wTVision has launched wMaps, a broadcast‑grade mapping platform built into its on‑air graphics ecosystem. The solution offers a standalone GUI for 2D/3D map creation and a client‑server module that supports up to ten simultaneous users via a browser. Designed for newsroom and live‑production teams, wMaps integrates mapping into rundown‑driven workflows, aiming to eliminate last‑minute map requests. The platform will be demonstrated at NAB Show 2026.
Artificial intelligence has become inseparable from media strategy, yet a pronounced syncing gap threatens its impact. Consumers adopt generative AI tools at breakneck speed, while media firms struggle to translate that demand into sustainable revenue. AI shows clear productivity gains...
Altman Solon’s seventh Annual Global Sports Survey warns that linear TV can no longer anchor sports consumption. Executives are urged to shift toward multi‑format, multi‑channel offerings that blend live games, highlights, and interactive content. The report highlights a 6 percent rise in...
Amazon Web Services launched Elemental Inference, a fully managed AI service that automatically converts live or on‑demand horizontal video into vertical formats in real time. The platform leverages multimodal AI to analyse both audio and video, delivering converted streams with...
Appear has secured YouTube verification for Secure Rapid Transport (SRT) streaming on its X5, X10 and X20 hardware platforms. The certification confirms that Appear’s encoders meet YouTube’s reliability and performance standards for live, low‑latency delivery. The move follows a request...
Broadcasters are shifting from traditional on‑site OB trucks to hybrid remote production, where capture occurs at the venue and control functions run from centralized master control rooms. The model, accelerated by pandemic constraints, delivers the same broadcast quality while slashing...
Production Park secured planning approval to expand its campus to nearly 30 acres, adding two new studios and over 70,000 square feet of commercial space. The development will also house a training and performance centre and enlarge the teaching facilities...
Sunset+Vine has secured a new four‑year deal to produce Channel 4’s Crufts coverage, extending a partnership that began in 2010. The broadcaster will deploy a 150‑person crew, three outside‑broadcast trucks and 22 cameras to deliver 17 hours of televised programming and...
As Los Angeles prepares for the 2028 Olympics, media firms are racing to build AI‑driven content infrastructures that can index, tag and retrieve footage in real time. The article argues that proactive, searchable workflows will replace the traditional reactive scramble...
PTZOptics announced a Visual Reasoning initiative that fuses its robotic PTZ camera systems with Moondream’s open‑source vision‑language models. The partnership enables real‑time video interpretation, powering features such as auto‑tracking, smarter search, automated indexing, and event‑driven triggers. By offering an open...
Time Addressable Media Store (TAMS) is a cloud‑native, open‑source API that lets broadcasters retrieve short, time‑based media segments instead of whole files. Deployed in several pilot projects, it promises to cut storage costs, accelerate production and enable tool‑agnostic workflows across...
Clear Angle Studios announced TopoTrack, a new processing service that boosts mesh tracking and stabilisation for 3D FACS expression sets and 4D performance sequences. The platform promises high‑resolution animation from HMC footage, streamlining VFX pipelines while preserving nuanced actor performances....
Barb’s 2025 UK viewing report shows live television still accounts for 45 percent of total TV‑set consumption, while on‑demand streaming makes up 38 percent. The data highlights that major live events, such as the Women’s Euros final and popular reality shows, continue...

Foundry announced the acquisition of Griptape, an enterprise‑grade AI orchestration platform used by leading production studios. The deal will see Griptape integrated into Foundry’s product portfolio, including Nuke, to enhance AI capabilities for VFX and animation pipelines.
Italian broadcast production firm Videe completed live‑production trials using six Sony 5G kits, integrating the NXL‑ME80 media edge processor, CBK‑RPU7 remote unit and PDT‑FP1 transmitter. The technology was tested across diverse events, from the Nitto ATP Finals football matches to...

Ancora Holdings has boosted its stake in Warner Bros Discovery to roughly $200 million as it prepares to challenge the pending sale of WBD to Netflix. The proposed acquisition would give Netflix control of WBD’s film and TV studios, HBO Max...