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Sony, as well as its partner company Nevion, is starting IBC 2026 with a handful of announcements for attendees to see on the show floor. Sony Announces the 4th Generation
Dolby has announced major updates to Dolby OptiView, its live sports platform, ahead of IBC 2026. The updates include new AI-powered intelligence to better understand what drives fan engagement, the
Tennis Channel announced today its launch as a Premium Subscription on The Roku Channel. Tennis Channel offers viewers a single home for Tennis Channel and Tennis Channel 2, both now
SportsNet Pittsburgh (SNP) in partnership with Major League Baseball and the Pittsburgh Pirates have announced the second annual live Spanish-language Pirates telecast in celebration of Roberto Clemente Day. El día de
TMRW Sports in partnership with the LPGA, today announced multiyear U.S. media rights agreements with ESPN and Scripps Sports/ION to bring WTGL, the new women’s team golf league, to fans
Audio-Technica has introduced the BP880R Contact Transducer, a specialized microphone with waterproof performance consistent with IPX7 standards, designed to capture impact and surface vibrations that can add an entirely new dimension
ATSC is being honored with a 2026 Technology & Engineering Emmy Award by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) for ATSC’s development of NextGen TV broadcasting standards
Mimir is the cloud-native media production platform built for teams that need to move media fast across live, archive, web, social, and broadcast workflows. At IBC 2026, Mimir will show
LiveU is now a Clarus Integrated Reseller, bringing Starlink’s fast, reliable broadband directly into LiveU’s cellular bonding EcoSystem through a single plan for broadcast, sports, and field production teams. LiveU
Sportsnet is set to deliver its biggest hockey season ever with a national schedule of 550+ games, including 150 regional blackouts lifted. ”Sportsnet will showcase more games than ever before with 35% more
The Trusted Partner Network (TPN), the global content security initiative powered by the Motion Picture Association (MPA), today launched Fix It or Risk It, a non-commercial campaign designed to help
The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) and Scripps Sports have announced a national broadcast rights agreement for the 2026-27 season, a landmark partnership that represents the league’s first season-long national
At IBC2026, on booth 1.B47, Net Insight will showcase Open Live Media, its architecture for delivering resilient live media services across networks, partners, facilities and cloud environments. As production workflows
Bitmovin is rolling out Encoder Version 3, the next major release of the technology behind its VOD and Live Encoders. Version 3 is built on a premise every streaming team
The avatars of actual athletes have populated video-sports gaming for years. Platforms like NBA 2K26, EA Sports Madden NFL, EA Sports FC, and MLB The Show use real-world athlete likenesses,
Globecast will unveil the next phase of its transformation at IBC2026 with a preview of MooM, its new Media Orchestration and Operations Management Platform. Building on the market adoption of Content Exchange, MooM
Techex and Skyline Communications announce an expanded technology collaboration that brings intelligent resource management, lifecycle automation, and orchestration capabilities to tx darwin, Techex’s software-defined media platform. Pairing software-defined processing with
Sacramento Production Services has completed a major wireless audio overhaul at Sutter Health Park, current home of the Athletics (A’s) professional baseball team during its three‑year residency in Sacramento. By
The Memphis Grizzlies have announced a multi-year partnership naming DAZN as the exclusive home for Grizzlies basketball across the Mid-South. DAZN will stream 78 of the 80 announced 2026-27 regular
Ahead of IBC 2026, AWS is introducing four capabilities across its AWS Elemental portfolio, targeting multi-feed viewing, real-time content metadata, and ad monetization for live streams: MediaPackage Dynamic Multiview, Inference
