Sony has announced a flurry of new upgrades for its camcorders, including 100fps additions across the board. Earlier we reported on the rather sparse announcement of the forthcoming Ninja V successor that will support the recording of raw 4K 100fps footage. It’s no coincidence that Sony has announced forthcoming firmware updates to its FX6 and FX9 camcorders, which output precisely this format in an update to come in May.

multiCAM systems has unveiled AIRBRIDGE+, a hardware-based video controller, call-in manager, CG and streaming engine — all in one package.

Panasonic is addressing the increase in live video production needs by launching a new version of its Kairos live production platform, the Kairos Core 1000. The updated platform features a new mainframe option, expanded HD/4K I/Os and increased recording capacity.

Cubic Media Production, a broadcast and production company based in Abu Dhabi, UAE, has anchored its newest production vehicle with a FOR-A HVS-490 digital video switcher. The truck has been booked for a variety of high-profile projects, from multi-camera production of professional football matches to last month’s coverage of the historic UAE Mars probe for Abu Dhabi TV.

Lectrosonics is pleased to introduce the two newest members of the digital wireless microphone system family, the DBSM single battery and DBSMD dual-battery bodypack transmitters.

ATEME, the leader in video delivery solutions for broadcast, cable TV, DTH, IPTV and OTT, has announced Nuuday, a Danish company providing TV and VoD services as part of the TDC Group, has adopted its TITAN range of solutions to enhance the experience it offers to viewers across Denmark.

Designed to provide both stunning HDR imagery as well as beautiful 4K, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, is introducing a new addition to its cost-effective UHDgc series of portable 4K broadcast zoom lenses - the CJ17ex6.2B. This lens supports 4K UHD quality optical performance and provides operators with a compact, lightweight, and highly portable form factor for easy integration into ENG, and commercial environments. With the addition of this lens, Canon further expands its lineup of 4K broadcast lenses, now at an industry-leading 18 models.

Chyron announced the release of the PRIME Live Platform, a dynamic, scalable, full-featured production engine that bridges legacy workflows with the future of live content creation and distribution. As Version 4 of Chyron’s acclaimed PRIME platform, the PRIME Live Platform boasts the industry-leading graphics, clips, and branding capabilities of earlier PRIME releases, as well as PRIME Switcher, a new software-based 2-M/E switcher with a multichannel audio mixer.

Grip gear is one of the last bastions of real engineering. Tripods and fluid heads are things that can’t easily be computerised. They’re also the products of a very mature industry, which means that genuinely new ideas are rare. We review the Sachtler Aktiv8 tripod head, a system that promises to make your setups quicker and easier than ever.

TVN MOBILE PRODUCTION has equipped its newly refurbished OB3 vehicle with ten HDC-5500 camera systems to strengthen its sports and live events production capabilities. Capable of outputting 4K UHD & HDR, the latest-generation cameras are configured with Sony’s HDCU-5000 Camera Control Unit supporting Ultra High Bitrate transmission and as such enabling 4K 2x slow motion or simultaneous transmission of two 4K pictures.