
Avid announced that 87% of this year’s Oscar‑winning films were edited or mixed with its Media Composer and Pro Tools platforms, covering categories from Best Picture to Best Sound. The data also shows eight of the ten Best Picture nominees, all Best Sound nominees, and the majority of Best Editing contenders relied on Avid tools. CEO Wellford Dillard highlighted the company’s role in shaping award‑winning storytelling, citing specific examples such as Andy Jurgensen’s use of Media Composer’s auto‑transcribe feature. The release underscores Avid’s entrenched position in high‑end film production.

CP Communications has been named the official U.S. rental and sales partner for Mark Roberts Motion Control (MRMC). Through its subsidiary Red House Streaming, the firm has installed MRMC’s robotic camera systems in its new Studio C in St. Petersburg, Florida. Studio C...

Clear-Com announced it will unveil a major new product and a suite of upgraded intercom solutions at the 2026 NAB Show, exhibiting from April 19‑22 in Alameda, California. The showcase will feature the award‑winning FreeSpeak Icon beltpack, a 4‑Channel HelixNet...

Cobalt Digital unveiled a robust 2026 NAB Show portfolio expanding its IPMX and ST 2110 ecosystem. The lineup introduces the 1RU blueCORE standalone processors, the PACIFIC compression line with dual SDI and ST 2110/IPMX outputs, and a hybrid satellite‑Internet mode meeting FCC...

Actus Digital is unveiling major upgrades to its Actus X platform at NAB Show 2026, including native ATSC 3.0 monitoring with A3SA encryption, a sub‑second browser‑based multiviewer, and AI‑driven automation for compliance and reporting. The new features let broadcasters decrypt and analyze...

At the 2026 NAB Show, AWS will unveil Elemental Inference, the first fully‑managed service that layers AI onto live‑video encoding to produce mobile‑first vertical streams. The solution automatically detects action in a live feed and reformats 16:9 content for smartphones...

The long‑standing cable‑bundle subsidy that funded local sports rights has collapsed, forcing teams to rely solely on fan subscriptions and ad revenue. This direct‑to‑consumer model creates a revenue squeeze as production costs outpace the limited audience base. Industry experts propose...

EditShare will demonstrate its latest AI‑powered media operations and high‑performance NVMe storage at the 2026 NAB Show in Las Vegas. The company is emphasizing Analytical AI, which automatically extracts speech, faces, text and scene data to enrich video files with...

The University of Illinois partnered with Grass Valley and integration firm Tab M Solutions to complete Phase 1 of a hybrid IP broadcast production hub for Fighting Illini Productions ahead of the 2025 football season. The system employs a hybrid SMPTE ST 2110/SDI architecture, deploying...

Mediagenix announced an upgrade to its Semantic Intelligence engine, aiming to turn raw title and rights metadata into actionable commercial insight for studios and networks. By embedding advanced semantic modeling—originally built by its 2024 acquisition Spideo—into its Title Management platform,...

Canal+ announced a multi‑year partnership with Google Cloud to embed the latter’s generative AI suite into its European and African services beginning June 2026. The collaboration will power AI‑driven video indexing, multimodal metadata creation, and hyper‑personalized content recommendations on the Canal+...

Calrec will showcase hybrid workflow solutions at the 2026 NAB Show, unveiling its U.S. debut of the IP‑native Argo M audio console. The 48‑fader console packs up to 356 internal DSP channels and supports SMPTE ST 2110 and cloud connectivity. Calrec will also...

Net Insight will unveil its Nimbra Live Intelligence platform at the 2026 NAB Show, positioning it as a unified solution for live‑media production, distribution and protection. The system‑level platform promises predictable behavior across on‑premise networks, public internet and cloud environments...

Harmonic will debut its next‑generation Spectrum X media server at the 2026 NAB Show, showcasing a suite of AI‑enhanced video appliances and SaaS solutions. The new server streamlines ingest and playout, while the XOS Advanced Media Processor adds ATSC 3.0 and DTV+...

LTN and MediaKind announced a strategic partnership that tightly integrates MediaKind’s MK.IO Beam on‑premise devices with LTN’s global IP transport network. The joint solution delivers redundant, multipath IP delivery and edge video processing, allowing broadcasters to transmit and receive compressed...