Apogee Insight Acquires PMA Research
Apogee Insight announced the acquisition of PMA Research, a longtime provider of market intelligence for professional video projectors and displays. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal preserves PMA’s historic datasets, research team and regional staff while expanding analytics capabilities and coverage into emerging display categories. Lee Dodson and Sean Wargo will lead the combined organization as COO and chief analytics officer, respectively.
Avid: Vast Majority of Oscar-Winning Films Used Its Editing and Sound Tools
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,...
MRMC Names CP Communications Its Official U.S. Rental, Sales Partner
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 to Showcase Expanded Communications Ecosystem at 2026 NAB Show
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...
NAB Show: Cobalt Digital to Unveil Additions Its IPMX and ST 2110 Ecosystem
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...
Sponsored: How Actus Digital Is Engineering the Future of Broadcast Intelligence
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...
2026 NAB Show Exhibitor Insight: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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...
EditShare To Highlight Analytical AI Capabilities At 2026 NAB Show
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...
Univ. Of Illinois Selects Grass Valley for Hybrid IP Game-Day Production Hub
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 Taps Semantic Intelligence to Accelerate Content Monetization
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+Taps Google Cloud For AI-Powered Content Discovery, Personalization and Production
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 To Unlock Hybrid Workflows At 2026 NAB Show
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 to Introduce Nimbra Live Intelligence at 2026 NAB Show
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 To Unveil Next Generation Spectrum X Media Service At 2026 NAB Show
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, MediaKind Partner on Industry Transition From C-Band to IP
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...
Cobalt Digital To Feature New End-to-End IPMX, ST 2110 Solutions At 2026 NAB Show
Cobalt Digital will unveil a suite of new end‑to‑end IPMX and SMPTE ST 2110 solutions at the 2026 NAB Show, including the blueCORE 1RU processor family, upgraded PACIFIC ULL‑DEC decoder with dual SDI/ST 2110 output, a factory‑installed DVB‑S/S2 demodulator, and hybrid satellite‑internet...
Telos Alliance Offers AERO Software Update To Correct Nielsen Watermark Issue
Telos Alliance announced a software update (v3.32.47) for its Linear Acoustic AERO series to incorporate the latest Nielsen watermark encoding library and fix a timestamp reset issue that would affect data reporting after Jan 1, 2027. The update covers current AERO models—including...
The Rise of Infrastructure as Code in Live Production: Are You Ready?
The broadcast industry is shifting toward Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to automate and scale live production. Tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and the emerging SMPTE ST 2138 “Catena” standard promise to unify control across dozens of vendor protocols, allowing entire workflows...
Chyron Paint 10.3 Adds New Visualization Features for Live Action
Chyron has launched Paint 10.3, adding AI‑driven active graphics, a flexible speedometer tool, and an enhanced zone blur feature for live sports production. The active graphics layer can animate visuals using AI player‑tracking or manual key‑framing, reducing manual effort. The...
NAB Urges FCC to Tamp Down Reallocation Plans for Upper C-Band
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has filed reply comments urging the FCC to limit the upcoming upper C‑band reallocation to the statutory minimum of 100 MHz, warning that any additional clearing threatens broadcast infrastructure. The FCC is considering auctioning up...
Study: Station Groups Spending Millions Lobbying to Abolish Ownership Caps
Nexstar Media Group spent $3.2 million lobbying the FCC in 2025, while Sinclair Broadcast Group increased its spend to $800,000, aiming to eliminate the television‑ownership caps that restrict reach to 39 % of U.S. TV homes. The lobbying surge coincides with massive...
Signiant Announces Customer Advisory Board
Signiant has established a Customer Advisory Board (CAB) to bring together key media‑industry clients and shape the future of accelerated content flow. The board will serve as a two‑way forum where participants gain early visibility into Signiant’s product strategy while...
IAB Tech Lab Opens Public Comment on Live Event Ad Playbook
IAB Tech Lab has opened a public comment period for the Live Event Ad Playbook (LEAP) Forecasting API, a new standard designed to make live streaming inventory visible and actionable for programmatic buying. The API lets broadcasters share structured metadata—schedules,...
NHPBS Readies For ATSC 3.0 Service With Assistance Of Heartland Video Systems
New Hampshire PBS (NHPBS) has completed a statewide air‑chain upgrade to support ATSC 3.0, with Heartland Video Systems delivering design, hardware, and remote commissioning. The project replaced legacy ATSC 1.0 encoders with Harmonic XOS units, added HEVC‑DASH capable equipment, and installed a...
E! Co-Founder Alan Mruvka Launches Filmology Labs Studios
Alan Mruvka, co‑founder of E! Entertainment, has unveiled Filmology Labs: Content Creation Studios in Paterson, New Jersey. The 250,000 sq ft campus represents a $250 million investment and houses 21 purpose‑built sound stages optimized for vertical micro‑drama storytelling, including his Verza TV platform, which aims...
SinclairLaunches New True Crime Daily Video Podcast
Sinclair Media announced the launch of "Criminally Obsessed," a daily true‑crime video podcast that will air Monday through Thursday on YouTube and major audio platforms. Hosted by veteran investigative journalist Anne Emerson, the series promises in‑depth coverage of high‑profile cases,...
TAG Video Systems Expands MCS 1.7.0 With New Lens Visualization Tool
New capabilities help media companies reduce mean time to repair across large operations
Indian Media Conglomerate Deploys Grass Valley Playout For Linear, OTT, Web
Network18 Media & Investments has rolled out Grass Valley’s Playout X, powered by the AMPP OS, across its linear TV, OTT, and web services. The unified platform replaces a patchwork of legacy vendor solutions, consolidating playout, ingest, ad‑replacement, watermarking and delivery under...
TV Viewing Hits 12-Month High
Television viewing in the United States rose to a 12‑month high in January 2026, with total TV usage up 3.7% from December. Cable captured the largest monthly gain, representing 21.2% of all TV consumption and adding a full share point....
ESPN’s Audiences for College Basketball On Track for Major Growth
ESPN reports a 33% year‑over‑year rise in women’s college basketball viewership, positioning the sport for its strongest season in 17 years, while men’s basketball is up 25% and on track for the best season in 11 years. The network captured...
Comcast Advertising, Adara Launch New Measurement Tools for Travel Industry
Comcast Advertising and Adara have unveiled a joint measurement platform that links Comcast’s premium video‑viewing data with Adara’s first‑party travel booking and revenue data. The solution provides advertisers with direct attribution of TV and streaming ads to actual traveler bookings,...