TVU Networks has announced a series of solutions and support for broadcasters covering next year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. The company says because of potential challenges around Covid, stricter travel parameters in China, and mountainous terrain surrounding venue locations Yanqing and Zhangjiakou, broadcast coverage of the Winter Games could prove even more challenging than conditions faced in Tokyo.

Tiffen has announced a new range of Warm Diffusion filters that have been designed to create different looks for a diverse array of skin complexions. Tiffen Filter’s are claimed to provide a natural-looking diffusion while adding a warm overtone. Warm Diffusion filters create a soft warm glow and smooth out fine details in the skin while maintaining definition.

NDI (Network Device Interface) expanded its capabilities for Adobe Creative Cloud with integrated extension panels for Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects. The new NDI output streamlines production by removing the need for producers and creatives to export designs for teams and clients to review them.

LYNX Technik, provider of modular signal processing interfaces, announces its new portable solution yellobrik SPG 1708 – sync pulse generator with genlock.

Chyron has released PRIME Live Platform 4.2. This powerful, broadcast-grade platform offers a full suite of production capabilities including live graphics, production switching, video walls and scaling, touchscreen, branding, venue control, and augmented reality. The flexible, scalable platform is deployable on-prem, in the cloud, or in a hybrid architecture.

FXLION has introduced the latest addition to their popular NANO V-Mount battery series: the FXLION NANO THREE. This battery packs a capacity of 150Wh in an extremely compact form factor. This new 150Wh version completes the FXLION NANO series along with the NANO ONE (50Wh) and NANO TWO (98Wh) models.

South African internet radio station Vibez.Live has moved into the digital realm with Calrec’s Type R for Radio. And takes advantages of its power, flexibility and sound quality.

Although it may seem that remote production was born out of necessity to address a growing demand for distributed workflows amidst global lockdowns, it was already gaining momentum prior to the pandemic, which accelerated the trend. But why is remote production so attractive, and what is the broadcast industry doing to advance this initiative? What will it look like in the next ten years?

LYNX Technik unveiled its RYB 6000 yellobrik extension kit for the greenMachine rack frame. The RYB 6000 kit is intended for use with the greenMachine RFR 6000 rack frame, which typically holds up to two greenMachine modules. It is designed specifically to add rack space for the yellobrik line of greenMachine and yellobrik modules in a single system, the company said.

The upcoming Sony FX9 firmware update v3 will be available in November 2021 and it will include new features such as the anamorphic lens support, B4 lens support with an adapter, center scan mode, real-time AF tracking, focus zero marker, and more.