French broadcaster TF1 selected Axon Digital Design's Cerebrum master control software which is fast becoming the control solution of choice for many of the world's top broadcasters. It offers the advanced functionality and broad range of features that TF1 needed to manage its audio/video processing, multiviewer and tally/UMD management.

Panasonic has announced the immediate availability of the LiveCTRL mobile application enabling control, streaming and switching of select Panasonic pan/tilt/zoom from an iPad Pro device.

XenData, the global provider of high capacity data storage solutions based on hybrid cloud, data tape and optical cartridges, launches a service to migrate files archived on LTO tape cartridges to cloud storage storage allowing shared access and cloud analytics.

NewTek announced that version 3.8 of the NDI SDK is available for download. Hundreds of changes and major improvements in this new version are intended to help NDI perform better, and solve some real-world challenges users have reported.

Timecode Systems unveiled new versions of firmware for the UltraSync ONE (v2.09) and BLINK Hub (v3.10 for :pulse and :wave). These improvements include fixing a scaling issue when using BLINK Hub on smaller screens, and system enhancements for the UltraSync ONE

Sony started the New Year with free firmware v2.0 for the Z190 & Z280 camcorders. Update improves cameras’s operational stability, fixes some known issue and unlocks full streaming capabilities for the camcorders.

AJA Video Systems has announced that KUMO 1616-12G is now shipping. Featuring 16x 12G-SDI inputs and 16x 12G-SDI outputs, the compact SDI router supports high frame rate and deep color workflows over SDI, at up to 4K and 8K resolutions.

Panasonic this week began delivery of its new AW-UE 150 4K/50p pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) camera and the AW-RP 150 remote controller.

PRO TV has invested in eight HDC-3500 camera chains that will be used for live entertainment and sports productions, working with HDCU-3100, the IP enabled Camera Control Unit. They also have chosen the PXW-Z280 and PXW-Z150 camcorders for their mainstream and local studio productions, alongside Sony’s dual channel UWP wireless microphone packages.

Sky Television talks about its evolution of Promo Versioning culminating in the deployment of Gallium FACTORY from Pixel Power to automate the production of multiple versions of trailers and promos, ensuring correct-first-time accuracy and ultra-high productivity for everything from thematic channels to Sky Sports.