AJA Video Systems today released feature-rich firmware updates for OG-Hi5-4K-Plus, OG-HA5-4K, OG-4K2HD, and OG-12GM openGear cards. Building on AJA’s latest Mini-Config v2.26.3 software update for its Mini-Converter line, the new releases help production professionals maintain the integrity of signals and better manage associated metadata as they move throughout the chain. Available as free downloads from the AJA support page, OG-Hi5-4K-Plus v1.6.1, OG-HA5-4K v1.6.1, OG-4K2HD v1.5.1 and OG-12GM v1.2.2 include powerful new enhancements such as HDR VPID pass-through, BT.2020 and dual-link support, Dolby Audio compatibility, and more.
 

NAB Show 2022 will kick off in Las Vegas, NV in less than a month, bringing together professionals and industry leaders in the broadcast field and beyond. Despite delays and cancellations over the last two years, the show is set to take place on April 23-27, 2022 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. This year, ROE Visual will be presenting visitors with the latest LED products and innovations in partnership with disguise.

Dream Chip - innovators in the field of miniaturised, broadcast-level cameras – announce today that they will be attending NAB 2022 (Booth C.7222), where they will be exhibiting their range of ultra-versatile cameras and demonstrating the wide range of applications where existing customers have deployed them.

Shure today introduced the KSM11 Wireless Vocal Microphone Capsule, the Company’s new state-of-the-art premium condenser microphone transducer technology. With an elegant combination of low and mid-range clarity and essential high-end detail, the KSM11 is already being adopted by some of the industry’s biggest names.

Blackmagic Design today announced HyperDeck Extreme 4K HDR, a new broadcast deck with advanced H.265 4K recording featuring a touch screen user interface with built in scopes and HDR screen. HyperDeck Extreme 4K HDR will be available in April 2022 from Blackmagic Design resellers worldwide for US$2,995.
 

Lawo, manufacturer of IP-based audio and video products, announces a software update for users of Lawo radio mixing consoles, Power Core mixing engines, and On-Air Designer configuration software.

TVU Networks, the market and technology leader in cloud and IP-based live video solutions, has announced a strategic partnership with InPlayer, the leading monetization platform for content owners. Through the partnership, existing and future TVU customers can benefit from InPlayer’s Pay Per View and Subscription tools to create a complete production, streaming and monetization workflow. The InPlayer platform can be used with any TVU product or service.
 

LiveU, the leader in live video streaming and remote production solutions, has today launched its automatic recording and story metadata tagging solution for cloud and hybrid production workflows. LiveU Ingest enables users to process video content faster by accelerating story metadata association, while cutting production costs.

To create a smart broadcast workflow, it is absolutely essential to seamlessly integrate all the systems that are involved. Such an ideal IT integration into the broadcast world is delivered by the KVM systems from the German manufacturer Guntermann & Drunck GmbH (G&D). G&D offers a broad KVM portfolio where all the elements can be combined with each other, showing that large and distributed IT installations can indeed be connected efficiently with original broadcast equipment and can therefore simplify the work of broadcast professionals. The KVM matrix switches are the backbone of the relevant computer technology, as they provide producers with flexible, distributed access to outsourced servers – remotely, without latency or delays and with excellent video quality.
 

Mediaset SpA, one of Italy's most active broadcasters, has chosen Leader ZEN Series LV5600 waveform monitors for integration into two fully-IP-interfaced mobile control vehicles and also for some MCR and studio applications. The vehicles are configured to operate alongside the network's Milan and Rome production centers and on location. Eleven LV5600 units have been supplied by Leader's Italian distribution partner, Communication Video Engineering (CVE).

The HESP Alliance will showcase five HESP-ready solutions at NAB Show 2022. These solutions leverage the High-Efficiency Streaming Protocol (“HESP”) and are pioneers in adopting this disruptive protocol. The HESP Alliance demonstrates these solutions during its brand new HESP Alliance Walking Tour at NAB Show 2022. This tour is intended for both media companies and vendors.

The Networked, Multi-Decode Node Reduces the Number of Connections, Eliminates Single Point of Failure, Improves Reliability and Simplifies Installations

Vislink (Nasdaq: VISL), a global technology leader in the capture, delivery and management of high quality, live video and associated data in the media & entertainment, law enforcement and defense markets, has signed a partnership agreement with Hitachi Kokusai Electric Comark LLC (hereinafter “COMARK”), a manufacturer and supplier of DTV transmitters, encoding systems and associated field services for 50 years. This agreement appoints COMARK as an authorized reseller, integrator and service provider of Vislink’s high quality, reliable, real time video communication solutions for NextGenTV deployments. COMARK will be focusing its NextGenTV solutions on the North American broadcast DTV market.
 

Pearl TV, the coalition of U.S. broadcast companies transitioning to NEXTGEN TV, today announced the launch of the RUN3TV web platform that enables broadcasters to offer a brand-new hybrid TV service to over-the-air (OTA) viewers.

TVU Networks, the market and technology leader in cloud and IP-based live video solutions, has announced the automatic integration of curated live news feeds from Stringr on TVU MediaSource - its AI-based platform that allows anyone to download or stream raw feeds in real time. With its team of over 120,000 videographers, Stringr delivers live news content from the U.S. and internationally.