Manifold technologies GmbH has announced the appointment of Nick Tucker as Sales Manager for Europe, reinforcing the company’s continued growth across broadcast, enterprise and ProAV markets. The appointment reflects manifold’s expanding European footprint, increasing partner ecosystem, and growing involvement in high-profile projects and industry events across the region.

Nevion AS, a Sony group company, announces that Thomas Heinzer, the company’s founder and CEO, has decided to step down from his role at the end of the financial year which concludes on March 31st, 2026. Nevion’s present CFO, Heidi Mello Stavnar will become the new CEO of Nevion , effective April 1st, 2026. 

Atomos introduces Shogun AV-19, a rack-mountable 19-inch 4K HDR monitor recorder switcher designed for professional live production, broadcast, and video village environments. The Shogun AV-19 combines multi-camera switching, ISO recording, and advanced monitoring in a rugged, rack-mountable 7RU form factor, offering a complete “monitor-record-switch” package for studio and outside broadcast workflows.

TVN GROUP will acquire 100 percent of the shares in TV Plus GmbH with effect from January 1, 2026. TV Plus will thus become part of TVN GROUP, one of Germany's leading media companies for television productions, live broadcasts, and corporate media content.

The Obsidian Control Systems team is excited to be showcasing the new ONYX NX3 lighting console at the upcoming ISE tradeshow February 3-6 in Barcelona. Lighting control specialists are invited to Booth #6Q300 for an up-close look at this exciting new addition to the ONYX platform—and much more, including the new NETRON FS16, a new rackmount network switch in Obsidian’s award-winning line of data distribution products, and HELIOTRAQ, a new simplified performer tracking solution.

Continuing a longstanding collaboration, Riedel Communications and Nordic media technology company Media Tailor have once again joined forces to deliver a state-of-the-art broadcast, AV, and communications infrastructure aboard Royal Caribbean International’s newest vessel, Star of the Seas. 

Vizrt, a leader in live production technology revolutionizing viewer experience and engagement, expands its team to ignite a new era of professional-grade production, communication, and connection for Enterprises.

Under the leadership of Vizrt’s CRO, Ryan Poggi, the expanded Enterprise team brings decades of expertise in enterprise technology to deliver broadcast-level engagement, once only available to Sports, Media and Entertainment corporations, to organizations of all sizes.

The Women’s Winter Classics in Gstaad marked the first live outing for OB truck S12, the new mobile production unit operated by Swiss broadcast service provider brutal güet. Produced for RED+, the open-air event — a flagship fixture of Switzerland’s top-tier women’s ice hockey league — also served as the inaugural live deployment of the vehicle’s fully IP-based Lawo audio infrastructure. At the core of the audio control room is a Lawo mc²56 MkIII console with 48 faders, paired with a redundant A__UHD Core and an AoIP environment based on SMPTE ST 2110, AES67 and RAVENNA. The production demonstrated how flexible system configurations, efficient workflows and high audio quality can be reliably implemented in a demanding live environment.

Last summer, ITV celebrated the tenth anniversary of its popular reality dating show, Love Island. To ramp up the excitement of series 12 (launched in the UK on 9th June) and to engage younger demographics the broadcaster, supported by LiveU, expanded Love Island's highly successful digital-first strategy. For the first time, ITV live streamed the official podcast, Love Island: The Morning After on ITVX and YouTube to give fans the added benefit of a live ‘watch-along’, which aired at the same time as the main launch show on ITV2. Love Island is produced by Lifted Entertainment, part of ITV Studios, and GroupM Motion Entertainment.

Austrian broadcaster ORF has comprehensively modernized its news and radio production facilities. As part of the Multimedia Newsroom (MMNR) project, new studio and control room technology for TV was implemented, along with a central radio production infrastructure. BFE Studio und Medien Systeme GmbH was responsible for the technical planning, integration, and commissioning.

With the new production areas, ORF now has a cross-media infrastructure that more closely links television, radio, and online. This increases efficiency, flexibility, and operational reliability—and creates the technical basis for cross-platform news production.

No problem - because the Fiber eXTreme eXTenders (XT2) from Sommer cable's long-standing partner Belram can overcome almost any distance. The XT2 series is now also available with HICON's HI-FIBER4 system, offering a powerful solution for the uncompressed transmission of video and data signals over fiber optics. Designed for professional use in broadcast, live events, AV installations and industrial environments, these extenders enable a stable, latency-free signal transmission over long distances of up to 10 km (singlemode) or 1 km (multimode) - even under demanding conditions.

Riedel Communications, in cooperation with the German Basketball Federation (DBB) and the German Sport University Cologne (DSHS), deployed its RefCam for the first time in Germany’s 2. Basketball-Bundesliga. As part of a scientific research project, the head-mounted camera technology was implemented on Dec. 28, 2025, during the game between EPG Baskets Koblenz and Bozic Estriche Knights Kirchheim in Koblenz. This research initiative aims to develop a comprehensive training concept to improve decision-making skills among basketball referees. 

Arkona technologies GmbH will use ISE (Booth 5.K800) to demonstrate how its ultra-low-latency, software-defined media infrastructure is increasingly being adopted well beyond traditional broadcast, with esports and large-scale gaming production emerging as a key growth area. As live gaming events continue to converge broadcast-grade production values with IT-centric workflows, arkona’s FPGA-accelerated platforms offer the scale, flexibility and predictable, low-latency performance under load required to support some of the world’s most complex real-time productions.

Riedel Communications announced in December it provided a fully integrated communications and commentary solution for the 15th National Games of China, supporting 56 competition venues and four International Broadcast Centers (IBCs) across Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao. Over the 30-day event, the system operated without interruption, enabling seamless coordination for 56 broadcasting teams and 39 ultra-high-definition productions.

Bridge Technologies has announced a significant new enhancement to the AV Sync function contained within its award-winning VB440 production probe. The new multi-service AV sync comparison feature enables frame-accurate synchronisation assessment across multiple delivery paths of the same service. Designed for live IP production environments where redundancy is critical, but applicable in a range of contexts, the new capability allows engineers to assess and compare multiple flows carrying the same service - for instance, across satellite, SRT, or other IP routes - so that seamless, glitch-free switching can occur when it matters most.