The NANOHUB is essential a power distribution box with various connections & voltage outputs to power multiple devices from a single power source. This is handy as you don’t have to use multiple batteries for multiple devices.

The ZEISS Supreme Prime line-up of full-frame (and high-end) cine lenses keeps on expanding: ZEISS just announced three new lenses, two of them were already on the roadmap but one is completely new: the 40mm T1.5 is meant to fill the gap between the 35mm T1.5 and the 50mm T1.5.

NewTek has announced the latest iteration of its flagship TriCaster live video production system. The TriCaster 2 Elite features new video production capabilities, including enabling users to leverage a multitude of the major video calling applications available and offering both future-proofed video over IP and traditional SDI support. NewTek believes this will provide users with a “better than broadcast” functionality and flexibility.

Following three years of research, the Fraunhofer HHI (Heinrich Hertz Institute) has announced the new H.266 codec, also known as the Versatile Video Coding (VVC) codec, has been finalised. The H.266 codec is expected to to maintain the visual quality of the current H.265 codec, also known as High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), but the file size is will be about 50 per cent smaller. That would mean the codec will be able to efficiently transport high-resolution content, such as 4K or 8K media, through mobile networks. It also supports HDR content and 360-degree videos.

Bluebell Opticom, the award-winning technology provider of optical transport solutions continues to develop market-leading products for the media and entertainment industry. Presenting 4K, 12G-SDI, UHD, HDR optical conversion in a small, low mass, super-rugged enclosure. Bluebell’s ever-expanding portfolio of rack-mounted optical conversion technology is complimented by this rugged Blue Nano Series converter which provides the same high-quality electrical to optical conversion in a compact stand-alone enclosure.