Bexel, an NEP Broadcast Services Company, has added 20 brand-new AJA Ki Pro Ultra Plus multichannel recorders and 80 AJA Pak Media PAK1000 1 terabyte solid-state drives (SSDs) to its rental inventory, giving customers robust and redundant recording and storage capabilities for virtually any size production and any 2K/4K/HD/UHD workflow.

Leader’s LV5333 compact 3G/HD/SD-SDI waveform monitor has a few new tricks up its sleeve courtesy of a new update. Among the new features that Leader has integrated into the system are measurement facilities for BT.2020 color space, full range video and the LV5333SER02 HDR option, which enables measurement of HD HDR and 2SI 4K in ITU.BT.2100 Hybrid Log Gamma, Dolby PQ or Sony Slog-3 protocols.

The BN365, is a stand-alone 12G Fibre transport module now upgraded to achieve better performance; cleaner, crisper pictures; and longer distances. Like its BN390 cousin, the BN365 is available with CWDM optics.

The specifications for the latest LTO Ultrium format, generation 8, has been announced by LTO Program Technology Provider Companies Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM and Quantum. In addition, the LTO Program has issued a new LTO technology roadmap that details specifications up to 12 generations of technology, extending the total capacity of data held on one LTO Ultrium generation 12 tape cartridge to 480TB.

ZEISS unveiled CP.3 and CP.3 XD lines of prime lenses at this year NAB Show. Optically there are the same lenses but XD lenses has one useful feature — eXtended Data (based on Cooke’s /i) technology via inconspicuous Lemo connector. At IBC 2017 we caught up with Sundeep Reddy from ZEISS to discuss the now-ready eXtended Data feature of the new CP.3 XD lenses. So what is eXtended Data, anyway?

K-Tek’s extensive Stingray line of bags and accessories for boom operators and sound mixers offers the new Boom Sleeves for easy transport of popular mic booms. These padded bags are ideal for carrying K-Tek and other brands of boom poles to location and offer added protection when packed inside hard cases along with other gear for long distance transport. Between gigs, they provide safer and more organized storage.

At last month’s IBC Show, SMPTE announced that three of the main documents in the new series of IP video standards (SMPTE ST 2110) have been finalized. Years of work have led up to this point, which should prove to be a pivotal moment in the ongoing migration of media networks to use IP networking technology. Once this new standard is fully released and implemented over the next few months, manufacturers will be able to supply devices that can seamlessly interconnect uncompressed video, audio and other important metadata between devices that support every conceivable video processing function.

Calrec Audio have announced the sale of an Artemis Light console for a new OB van for Gama Studio. The Artemis Light delivers flexibility and digital signal processing capabilities to the new truck, which will increase Gama Studio's ability to broadcast live sports and entertainment events of all types and sizes.

Have you heard of NDI? It’s NewTek’s Video over IP network technology that is making waves in the live video production business. It’s a technology that’s often misunderstood. We thought we’d set the record straight.

Lectrosonics introduces two new transmitters as the latest generation in the award-winning Digital Hybrid Wireless SM Series product line: the “wide band” SMWB (single AA battery) and SMDWB (dual AA battery). The two new transmitters have a similar look and feel to previous SM Series units, but with several innovative new features, including the ability to either act as a transmitter or as a body-worn recorder, as well as wideband tuning.