Most broadcast facilities are mid-transition from SDI to IP, running both at once. Here you'll find coverage of SMPTE ST 2110, remote and cloud production, bonded cellular contribution, camera-to-cloud workflows, and the switchers and gear keeping live shows on air.
AJA announced new firmware features for its IP25-R device at NAB 2026, adding a transmit (TX) mode to its existing receive (RX) capabilities. The IP25-R, originally a 2110-to-SDI/HDMI converter, can now also convert SDI/HDMI to ST 2110 for IP network distribution, functioning as a gateway for hybrid IP environments. New features also include a built-in test signal generator and simplified workflow tools, available immediately as a free firmware update.
AJA launched the BRIDGE LIVE IP at NAB 2026, a new IP gateway designed to connect ST 2110 IP video with other IP formats such as SRT, NDI, and JPEG XS. The device features two 25 gig SFP ports for ST 2110 and a 10 gig interface for encoded formats, aiming to simplify complex IP video workflows in live production environments.
Zero Density and Chaos announced an R&D partnership to showcase real-time ray tracing for virtual studios and extended reality (XR). This collaboration will debut "Reality 5 with Chaos Vantage" at Zero Density's booth at NAB Show 2026.
TAG Video Systems has integrated its real-time monitoring and quality control solutions with AWS Elemental MediaConnect Router. This integration aims to provide broadcasters with enhanced monitoring capabilities for dynamic live video workflows operating in the cloud.
Imagine Communications plans to showcase new ST 2110 and hybrid IP/SDI solutions at the 2026 NAB Show. These solutions are intended for modernizing broadcast workflows, including production and playout facilities.
Kiloview released a firmware update for its D350 device, introducing support for Zixi, OPUS audio, and RTSP multicast decoding capabilities. The update also includes new log modules, user authentication options, and performance optimizations for HLS reconnection and A/V sync logic. These enhancements improve the device's video processing and transport functionalities.
Kiloview released a firmware update for its RD-260 device, introducing support for Zixi protocol and OPUS audio decoding, alongside RTSP multicast stream decoding. The update also includes bug fixes for SRT video sources and audio output issues, and optimizations for HLS reconnection and audio/video synchronization. This enhancement improves the device's capabilities for professional AV over IP applications.
Zero Density will preview real-time ray tracing for virtual studios and extended reality (XR), developed in an R&D partnership with Chaos, at NAB. The company will also showcase AI newsroom tools and automatic lens profiling features at its booth.
This article discusses the evolution of the multiviewer from a traditional wall of screens to an operations intelligence tool in modern broadcast environments. It highlights how the expanding scope of operations has driven this technological shift. The piece emphasizes the multiviewer's role in providing operational insights.
Registration is now open for Integrate 2026, the annual AV industry event in Australia and New Zealand, taking place from September 2-4 at ICC Sydney. The event will feature over 120 exhibitors, an expanded conference program including an AI in AV Mini Conference, AETM K–12 Conference, AV Industry Awards, CEDIA Industry Leaders Forum, SMPTE Oceania Industry Forum, and AVIXA Women’s Council Forum.
TAG Video Systems has joined the MXL Interoperability Initiative, committing to multi-vendor testing. This participation aims to support customers in the transition towards IP production within broadcast infrastructure.
Telestream has enhanced its Vantage Iconik MAM connector to support live production workflows. This update enables features such as live capture and edit-while-ingest capabilities. Additionally, the connector now integrates AI-driven metadata for faster content turnaround times.
This article explores the evolution of production models in live sports broadcasting. It specifically discusses the use of remote production, including IP-based workflows, and considerations for cost and scaling production across different locations.
Imagine Communications announced its plans to showcase its expanded multiviewer portfolio at the NAB 2026 conference. The company highlighted that these solutions provide purpose-built monitoring across various environments, from live production and master control to OTT, both on-premise and cloud-based.
Chyron will showcase its latest innovations in live production, AI, and graphics at NAB 2026, marking 60 years of operation. The company's presence at the event will highlight advancements in these areas.
Telestream and Mimir have integrated their technologies to create a modern news workflow. This integration combines Telestream's Global Ingest with Mimir's cloud-native Production Asset Management (PAM) system. The aim is to accelerate news production workflows for broadcasters and content creators.
TvTel, a provider of broadcast production services in Latin America, has deployed a remote production and contribution solution using Nevion's Virtuoso HEVC with a Sony-developed HEVC codec. This solution enables high-quality, low-latency live coverage for the Chilean football league from 32 stadiums to TvTel's headquarters in Santiago, reducing bandwidth consumption and costs. The setup includes Virtuosos in 8 OB trucks and Nevion VideoIPath for orchestration and broadcast control.
TAG Video Systems has partnered with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to integrate its IP-native Realtime Media Platform with OCI's cloud infrastructure. This collaboration aims to provide broadcast monitoring capabilities within the OCI environment. The partnership focuses on leveraging OCI's performance and cost-optimized cloud for video workflows.
Haivision launched Makito ONE, a single-blade platform that combines dual-channel encoding and decoding for ultra-low-latency 4K/HD/HDR live video contribution across a range of networks. Built on Makito X4 technology, it supports multi-codec workflows (JPEG XS, HEVC, H.264) and offers SDI and SMPTE ST 2110 connectivity for on-premise, hybrid, and remote production. The system scales from a compact configuration to modular 1RU/4RU chassis supporting up to 18 blades and up to 36 HD/4K encode/decode channels.
PSSI is deploying Appear’s X Platform to upgrade its mobile transmission fleet and PSSI International Teleport in Pittsburgh ahead of a major global soccer event in the Americas. The deployment includes X20 chassis with integrated encoding/decoding, satellite modulation/demodulation, ASI, and SRT, and upgrades transport security to BISS-2 with AES-128 encryption and key rotation for premium live sports contribution workflows.
Arkona technologies will announce updates to its FPGA-accelerated BLADE//runner IP broadcast infrastructure platform at NAB 2026, focused on usability and workflow flexibility for low-latency audio/video routing, processing, and compression. The release introduces BLADE//planner for offline graphical workflow configuration with an open API, alongside software control panels, automated audio mixing (AutoMix), enhanced control-surface interoperability via EasyIP, and new features including HBM-based FrameSyncs for SDI inputs and Video ID insertion for flow traceability.
Kiloview announced it will showcase new broadcast IP solutions at NAB 2026, including the North American debut of the AVX24-4 Media Hub and KiloLink Station, alongside its Cradle Series RF02 modular platform. These products form an AV-over-IP ecosystem designed to simplify IP media network management, unify production workflows, and extend remote production capabilities for broadcasters. The demonstration will cover the entire production chain from capture to delivery.
Grass Valley and production company NVP, working with systems integrator Video Progetti S.r.l., have deployed a live production camera and workflow infrastructure to support more than 760 LaLiga matches per season across Spain’s top two professional divisions. The deployment includes 144 Grass Valley LDX 135 and LDX 150 cameras across seven OB trucks and additional remote-production setups, enabling simultaneous UHD HDR and HD SDR production. The system supports hybrid SDI/NativeIP workflows with JPEG XS from the camera head to address bandwidth constraints in remote production.
Haivision describes audio-video synchronization and multi-camera stream synchronization capabilities for live and remote production workflows, claiming lip-sync accuracy under 5ms even across long sessions and brief interruptions such as source switching or network outages. The company says its Makito encoder/decoder and Haivision mobile transmitter products can maintain aligned multi-camera contributions over SRT or bonded cellular using SST, supporting outputs to SDI, ST 2110, and cloud-based production workflows.
The article explains how mobile video transmitters (bonded cellular encoders) use bonded 3G/4G/5G connections to contribute low-latency, broadcast-quality live video from remote or mobile sports production environments. It highlights use cases such as vehicle-mounted cameras, drones, and on-water coverage, and describes management and return-feed workflows via Haivision products and its SST transport protocol.
Grass Valley extended its collaboration with ImSoPROD (FDJ United’s TV production unit) to modernize the French national lottery’s production facilities, deploying LDX C98 compact cameras for native UHD acquisition with HDR and wide color gamut in a constrained 80 m² set. The upgrade, completed in under two months and on-air since last September, supports up to 14 cameras and flexible routing across three production galleries and four studio sets, while expanding virtual production capabilities with an 80 m² XR wall synchronized to Pixotope XR. ImSoPROD is also updating workflows, including replacing OPC400 control workflows with Grass Valley’s Creative Grading platform.
ORIVISION Electronics, a vendor of video encoders, highlights its adherence to ROHS and KC certifications to ensure global market access and supply chain transparency. This strategy aims to reduce risk for international buyers and guarantee product reliability in demanding environments like South Korea. The company emphasizes these certifications as key differentiators in the competitive market, offering legal safety and enhanced product quality.
Cinegy announced its participation in NAB Show 2026, where it will showcase updates to its software-defined television technology, focusing on efficiency without large hardware or cloud investments. The company plans to present significant upgrades to key products including Cinegy Air, Cinegy Capture, Cinegy Route, and Cinegy Multiviewer, designed for modularity and open format support.
Matrox Video announced it will showcase software-defined, IP-based live production workflows at NAB 2026, centered on Matrox ORIGIN, an asynchronous media framework positioned as a deployment-ready foundation for the EBU Dynamic Media Facility (DMF) vision. The company also highlighted IP production and transport products for remote production, SDI/ST 2110 bridging, multi-channel 4K gateway processing, and IP KVM extension, alongside broadcast developer cards and encoders/decoders supporting standards such as ST 2110, IPMX, and NMOS.
Cobalt Digital announced its NAB 2026 lineup, adding new standalone signal processors plus expanded IPMX and SMPTE ST 2110 support across products including audio monitoring, multiviewers, gateways, and mini converters. Updates include an ST 2110/IPMX output option for the PACIFIC ULL-DEC decoder (simultaneous SDI and IP outputs with PTP-locked timing), a DVB-S/S2 demodulator option, and hybrid Satellite-Internet distribution support aligned with VSR TR-06-4 Part 7 as C-band distribution changes.
NETINT argues that at data-center scale, video processing deployments are constrained less by raw encode performance and more by rack-level power, thermal limits, density, and operational serviceability. The article claims VPU-based acceleration can provide more deterministic power/thermal behavior and higher streams-per-server density than CPU/GPU approaches, and highlights Dell PowerEdge server design (e.g., PCIe expansion, cooling, and fleet management tooling) as enabling production-grade, maintainable VPU deployments over multi-year lifecycles.
UK-based Garden Studios has launched a new virtual production stage designed primarily for driving-shot work, supporting a wide range of vehicle types and aiming to reduce downtime and technical friction during shoots. The stage features a fully motorised LED ceiling (including Absen 2.6mm pixel pitch panels) that can tilt to function as a front wall and reconfigure to create a 360-degree volume, alongside an image-based lighting workflow integrated with existing control desks.
London-based Garden Studios has unveiled a new virtual production stage featuring a fully motorised LED ceiling using 2.6mm pixel pitch panels from Absen, designed to enable a configurable 360-degree LED volume. The stage is built to support vehicle-based process work, with the company claiming reduced repositioning and faster turnaround through a layout enabling most angles via a single 180-degree rotation. It includes rail- and motor-mounted lighting trusses with pre-wired power/data and supports Unreal Engine-based real-time workflows.
Italian broadcaster Rai has signed a three-year framework agreement with Matrox Video to deploy Matrox ConvertIP Series encoders/decoders and converters as part of its migration to an IP workflow. The ConvertIP DSS and DSH models will support gateway, monitoring, and SDI/HDMI-to-ST 2110 conversion within Rai’s developing IP ecosystem.
Vislink Technologies launched the DragonFly V 5G Dual-Modem, a miniature bonded video transmitter designed for portable and compact camera workflows. The device supports two simultaneous cellular connections plus Wi-Fi to increase bandwidth and transmission resilience, and it supports live video formats up to 1080p50/59 for use with PoV cameras, helmet cams, UAVs, and similar platforms. Vislink says it integrates with its broader workflow tools including LiveLink, LinkMatrix, and its Playout Server for managing and distributing video.
Egatel announced its participation as an exhibitor at the NAB Show in Las Vegas, scheduled for April 19-22, 2026. The company invited attendees to register and book meetings for the event.
Grabyo published an analysis distinguishing between Remote Integration (REMI), cloud production, and hybrid production models for live video content creation. The article outlines the benefits and challenges of each workflow, aiming to help professionals select the most appropriate strategy for their needs.
TAG Video Systems is evolving its IP-native Realtime Media Platform to feature actionable visibility, open integrations, and audio intelligence. This platform update is entirely software-based. The company will showcase these enhancements at NAB 2026.
This article provides a high-level overview of designing and implementing a television campus utilizing SMPTE ST 2110 for live video, audio, and ancillary data over IP. It details the architecture, including PTP timing, media flow types, and switch orchestration, along with concrete VLAN and QoS configurations for network engineers. The author outlines the end-to-end integration of sources, destinations, and network infrastructure, emphasizing the role of IS-06/SDN for switch orchestration and practical bandwidth planning.
Chyron has released Weather 2.3, an update to its broadcast weather visualization software. The new version introduces support for UHD and 4K resolutions, virtual globe visuals, and enhancements to automation integration and workflows for broadcasters.
L2Tek detailed how to build a low-cost SDI to IP converter using Dektec's DTA-2110 10G Smart NIC and DTA-2178 8 Channel SDI card within a Windows 11 PC, leveraging FFmpeg for the conversion. The article demonstrates the setup for converting up to four SDI channels to ST2110 IP streams using standard PC components and Dektec hardware.
Kiloview released firmware version 2.05.0064 for its RD-350, adding preset configuration disconnection display modes, optimizing system stability, and improving stream pulling reconnection time. The update also addresses several bug fixes, including issues with SDI output for interlaced formats, overlay content display limits, and audio noise in SDI output with NDI sources.
Chyron has released PRIME 5.3, an update to its broadcast graphics software. This new version integrates HTML and includes automation tools for enterprise broadcast graphics and cloud production workflows. The update aims to merge live web content with traditional computer-generated graphics.
Rai, Italy's national public broadcaster, has selected Imagine Communications' Selenio Network Processor (SNP) to advance its IP migration. The SNP will facilitate scalable SMPTE ST 2110 migration, integrating gateways, multiviewing, and master control functions onto a single platform.
NBC Sports has chosen Chyron to provide data-rich graphics and virtual sets for its broadcast production of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics and Paralympics. This partnership will support NBC Sports' coverage of the international sporting event.
Eurovision Services successfully tested Synamedia's Media Edge Gateway (MEG) for reliable BISS-CA reception. The testing validated the MEG's performance for premium sports feeds over satellite and IP distribution, also confirming 1080p HDR as an efficient contribution format.
YoloLiv highlights a case study where wedding photographer Noel Del Pilar utilized the YoloBox Ultra and its network bonding feature to produce a multi-location, broadcast-quality wedding livestream in Puerto Rico. The YoloBox Ultra handled complex technical aspects for multi-camera switching and reliable streaming despite variable connectivity, enabling a professional-grade production for social platforms. This article serves as a promotional case study for YoloLiv's hardware capabilities.
Kiloview released firmware version 1.24 for its E3 encoder on January 8, 2026. This update introduces RTMP support as a new feature.
EVS is leveraging lessons from 2025 to advance robotics in sports broadcasting for 2026. The company, through its T-Motion Robotics Solution division, is focusing on integrating robotic camera systems for enhanced efficiency and production capabilities.
Chyron has released Virtual Placement 8.0, an update to its virtual sports graphics solution. The new version incorporates SMPTE 2110 IP connectivity for modern broadcast workflows and includes court-accurate basketball line tracking features.
