sports discovery across search, recommendations and the home screen on its OS, allowing viewers to more easily discover, follow, and access live games and sporting events through improved surfacing of sports content and real-time event promotion directly within the TiVo OS experience.

And in a nod to expanding its presence overseas, particularly in Europe, TiVo also announced that its OS now supports DVB-I, a protocol that adds IP capability to the DVB standard. DVB-I enables broadcasters to deliver television content over the internet while simplifying access for consumers. The enhancement allows viewers to discover and watch local broadcast channels without requiring a traditional aerial or antenna.

TiVo has also significantly reduced the TiVo OS memory footprint, enabling deployment on devices with as little as 1 GB RAM and 4 GB eMMC. These improvements are designed to help reduce bill-of-material costs, allow for more efficient hardware configurations, and expand deployment opportunities across a wider range of smart TVs and connected entertainment devices, the company said.

AI Enhancements
TiVo is also collaborating with IRCODE in a partnership that now combines AI and computer vision technologies to recognize on-screen content and enable immediate viewer interaction on its OS, unlocking “new opportunities for commerce, content discovery, advertising and companion experiences, allowing consumers to engage with content in entirely new ways while creating new monetization opportunities for partners,” according to the company.

TiVo said it plans to implement the soon-to-be released AI-powered discovery product, Agent TiVo, which is designed to enable consumers to navigate entertainment through natural conversation and help them discover content more intuitively and efficiently. Rather than relying on traditional keyword searches, viewers will be able to describe what they're looking for and receive personalized recommendations and guidance, creating a richer and more engaging content discovery experience, the company said.

LEXINGTON, Mass.—Signiant will showcase the latest evolution of the Signiant Platform at the 2026 IBC Show, Sept. 11-14 at the RAI Amsterdam.

Topping the list is Media Shuttle's new Intelligent Transport, which allows customers to take greater advantage of all their high-bandwidth infrastructure with multi-threaded and multi-gigabit transfers that adapt to live network conditions.

Also new is Signiant Pulse, a new line of secure connected services designed to help media organizations work with content where it sits.

Signiant Pulse includes:

• Pulse Essentials: Unified content visibility, access, and action across every connected storage location, included free with the Signiant Platform
• Pulse Review & Approve: Collaborative, frame-accurate content review without needing to upload or download content
• Pulse Plus: AI-generated descriptions, tags and transcripts using the customer's chosen AI provider rather than a vendor-hosted model
• Pulse AI Studio: Multi-step AI agent workflows across enriched content libraries, with MCP-governed access and usage-based cost controls
• Signiant MCP Server: Connects MCP-capable AI clients, including ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, enabling agents to search, validate and route content while operating within existing permissions and audit controls that govern transfers

Signiant will also showcase Signiant Verify, which enables media to be checked against delivery specifications before it is transferred. Content that fails validation can be held and suppliers will be notified before submission, rather than after delivery as well as Verify aiQC, which extend Verify’s capability with deeper inspection of the picture and sound.

Signiant will be in Stand 5.C74.

BRUSSELS, Belgium—Mediagenix, a provider of smart content solutions “Mediagenix Curation,” a new solution for managing content presentation and discovery across streaming services.

The announcement comes a year after the company announced the integration of Spideo’s humanized content recommendations, personalized discovery, and catalog exploration capabilities into its flagship Title Management solution. Mediagenix acquired Spideo in 2024.

The company says Mediagenix Curation solves the complexities of delivering personalized experiences at scale by combining editorial control with automation and personalization “to execute content presentation strategies at scale.”

Integrated across the Mediagenix ecosystem, the new curation solution helps media companies unify editorial and algorithmic curation by combining human creativity and editorial control with data-driven recommendations in one workflow; give editorial and product teams direct control over content presentation; launch and iterate pages and rails faster without engineering dependency, and increase engagement and retention by surfacing the right content at the right time for the right audience.

“Streaming has moved beyond the question of simply having great content; the challenge now is making sure every viewer can discover the right content at the right moment. That creates a tension between the scale and intelligence that automation can bring, and the editorial judgment that gives a service its identity. With Mediagenix Curation, we’re bringing those two forces together, giving editorial teams the control to shape the experience while using automation and personalization to execute their strategy at scale,” said Patricia Blanco, Product Manager of Mediagenix On Demand and Curation.

“Over time, our ambition is to connect that viewer experience much more closely with the wider content lifecycle, so that what audiences discover and engage with can help inform how media companies plan, schedule and ultimately get more value from their content.”

Mediagenix will demo Mediagenix Curation at Stand 1.B57 during the 2026 IBC Shoiw, Sept. 11-14 at the RAI Amsterdam.

DENVER, Colo.—Comcast Technology Solutions (CTS) today introduced a comprehensive suite of end-to-end AI-powered workflow applications for broadcasters, content owners and operators worldwide and announced it will showcase them during IBC 2026, Sept. 11-14, at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Center.

Building on the foundation of CTS’ VideoAI platform, these new applications deliver AI as practical, integrated solutions to real-world content production and management challenges.

CTS provides end-to-end, production-ready workflow integration that embeds AI capabilities into complete, deployable applications requiring no additional specialist AI knowledge or developer requirements. The new applications are designed to work across the company’s full product portfolio, including Comcast Media360 for broadcasters and content owners, Comcast Sports360 for sports rights holders and standalone deployments of CTS’ Cloud Video Platform (CVP) for operators.

“The video industry is ready to move past AI hypotheticals and onto production-ready applications that solve real problems, generate new business opportunities and integrate seamlessly into the workflows they already rely upon,” said Bart Spriester, senior vice president and general manager of streaming, broadcast and advertising at CTS.

The next-gen AI applications from CTS include:

• Video Verticalization: Using AI-driven smart cropping technology, CTS can automatically convert landscape video content into portrait format for social media syndication, intelligently identifying the action center of each scene and making intelligent cut or pan decisions. 
• Localization of Regional Languages: Leveraging AI-generated voices, CTS can automate dubbing workflows that previously required human voice talent. The application can extract audio from soundtracks, preserve ambience and music, translate dialog, select appropriate voice matching, relay the finished audio back into the content and generate automated captions.
• Smart Chapters: For distribution-ready workflows combining content and ad insertion, CTS can create AI-driven detection of intros, credit rolls, and ad break candidates, enhanced with weighting algorithms to select the optimal set of ad break points and automatically trigger stream conditioning, transcoding, and packaging.
• Metadata Enrichment: CTS will automatically generate scene and asset-level metadata and pass it into Cloud Video Platform metadata files, enabling semantic and natural language search capabilities. 
• Automated Quality Control: CTS will also offer AI-powered virtual eyes-on-glass QC checks, including black screen detection, missing audio identification and other content integrity verifications. 
• Intelligent Clipping: CTS will also offer natural language query-driven clip identification and selection, allowing editors to find key moments within long-form content. 

CTS’ new applications are integrated into CTS’ Cloud Media Processing (CMP) engine, a flexible, programmable workflow orchestration layer. Processors can be inserted as pre-processors, content manipulation steps or post-processors, enabling users to activate individual AI capabilities within their existing workflows without rebuilding their technology stack.

See Comcast Technology Solutions at IBC stand 5.C80.

More information is available on the company’s website.

EVS will highlight its new Neuron 4X processor delivering four times the processing capacity of the previous Neuron generation during IBC 2026, Sept. 11-14, at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Center.

Designed to enable broadcasters, production companies and content owners to handle higher stream counts, greater bandwidth and increasingly complex workflows Neuron 4X offers native 400Gb/s connectivity in the same compact Neuron form factor.

It consumes less than twice the power of the previous Neuron without compromising the reliability and operational resilience required for mission-critical live production environments.

“The industry has spent the last decade getting live production onto IP. Now we’re seeing the next challenge: How do you scale those infrastructures as steam counts, UHD requirements and centralized production all grow?” said Oscar Teran, executive vice president of markets and solutions at EVS.

“That’s what we’re addressing with Neuron 4X. We’re giving customers significantly more processing capacity, while reducing their infrastructure footprint, and optimizing their capital and operational costs.”

Neuron 4X expands the current Neuron portfolio rather than replacing it, giving users the flexibility to choose the platform that best matches their specific requirements. Designed for deployments requiring higher UHD stream counts and greater processing density, Neuron 4X complements the existing 100Gb/s platform, which continues to address a broad range of production and infrastructure needs.

“Neuron 4X brings together the deterministic and predictable processing of an FPGA-based platform with the flexibility of software-defined media processing,” said Peter Schut, senior vice president of processing, media infrastructure solutions at EVS.

“Customers can add new applications and processing capabilities through software, while maintaining the consistency and performance mission-critical live production demands. It’s a platform that scales with their requirements, rather than forcing them to continually redesign their infrastructure.”

The first application running on the platform is Bridge 4x, and ultra-high density IP gateway designed for large UHD workflows. View 4X will follow, delivering four times the channel count for high-density multiviewing.

See EVS in IBC 2026 stand 7.B11.

More information is available on the company’s website.

BOTHELL, Wash.—The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) has announced the results of its second IPMX Product Certification Test Event, Aug. 24-28, at European Broadcasting Union (EBU) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

Eight manufacturers submitted 14 products for testing, and all fourteen were officially certified to the Internet Protocol Media Experience (IPMX) standard, qualifying them to carry the IPMX branding and signaling verified compliance with published transport, control and interoperability requirements.

The EBU serves as the independent certification authority for IPMX and conducted the testing at its Geneva facility, while AIMS administered the certification program overall. This event, the second since the program's inaugural session in January that certified 48 products from 10 manufacturers, was open to AIMS, VSF and AMWA member companies. It has continued the shift from informal plugfests to a formal, repeatable certification process, giving integrators and end users an independent basis for verifying IPMX interoperability.

Following rigorous testing, solutions from Bridge Technologies, Cobalt Digital, EvertzAV, ITDev, intoPIX, Matrox Video, Macnica and PlexusAV successfully passed certification. Testing covered the baseline IPMX requirements along with uncompressed video and audio, the JPEG XS profile, the JPEG XS TDC profile mode and the HKEP and PEP capabilities.

IPMX is a set of open standards and specifications designed to extend SMPTE ST 2110–based media transport and NMOS–based control into a broader range of markets, including professional AV, live events, corporate media and education. In addition to uncompressed workflows, IPMX introduces support for compressed video, simplified system timing, HDCP, interoperable USB over IP, media encryption between brands and defined system profiles to make deployment more practical, scalable and cost-effective for Pro AV environments.

The certification program is designed to ensure predictable behavior, reliable interoperability and adherence to the published IPMX test plans and specifications.

The IPMX test plan is available online.

The IPMX certification registry is available online.

Technical IPMX information is available online.

Information about the AIMS Alliance is available online.

GRASS VALLEY, Calif.—AJA Video Systems today unveiled OG-FiDO-4, a new family of openGear-compatible cards offering four channels of conversion between 12G-/3G-SDI and fiber, expanding the OG-FiDO-4 family to nine different modules. The product line is designed to enable reliable, uncompressed SDI transport over LC fiber and includes DashBoard software support for centralized monitoring.

The new cards will be demonstrated at the IBC Show, Sept. 11-14 at the RAI Amsterdam.

“At a time when multicamera setups are growing in size and complexity across broadcast, live production, and proAV environments, extending SDI infrastructure over fiber has never mattered more. The OG-FiDO-4 family delivers practical, cost-efficient solutions with the channel density, signal integrity, and dependability that mission-critical environments demand,” said AJA President Nick Rashby.

The nine models available include the base card and AJA Fiber SFP variations such as 12G-SDI, 3G-SDI, single-mode, and multi-mode models. Each model features independent, isolated SDI-BNC connectors that enable different rates to be carried simultaneously and an integrated rear I/O card unlocks high-density transport, up to 40 channels in an openGear frame.

DashBoard software streamlines installation, configuration, monitoring, and service updates on Windows and macOS with support for HDR video and pass-through of SDI metadata.

The models also feature Input Present and Input SMPTE Lock LEDs, automatic data rate detection and reclocking and are compatible with current AJA FIBERLC TX and RX SFP Modules, as well as the OG-X-FR and OG-3-FR openGear frames. Power consumption is 8W maximum.

The OG-FiDO-4 family will be available soon for purchase through AJA’s network of resellers starting at $2,295 and $2,695 US MSRP.

AJA will be in Stand 7.B25 during the show.

ATLANTA—East India regional broadcaster Odisha Television Network (OTV) has selected Quortex to replace its legacy hardware with advanced video processing software and to manage its end-to-end on-premises network.

The broadcaster is Odisha’s largest broadcast and digital media network. It reaches 45 million Odia speakers worldwide across satellite and digital platforms.

OTV has gone live with encoding, multiplexing and scrambling using Quortex virtualized Digital Content Manager (vDCM), the company’s software-centric, cloud-native video processing and delivery platform. It is also using Quortex Video Service Manager (VSM) to centralize the configuration and control of its complex video distribution workflows.

“Odisha Television needed a partner who could support them locally, at scale and around the clock,” said Elke Hungenaert, head of products at Quortex. “By transitioning their video processing from hardware to software, we’ve established a flexible foundation that supports their critical business needs today and scales for the journey ahead.”

The Quortex Global Network Operations Center (GNOC) in Bangalore is providing OTV with 24/7 premium technical support, including proactive maintenance and incident management across its entire network infrastructure, including third-party components.

“Partnering with Quortex delivered a seamless migration to a future-proof software platform,” said Litisha Panda, head of business at Odisha Television Network. “We gained immediate operational efficiency and complete peace of mind knowing Quortex is managing our broadcast operations.”

More information is available on the company’s website.

DEVENTER, The Netherlands—Foxtel has chosen BCNEXXT’s Vipe to support playout of its live channels and on-demand libraries.

The deployment will support 38 channels spanning thematic programming, live events and special-event coverage. Vipe's software-defined architecture will enable Foxtel to scale channel functionality dynamically based on operational requirements, providing the flexibility to support both traditional thematic services and live event workflows from a unified platform.

Foxtel has undergone a significant transformation in recent years through the growth of Kayo Sports, BINGE and other streaming services, establishing itself as one of Australia's leading sports and entertainment platforms.

"Flexibility is important across our content operations," said Matthew Carter, head of broadcast engineering and projects at Foxtel. "We were looking for a platform that could support changing channel requirements, scale efficiently when needed and provide our operations team with a modern and intuitive environment. Vipe's flexibility, functionality and cloud operating model aligned well with our vision for the future."

Unlike traditional playout architectures that require fixed resources and infrastructure regardless of operational demand, Vipe enables broadcasters to allocate resources dynamically based on actual channel requirements.

This allows media organizations to support a mix of thematic channels, live events, pop-up services and evolving distribution models while maintaining operational simplicity and cost control.

Foxtel selected Vipe following a competitive technology evaluation process. Key decision factors included the platform's flexible operating model, agility, comprehensive functionality, intuitive user experience, cloud resource efficiency and rapid time to value.

Built specifically for cloud deployment, Vipe enables broadcasters to manage linear, live, VoD and OTT services from a unified platform. The architecture supports public cloud, private cloud and hybrid deployments.

More information is available on the company’s website.

CLEVELAND—Telos Alliance will highlight its latest product line for TV, streaming, and radio at the 2026 IBC Show, Sept. 11-14 at the RAI Amsterdam.

Visitors to Stand 8.D37 will find two European product debuts as well as major updates and additions across intercom, live production audio, and file-based audio workflow tools.

New this year for Jünger Audio flexAI, is flexAI CastCompanion. Powered by JAIC, the Jünger Audio Intelligent Companion, flexAI autonomously manages live voice sources that may arrive at very different levels, with varying quality and background noise. JAIC analyzes the incoming audio and helps optimize parameters, while Jünger’s deterministic algorithms handle the actual processing, delivering predictable latency and broadcast reliability. CastCompanion combines automixing, AI-assisted de-noising, voice enhancement, and loudness management to create consistent, intelligible mixes without an operator constantly riding levels.

Telos Alliance will show new flexAI support for 12G-SDI and NDI and will demonstrate how flexAI now integrates with the TVU MediaMesh cloud-native live production platform, allowing producers to extend Jünger’s powerful processing ecosystem across hardware, server, IP, partner, and cloud workflows.

The company will also highlight new Infinity MK2 hardware panels for the Telos Infinity IP intercom range. Designed for use in the studio and in the field, the larger buttons feature bright TFT displays, programmable colors, flexible Talk/Listen controls, three shift pages, a Reply to Last Caller function, and four-way “compass” controls.

For sports commentators, Infinity VCP Virtual Commentator Panel now integrates directly with Elgato Stream Deck+, adding compact physical controls to its browser-based commentary environment without requiring a traditional dedicated commentary box. VCP also uses adaptive bitrate control to help maintain contribution audio intelligibility and network reliability.

Also making its debut in Europe is Axia Pulsar, a compact AoIP console, that features an 8-fader Master Module that uses dual operating layers to provide access to 16 inputs; an optional Expansion Module gives physical access to all 16 faders. Axia Pulsar features bright TFT displays, touch-sensitive encoders, spill-proof 100mm motorized faders, programmable controls, Show Profiles, and integrated EBU R128 loudness metering. Powered by the 2RU StudioCore engine, the compact Pulsar integrates directly into all Livewire and AES67 environments. Optional Pulsar Soft browser-based control also makes remote operation possible from a computer, tablet, or smartphone, according to Telos Alliance.

Minnetoka AudioTools Server v7 will debut at IBC, with new A.I./machine-learning modules that include Language Detection, Dialog Intelligibility, and a powerful new tool, AudioTools Source Separation by AudioShake. This new subscription module can extract dialogue, music, and effects from finished program audio to give broadcasters, studios, streaming providers, and content owners new ways to work with existing material when original multitrack sessions are unavailable or incomplete.

Dialogue can be isolated for dubbing or intelligibility enhancement, music can be replaced for creative or licensing reasons, and clean M&E tracks can be created for alternate-language versions and new distribution opportunities. Because source separation runs inside AudioTools Server, it can also be combined with existing loudness, QC, transcoding, language, and delivery processes to create repeatable, automated workflows at scale.

For radio, the Omnia XII will mark its European debut at the show. Its new processing architecture combines wideband AGC, five bands of intelligent multiband AGC and compressors, six bands of multiband limiting, smart dynamic EQ, refined bass management, and a new “Clemenza” clipper, designed to deliver competitive loudness without the distortion and listener fatigue that can come with aggressive processing.

Along with products featured at IBC, Telos Alliance will showcase its work with industry partners to advance interoperability and more consistent audio workflows.

As part of the IBC Accelerator “Crystal Clear” project, Telos Alliance is collaborating with Nugen Audio, RTW, Steinberg, Fraunhofer IDMT, Channel 4, BBC, ITV, and others on standardized dialogue intelligibility measurement across the industry.

Telos Alliance will take part in Grass Valley's AMPP demo, with Minnetonka Audio ARC loudness processing and UPMAX up/down/cross-mixing interconnected via MXL to enable higher-quality, lower-latency audio processing within AMPP workflows.

Telos Alliance will also participate in Qvest’s Dynamic Media Facility demonstration, a portable, multi-vendor production environment handling live feeds, real-time audio and video processing, Dolby Atmos upmixing, signal monitoring, and multiviewing. Telos Alliance processing will operate alongside tools from other vendors, with MXL providing the common connection between applications. The demo shows how MXL can simplify integration and reduce latency across on-prem and cloud workflows.

Telos Alliance will be in Stand 8.D37.

The old-fashioned, one-screen display monitor in TV studios, OB trucks and master control rooms (MCRs) had to evolve technologically because it did only one thing. Or, to be more accurate, because it showed only one thing. The result was the multiviewer, which was—and still is—able to show multiple image sources simultaneously.

While that was a massive step forward and made for more extensive and efficient monitoring, the multiviewer itself is now evolving further. The demands of modern broadcasting and streaming call for something that not only displays pictures but is part of an overall production and distribution infrastructure.

The multiviewer has evolved from a simple “display wall” to a “software-defined monitoring and intelligence platform,” said Suzana Brady, senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing at Cobalt Digital. This allows operators and engineering teams to monitor ever more complicated infrastructures, she explained. “The focus has shifted from simply seeing signals to helping operators monitor, manage and respond to increasingly complex workflows efficiently,” she said.

Shifting Focus
The change is driven by three current trends in broadcast technology: hybrid SDI/IP facilities becoming the norm; the continuing expansion of remote/cloud production; and broadcasters wanting fewer dedicated monitor systems and more integrated tools for monitoring, operations and processing, she said.

Another transformation in how multiviewers are expected to operate is identified by Lawo Product Evangelist Paul Scott. Bigger broadcasters are looking for more flexibility from their monitoring displays, which are often fixed multiviewer installations—typically one per studio—and can be expensive in terms of capex when multiple studios and events are involved, he said.

Manufacturers now offer various options to reduce capex for multiviewing. Lawo’s HOME IP management platform, which includes a range of specialized apps, is based on readily available COTS hardware and works with native cloud and containerization technologies, including NATS and Docker, and monitoring tools like Grafana or Prometheus.

The word “hardware” might seem incongruous when multiviewers are now described as either “software-based” or “software-defined,” Scott agreed. However, he explained, the shift has been away from dedicated processing hardware that performs only one function.

More Formats
A big shift since last year has been the expansion of formats users now work with, said Ketan Patel, project manager for multiviewer systems at Evertz.

“People want to have the mixed signal monitoring or multiviewing of the mixed signals, whether it’s ST 2110, SDI or compressed feeds,” he said. “But now JPEG XS is getting added to the mix due to interfacility connections.

“On top of that, we are noticing customers looking for more integrated systems,” Patel added. “They want a single surface where they can manipulate the multiviewers, do their routing and analyze the signals. It’s more like dashboarding, so they want one surface to bring that all together and simplify day-to-day operations.”

John Mailhot, senior vice president for product management, playout and infrastructure at Imagine Communications, confirmed “more functionality” is being “dashboarded” and moved into the multiviewer. This has made multiviewers “the most important part of the facility,” he said, because they connect the operations team to what they are doing.

“The multiviewer is becoming more of an information hub,” he explained. “This is driven by a need for economy within the television operation. In a historical small TV station, you’d have one master control operator running the channel.

“Now that same operator is trying to manage the main channel, cable distribution, OTT, a side channel and ENGs [electronic newsgathering],” Mailhot continued. “Multiviewers are where that all comes together.”

As for the signal formats, Mailhot also predicted the hybrid model would be adopted, adding that SDI will “be with us forever—or at least another 10 to 20 years.”

SDI is among many signal formats that today’s multiviewers must accomodate. As Brady observed, these also include ST 2110, compressed IP streams and cloud feeds. But though the market “has shifted increasingly toward software,” she pointed out, it has not moved entirely to the cloud—relying on gateways between different formats and IPMX, which supports the convergence between broadcast and Pro AV workflows.

The Home MCR
IP and internet connectivity have also furthered adoption of “MCR at home,” where operators working remotely can access all sources and functions they would have on-prem. This technology is typically deployed as a distributed MCR rather than a completely remote setup, Brady said, with the critical signal processing taking place in a secure data center or broadcast facility while operators work through browser-based interfaces on an IP connection.

Lawo’s Scott said MCR at-home functionality can be facilitated through a second output from the multiviewer head as an SRT (Secure Reliable Transport) feed. The company has seen more demand for remote video monitoring, for which it has introduced Workspaces, an HTML-5 virtual user interface that can be used on desktop and laptop computers, tablets and phones, he added.

Evertz has also adopted the MCR at home. To do this, according to Patel, all the necessary controls—not just the multiviewer function—have been integrated and made available on a single browser. Alongside this, Evertz is integrating AI capability into the analytics feature set, including alarm and telemetry data.

“Those are being analyzed to make smarter decisions to present to the users,” Patel explained. “We haven’t automated it completely [to the point] where AI is driving everything, [but] those will be future steps.”

Agentic AI is the form of the technology most suited to multiviewing and monitoring, as it has the capacity to learn what to do. AI agents are “one of the most significant developments in the multiviewer market over the next few years,” Cobalt Digital’s Brady said.

“Everybody is in the experimenting phase” with AI, said Mailhot, noting that Imagine is running “a number of initiatives” around how AI systems within a facility interact with other equipment. “And designing how that works in a way that is both repeatable, reliable and correctly safeguarded,” he added. “You want to make sure these agentic systems can do something useful but, at the same time, that they don’t do anything to endanger your production.”

At this rate—and with the perceived potential of agentic AI—it is likely that multiviewers will have moved on considerably by this time next year.

BERKELEY, Calif.— Pasifika+, a new direct-to-consumer streaming service for Pacific Cooperation Broadcasting Limited (PCBL) in New Zealand, has selected Eluvio to power its service.

The announcement comes less than two weeks before the start of IBC 2026, Sept. 11-14, at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Center. The company will highlight its work with Pasifika+ and showcase the full capabilities of the Global Broadcast Fabric and Eluvio AI during the convention.

Eluvio’s Content Fabric will provide Pasifika+ with a unified zero-copy platform for broadcast, streaming and AI video intelligence from a single ingest workflow without creating file copies at any stage and superseding the use of legacy media clouds or CDNs.

Formed to strengthen partnerships between New Zealand and the Pacific Islands through television broadcasting, PCBL delivers Pasifika TV to a growing collective of more than 30 free-to-air broadcast partners across the Pacific.

Pasifika+ will extend that mission via a direct-to-consumer streaming service globally for the first time. Pasifika+ aims to connect diaspora audiences in New Zealand, Australia, the U.S. and elsewhere back to their home islands, preserve and share Pacific culture, sport, news and original entertainment and provide the region's broadcasters and content creators a new, revenue stream.

Eluvio’s Content Fabric receives live or VOD source feeds and dynamically ingests, transcodes, publishes and generates just-in-time streaming output directly to viewers. Streaming is provided at full source resolution, including HD and 4K, with dynamic automatic adaptation to the user's available bandwidth with low latency HLS/DASH delivery, unlimited multi-view, and zero-copy live-to-VoD and fast DVR playback.

Pasifika TV will provide a white-label browser, mobile and connected TV application to its viewers built using the Eluvio Media Wallet platform (full turnkey OTT Suite). The platform also provides subscriptions, pay-per-view and/or ad-supported monetization, while providing end-to-end content security and anti-piracy protection, including strong encryption, DRM, forensic watermarking and dynamic authorization per-offering, including geo blocking and rights control. All features are built-in allowing for a hyper-efficient, tamper-proof distribution, fast and easy purchasing and on-screen authenticity proofs for the viewer.

In addition, the Eluvio Video Intelligence Editor (EVIE) and AI-assisted tools provide frame-accurate, in-line analysis, indexing and search, composition and transformation, such as live vertical video, all without file copies or re-transcoding.

Eluvio Content Analytics provides complete transparency of source-to-viewer audience, QoS, and sales analytics.

See Eluvio at IBC 2026 stand 8.MS5 and in the Future Tech Zone, Hall 14, Stand 14.A58.

More information is available on the company’s website.

OSLO, Norway—Bridge Technologies has announced that its flagship VB440 production probe now supports monitoring of Blackmagic Design's IP10 codec and will provide demos in its booth as well as Blackmagic’s booth at the upcoming 2026 IBC Show, Sept. 11-14 at the RAI Amsterdam.

IP10 is Blackmagic's lightweight, low-latency codec designed to address a specific challenge in ST 2110 environments: fitting high-frame-rate Ultra HD video through a 10 GigE connection while maintaining broadcast-quality, 10-bit 4:2:2 colour performance.

With a latency of just eight-pixel samples and an extremely small FPGA footprint, IP10 is license-free and open, allowing broadcasters to deploy ST 2110 workflows without the expense of 25GE or 200GE switching infrastructure. For broadcasters operating in OB trucks, remote locations, or smaller facilities where high-speed network infrastructure is not available, IP10 offers a pragmatic path to uncompressed-quality IP production over widely available 10GE links, Bridge said.

The VB440 itself is equipped with dual 200 GigE interfaces, capable of handling uncompressed ST 2110 streams at the highest data rates. But in contexts where the wider network infrastructure is operating on smaller bandwidth channels—with IP10 being used precisely to address that limitation—the VB440's native support for the codec means engineers can monitor IP10-encoded streams with the same depth of visibility they expect from uncompressed workflows, according to the company. This ensures that even in bandwidth-constrained environments, the VB440 remains a viable and powerful monitoring presence.

Facilities using IP10 as an underlying codec will thus have full access to the extensive range of tools present within the VB440, which itself represents a uniquely powerful production tool that combines both network monitoring and a full suite of practical production tools within a single RU appliance, thus drastically truck roll weight, energy consumption and the cost and space associated with screens and cabling, Bridge said.

The demos will take place at Bridge Technologies stand (Booth 1.A71) and Blackmagic’s (7.C49) during the show.

CYPRESS, Calif.—For-A has announced the expansion of viztrick AiDi into an overarching AI technology brand encompassing two dedicated products: Go Vertical! AiDi and AiDi Sports Hub. Developed by Nippon TV and delivered globally by For-A, viztrick AiDi brings advanced AI capabilities directly into live production workflows, with on-device processing designed to deliver the speed and responsiveness live content demands.

The new product structure makes it easier for broadcasters, sports producers, and other content creators to choose the AI tools that fit their needs, according to the company. Go Vertical! AiDi addresses the growing demand for mobile-first video delivered in a 9:16 format, while AiDi Sports Hub applies AI to create more engaging live coverage with tools that provide additional context.

“AI is becoming an increasingly practical part of live production, but customers don’t need technology simply for technology’s sake,” said Hiro Tanoue, Director, Alliance Department at For-A Company Limited. “They need tools that solve real production challenges without adding complexity. By establishing viztrick AiDi as our overall AI technology brand and introducing Go Vertical! AiDi and AiDi Sports Hub as dedicated products, we can make it much clearer for customers to identify the capabilities that can make a difference in their workflows.”

Previously introduced at the 2026 NAB Show as a feature of viztrick AiDi, Go Vertical! AiDi is now a dedicated product built around AI-driven, real-time 9:16 cropping, For-A said. The system analyzes live video and automatically creates vertically formatted output optimized for social media and mobile viewing.

For broadcasters and content owners, that means existing 16:9 programming can be adapted for mobile audiences as the action happens, without creating an entirely separate production workflow. Go Vertical! AiDi supports automated tracking modes for sports including basketball, soccer, and baseball, as well as group subjects. Operators can also identify and track specific subjects, with the system automatically resuming tracking if a registered subject temporarily disappears.

The technology operates on-device rather than depending upon cloud processing - an important advantage when immediacy matters. Go Vertical AiDi features near-real-time processing for live 9:16 production, avoiding the five-to-ten-second delay associated with some competing approaches.

Go Vertical! AiDi also supports mobile-first coverage of news, conferences, red carpets, entertainment programming, and other live events where audiences increasingly consume content vertically.

AiDi Sports Hub takes viztrick AiDi technology in another direction, giving sports production teams AI-assisted tools that can add information, context, and visual storytelling to live coverage.

The system's capabilities include telestration, player tracking, player speed, distance and angle measurement, baseball runner speed, automated score graphics, and facial-recognition graphics. For-A said it is also developing additional capabilities including 2.5D/3D graphics, ball-trajectory visualization, sensor-based golf-ball trajectory, and AI-assisted automated program production.

Both Go Vertical! AiDi and AiDi Sports Hub are now available globally.

For more information about viztrick AiDi, Go Vertical! AiDi and AiDi Sports Hub, visit www.for-a.com.

MONTREAL—Encompass Digital Media has launched Altitude Playout Plus, a software-defined channel origination platform it has developed with Grass Valley to help broadcasters manage live, late-changing and complex programming.

Encompass Digital Media provides managed media services to broadcasters, networks, sports leagues, federations, and OTT platforms worldwide, supporting channel origination, content processing, live event distribution and delivery.

The new service combines Encompass’s managed services, Media Cloud and Altitude Flow, with Grass Valley AMPP and Playout X, creating an integrated workflow from media supply chain operations through to channel origination and transmission. Channel 4 has selected Altitude Playout Plus to support its channel portfolio under a new multi-year managed playout agreement, with services scheduled to launch in 2027. Channel 4 is the second major U.K. public broadcaster to select the Encompass and Grass Valley platform, following the successful launch this month, according to the companies.

Altitude Playout Plus has been developed for channels where schedules and content can change close to and during transmission, such as live sports, news and entertainment. Alongside playout, the architecture supports live contribution, event management, recording and fast-turnaround workflows.

Grass Valley’s AMPP provides the software-defined production and playout foundation, with Playout X supporting channel origination. Encompass integrates these capabilities with Altitude Flow, its media supply chain and control platform, while its web-based Playout Director brings together the operational data needed to manage live programming and late changes.

This distributed architecture can be deployed across cloud and on-premises infrastructure and operated from multiple Encompass locations, the companies said. Services for the UK public broadcasters will be delivered from Encompass facilities in London and Riga, providing geographic diversity while giving operational teams flexibility over where resources are deployed.

The architecture also gives Encompass access to additional AMPP applications when specialist capabilities are required. Resources can be introduced according to the requirements of a channel or event rather than maintained permanently for workflows that may only be used periodically.

Grass Valley says the deployment demonstrates how its Dynamic Media Facility approach supports established broadcast services across hybrid, geographically distributed infrastructure. AMPP applications can operate alongside existing systems and Encompass technology without requiring the service provider or its customers to standardize operations around a single deployment location.

The two companies have completed extensive design work ahead of the Channel 4 transition to ensure the platform meets the broadcaster’s technical and operational requirements.

Visitors to the 2026 IBC Show can learn more about Grass Valley AMPP, Playout X and the Dynamic Media Facility at the company’s booth (9.A01), Sept. 11-14 at the RAI Amsterdam.

MARLOW, UK—At IBC2026, TSL will present a series of enhancements and expansions to its monitoring, control, orchestration, and power management solution with the goal of operating IP and hybrid infrastructures more efficiently.

TSL will showcase new network-based control integrations within the TSL Hummingbird ecosystem, helping broadcasters manage increasingly diverse IP infrastructures. Dante router control will be on show at IBC2026 for the first time. Together with support for NMOS, the expansion enables broadcasters to control multi-vendor environments across SDI, ST 2110, NDI and Dante workflows operating side-by-side.

TSL will also highlight how it has improved Hummingbird support for NDI, Amagi Tally, TSL v5 Server and VDCP-IP. The additions enable broader integration with third-party production, routing, and playout systems, giving broadcasters greater flexibility to build interoperable IP workflows, the company said.

TSL says it will also launch a new software app that supports complex workflow virtualization and automation at scale at the show.

Following TSL’s acquisition of JL Cooper Electronics earlier this year, IBC2026 offers the first major opportunity to showcase how its specialist human-machine interface (HMI) and machine-to-machine interface (MMI) technologies expand TSL Hummingbird control options for broadcast, proAV, education, live events and creator workflows.

The latest generation of TSL’s AMUs will be integrated into new workflow displays at IBC, with updated hardware and firmware to meet the critical demands of modern IP and hybrid live production environments. Multiple price-point and form factor options are available for users across Analogue, 3G-SDI, 12G-SDI, Madi, Dante, Ravenna, ST2110-30, AES3, AES67 and Dolby also featuring added resiliency with ST2022-7 redundancy.

TSL will also showcase its latest release for its range of intelligent, managed PDUs, extending operational visibility and control beyond media to the critical power and IT infrastructure that underpins mission critical operations. Designed for data centers, live production facilities and central machine rooms, the PDUs provide engineers with real-time power monitoring, remote diagnostics, and remote management and control to improve resilience and operational efficiency and help drive down costs and power usage to support sustainability goals, according to the company.

“The conversation has shifted from simply moving media over IP to efficient and easy-to-deploy control and orchestration across both multi-vendor and multi-technology environments,” said Matthew Quade, CEO, TSL. “Broadcasters need solutions that bring together unified control, intuitive operation and open interoperability, without locking them into single vendor systems or adding complexity, as well as wanting choice for deployment options in software and hardware.

"By extending TSL Hummingbird’s capabilities, expanding our range of HMI and MMI control interfaces and continuing to invest in response to market demands across audio monitoring and power, customers have the flexibility to manage today’s infrastructures more efficiently while building in future-readiness to enable change at their pace and within their budgets,” he added.

TSL team will be Stand 7.B12.

NEW YORK—TAG Video Systems will demonstrate new performance and interoperability milestones for live, uncompressed production during IBC2026, Sept. 11-14, at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Center.

TAG has pushed latency on SMPTE ST 2110 streams below two frames and extended its software to monitor 800 Gbps of aggregate bandwidth, showing that a software-only platform can now hit the performance and density that uncompressed live production has demanded of dedicated hardware.

TAG has also continued to extend live MXL interoperability across multiple partner demonstrations, including AWS, Qvest, Sony and the EBU. TAG is deepening the audio, video, color and HDR QC tools operators use as their primary multiviewing and QC bench in live, uncompressed environments.

Highlights of the company’s latest software enhancements include:

• Sub-2-frame latency. TAG has driven latency on ST 2110 streams down to as low as under 2 frames at 50fps and 2 frames at 59.94fps (MCM input to MCM output), with CIR (Cyclic Intra Refresh) encoding on MCM output. That puts QC and multiviewing directly in line in the live production chain, catching problems before they reach air.
• Massive software scale. Support for the Mellanox ConnectX-7 network card, run as four 200 Gbps ports for an aggregate 800 Gbps, lets a single software instance monitor significantly more uncompressed ST 2110 streams on that same instance.
• MXL interoperability. The company was one of the first vendors to support MXL, and it will demonstrate live interoperability at IBC2026 with partners, including AWS, Qvest, Sony and the EBU.

TAG's audio, color and HDR tools are built for the operator watching a live show as it happens, including phase, correlation, frequency and loudness scopes (EBU R128 / ITU-R BS.1770 compliance). Its solution catches a dropped channel, a phase error or a loudness spike on a live feed in real time, not in a file review the next day.

QC Station's Waveform, Vectorscope, RGB/Luma Histogram and Parade tools are already used daily to match color and exposure across live camera sources in the same multiviewer operators used to run the show. New to the release are Dolby Vision Profile 8.1 detection. Decode and monitoring in MCM lets a live Dolby Vision source be validated side by side with HDR10, HDR10+, HLG and SDR feeds in the same live mosaic, with the MCS API also exposing Dolby Vision Profile 5 (ICtCp) color formats.

See TAG Video Systems at IBC 2026 stand 1.D33.

More information is available on the company’s website.

BURY ST. EDMUNDS, U.K.— Broadcast technology design and engineering specialist BHV will highlight that its SportsBox small remote video switcher and format processor has moved from development to production at IBC 2026, Sept. 11-14, in the RAI Amsterdam Convention Center.

First previewed during IBC 2025, SportsBox was developed to bring flexibility and portability to live sports and other high-action multi-camera productions. Weighing 2 pounds (900 grams) and measuring 8.8 x 6.7 x 1.2 inches (225mm x 170mm x 30mm), SportsBox meets the rigorous demands of OB without the size, weight and complexity traditionally associated with mixed format infrastructures while complying with the standards imposed by sport governing bodies.

At the heart of SportsBox is a single piece of silicon that offers a highly integrated and durable solution capable of standing up to the harshest sporting environments, such as motor GP, competitive sailing and aerial racing.

SportsBox is capable of transmitting four camera signals on a single video path (5G, COFDM), giving access to four cameras' feeds for live viewing/mixing in the production gallery with full 4K 60P 4:2:2 throughout. The compact unit can scale, synchronize and process the four signals before transporting them over a single video path, including wireless links such as 5G and COFDM. This gives production teams access to four camera feeds at the gallery while simplifying the equipment required at the remote end.

“At IBC 2025 we showed SportsBox’s potential. At IBC 2026, visitors will see full-blown capabilities that push the boundaries of field production,” said BHV chief technology officer Bill Garrett. “We developed SportsBox because we saw a very practical problem: getting multiple high-quality camera signals back to the gallery without a complex piece of equipment occupying real estate where space is at a premium. SportsBox delivers with a compact, deployable product.”

SportsBox also represents the centerpiece of BHV’s growing product portfolio. For decades, the company has designed and engineered broadcast hardware, firmware and video-processing technology for leading industry brands. The company now brings that accumulated engineering expertise directly to the market under the BHV name.

BHV will offer special IBC pricing on SportsBox for orders placed during the show.

See BHV at IBC 2026 stand 10.B10

More information is available on the company’s website.

WALTHAM, Mass.—Zixi will feature the Zixi Platform for managing and delivering live video across cloud, on-premises and hybrid environments as well as Version 19 of Zixi Broadcaster during IBC 2026, Sept. 11-14, at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Center.

This latest release targets two of the most persistent problems in live operations: network conditions that degrade at the worst possible moment and a growing equipment chain between source and audience. The latest version offers new capabilities and expansions that give operators more ways to keep a feed on air while removing boxes from the signal path.

Zixi will also demonstrate the wider capabilities of the Zixi Platform, including patented hitless failover and multi-path redundancy, recovery from up to 40% packet loss, multi-protocol, multi-vendor and multi-cloud interoperability, stream-level processing with ESNI/ESAM support, and full-workflow observability through ZEN Master.

Users of the platform have reported up to three times lower compute and bandwidth costs than legacy approaches—a message that continues to resonate as broadcasters weigh satellite replacement and other moves to IP-first delivery.

“Every conversation at IBC this year comes back to the same question. How do you keep live video reliable when the network won’t cooperate,” said Marc Aldrich, CEO of Zixi. “Broadcaster v19 and the wider Zixi Platform gives broadcasters a direct answer. Fewer points of failure, automatic recovery when conditions degrade even in the last mile and a clear, proven path off satellite and onto IP without adding risk to live operations.”

Zixi will take part in two sessions on the IBC Content Everywhere stage. They include:

• 10:15-11 a.m., on Stage 2. Jonathan Low of Zixi will join Jan Frelek of Backscreen and John Leonard of DeviceAtlas.
• “From Satellite to IP at Scale: A Proven Path for Global Broadcasters,” 4:30-5:50 p.m., Sept. 13, on Stage 2. Zixi’s Low will join Amagi’s Paul Finster.

The company is also sponsoring two events at the convention, including:

• The Bitmovin Innovators Network at the Heineken Experience, Sept. 10, 3–6 p.m., (Stadhouderskade 78, 1072 NV Amsterdam). Register online.
• "Where Does the Signal Go Next?" a breakfast hosted by Hive Group during which there will be a discussion of the shift away from traditional broadcast distribution, Sept. 11, 7:30-10:30 a.m. (The Traveller at RAI Amsterdam Convention Center). Details are available online.

Zixi will also be featured on the NETINT stand, Stand 1.D49, alongside NETINT’s ecosystem of encoding and transcoding partners.

See Zixi at IBC 2026 Stand 5.A76.

More information is available on the company’s website.

The production environment that broadcast infrastructure was built around no longer exists. The model of the studio with a defined perimeter, a predictable signal path, and content that stayed within four walls has been under pressure for years, and the pressure is not easing.

Remote production means contributors are no longer in the building. Corporate clients with broadcast-quality studios want those studios to feed their enterprise networks: the lobby screen, the conference room, the overflow space on the floor above.

Houses of worship running full production environments need the same signal that powers their main auditorium to reach every classroom and corridor in the complex. Education facilities are building multi-camera setups not just for events, but for daily instruction that flows across buildings and campuses.

None of these are edge cases. They represent a significant and growing segment of production activity, and none of them are well-served by a contained baseband workflow. The SDI-to-IP conversation has been going on for a decade. What has not kept pace is the infrastructure layer that determines whether IP actually delivers on its promise.

The Real Barrier is not the Protocol
What often gets lost in the SDI-versus-IP debate is that the barrier to adoption is rarely the protocol itself. NDI, Dante, AES67, SMPTE ST 2110 are proven, mature, and increasingly affordable. The technology works. The problem is the network sitting underneath it.

For years, configuring a switch for a broadcast or professional AV environment required someone with deep IT networking knowledge. Someone who understands multicast routing, IGMP snooping, PTP grandmaster configuration, VLAN segmentation across mixed protocols. Large integrators might have had two or three people in the entire organization capable of doing it correctly.

That bottleneck was a meaningful brake on IP adoption, and operations lacking that specialist knowledge either stayed with SDI, made configuration errors that eroded confidence in IP workflows, or relied on unmanaged switches that worked until they did not.

Complexity Does Not Scale
The problem compounds in hybrid environments, which are now the norm. A typical broadcast or corporate studio operation today might be running NDI for remote contributors, Dante for audio, SMPTE ST 2110 for its core video fabric, and AES67 for audio interop—all simultaneously, all across the same physical infrastructure. Each protocol has its own network requirements, and getting them to coexist without colliding requires switch-level configuration that is specific, precise, and easy to get wrong.

The industry largely accepted this as an unavoidable cost of IP adoption, but I think it’s worth challenging. When NDI 4 was transporting NDI traffic, control traffic, and Dante over the same ports without separation, manufacturers were fielding support calls that were about the network surrounding their product.

The fix was not to change the protocol, but to build the separation into the switch itself. Manufacturers who adopted that approach reported reductions in NDI-related support calls of 80-90%.

The Next Generation of Broadcast Infrastructure
The operations successfully making the transition to IP are not necessarily the biggest or best-resourced. What they share is infrastructure specified for the workflow, not generic IT hardware pressed into service.

As production workflows move toward 25 Gigabit and 100 Gigabit transport—already underway at the leading edge of the market—the margin for infrastructure that is merely adequate shrinks considerably. A switch that handles 1 GB NDI traffic may not handle uncompressed SMPTE ST 2110 at the same level of reliability. The physics change, and so do the timing requirements, the synchronization demands, and the consequences of getting it wrong.

Broadcast engineers understand this intuitively from the SDI world. The discipline around termination, signal path, and equipment specification that makes SDI reliable translates to an IP workflow. PTP grandmaster configuration is the timing equivalent of gen-lock. VLAN segmentation is the traffic management equivalent of router output assignment. The execution requires infrastructure purpose-built to handle them.

The Partnership Layer
For most of the last decade, the production vendor and the network vendor operated as separate procurement tracks. The integrator specified a production system from one supplier and a network from another, then reconciled the two on-site, often discovering incompatibilities that had not surfaced during pre-sales.

The market is beginning to move away from that model. When production vendors validate and distribute switching infrastructure alongside their own product, the compatibility question is already answered before the project starts. The integrator is deploying a solution that has been tested end-to-end, not reconciling two separately specified systems.

For integrators handling the full scope of a project without a dedicated network engineering resource, removing that compatibility uncertainty changes the risk profile of the project in a way that makes IP adoption viable for clients who would otherwise stay with what they know.

Foundation Before Conversation
Years of SDI-versus-IP debate have generated panel discussions, white papers, and show floor demonstrations. What the industry has scrutinized less is the infrastructure layer underneath those protocols - and whether it is actually ready to deliver on the flexibility and scalability that IP promises.

The operations thriving in hybrid IP environments are not the ones that chose the right protocol. They are the ones that built the right foundation first. The network is not a commodity input in a broadcast IP workflow. It is the layer that determines whether everything above it works—reliably, repeatedly, and at scale. Until the industry starts treating it that way, the gap between the IP conversation and IP reality will remain.