Pixel Power, the innovative supplier of broadcast graphics and automation solutions, is focusing on the transition to IP at SMPTE 2015 (Hollywood, 26 – 29 October). StreamMaster is a radical new software playout platform, designed for the IP future while still supporting today’s SDI infrastructures.

U.S.-based global outside broadcast (OB) and facilities company NEP has installed Calrec Apollo and Artemis audio consoles into a new OB truck to cover professional golf and football in the U.S.

Sony's Super 35mm FS7 really hit the spot when it was revealed last year. By all accounts it's still selling quickly, and producing great results. But in the race to announce something new every year, where does Sony go next? The FS5 is the answer.

As previously announced, Sony have confirmed that an upcoming firmware release for the popular Sony PXW-FS7 will enable several new features by the end of the year. The most notable addition will be the 2K center scan function which crops a 2K image out of the middle of the sensor’s 4K frame. The feature, that is also found on the new FS5, will effectively double your lenses’ focal length without losing any stops of light when shooting in HD or 2K modes.

TVU Networks, the global technology leader in live IP video solutions, today announced that Television Broadcasts Satellite (TVBS), the first 24-hour news network in Taiwan, is expanding their TVU Networks suite of IP-based live video broadcast solutions by deploying multiple units of TVU One, TVU’s newest, ultra-compact mobile transmitter and TVU Anywhere, TVU’s smartphone-based app which broadcasts live from a mobile device with the push of a button.

Panasonic's new sub-$5,000 4K MFT camera, the AG-DVX200, has begun shipping. The first DVX200 left the company's Okayama factory on September 25, according to a blog post by Panasonic Professional Imaging Director Kunihiko Miyagi, and the cameras started showing up at resellers this week.

Video Devices have released updated v1.05 firmware for their Pix-E line of 5″ monitor / recorders which adds support for LUTs, and also enables Panasonic cameras (like the GH4, for example) to start or stop recording over HDMI. The firmware includes several LUTs as standard and will allow users to import new ones via SD card.

At the IBC Show 2015 FOR-A introduced a new control panel for its HVS-2000 vision mixer and GearLink total control software. First introduced at last year’s IBC Show, the HVS-2000 is the newest in FOR-A’s successful line of HANABI switchers. This year the mixer came out with a control panel expanded to three rows.

Barry Braverman hoists the vérité-style Sony PXW-FS7 4K onto his shoulder and, with a few qualifications, finds it an honourable recreation of the spirit of the classic Super 16 documentary cameras.

Sony have just announced the new features that will be included in Version 7 firmware for the F5 and F55. One of the biggest gripes owners of the cameras had was with the menu system, and although they did make some changes in earlier firmware, it still left a lot to be desired. Sony have obviously been listening to their customers and added a Quick Menu function, which will allow you to change key settings on the cameras sub display instead of having to go into the main menus. They have also added Rec.2020, the standard for 4K Ultra HD, as well as expanded options for simultaneous recording.