At NAB 2016 Sony have announced new firmware upgrades for some of their handycams.

ATEME’s TITAN File video transcoder now supports Apple ProRes decode and encode in all profiles, including Apple ProRes 4444 XQ. TITAN File is also capable of generating QuickTime MOV files for encapsulation. This feature can be implemented in a wide variety of workflows like editing, archive, or mezzanine delivery, for example – including the most demanding ones involving high dynamic range (HDR).

Video Devices will preview a new recording capability for the popular PIX-E Series of 4K-compatible recording monitors at the 2016 NAB Show. Video Devices will showcase the PIX-E Series of recording monitors with a preview of two new features—the addition of the H.264 codec and the capability of simultaneously recording a high-quality, edit-ready Apple ProRes file and a much smaller size H.264 MP4 file.

LYNX Technik AG, provider of modular interfaces for broadcast and professional AV signal processing applications, announces that it has enhanced its popular Testor | lite handheld test signal generator. Testor | lite will be demonstrated, along with its new features at NAB 2016.

Apantac, provider of cost-effective multiviewers, video walls, extenders, and signal processing solutions is launching Mi-16, its new family of cost-effective 3G/HD/SD-SDI Video Multiviewers at NAB 2016, booth N4506. Mi-16 is part of the CRESCENT Series of solutions.

Sony has announced a firmware update for the NEX-FS700 series (Ver.2.20) and NEX-FS700R series (Ver.3.20).

Leader Instruments, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leader Electronics Corporation, Yokohama, Japan, will showcase the new LT4610 3G/HD/SD multi-format video sync generator on Booth C5109 at the 2016 NAB Show in Las Vegas. Designed for use in broadcast studios, mobile production vehicles, post-production companies and broadcast equipment maintenance facilities, the LT4610 provides an exceptionally wide range of capabilities within a compact 1 RU x 15.75 inches (400 mm) deep footprint.

Sony will update its full line of professional A/V technologies for HD and 4K production at all levels, ranging from camcorders, cameras, switchers and displays for sports, live production, events and more, at NAB 2016.

FUJIFILM Corporation (President: Shigehiro Nakajima) has announced that it will release the “FUJINON XK6x20” (hereinafter “XK6x20”) as a new addition to the lineup of 4K-compatible digital cinema camera zoom lenses in late June. Equipped with a PL mount, the most common format for cinema cameras, the “XK6x20” is a standard zoom lens that delivers T3.5 brightness for the entire zoom range from 20mm to 120mm.

Harmonic announced the release of its next-generation media-storage platform, the Harmonic MediaGrid 4000 shared storage solution. The high-performance scale-out storage system increases storage density to 24 6-TB drives in a 4-RU chassis, and delivers the performance of a Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN) with the simplicity and scalability of Ethernet-based network-attached storage (NAS).