Sony has announced a firmware update for the NEX-FS700 series (Ver.2.20) and NEX-FS700R series (Ver.3.20).

Leader Instruments, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leader Electronics Corporation, Yokohama, Japan, will showcase the new LT4610 3G/HD/SD multi-format video sync generator on Booth C5109 at the 2016 NAB Show in Las Vegas. Designed for use in broadcast studios, mobile production vehicles, post-production companies and broadcast equipment maintenance facilities, the LT4610 provides an exceptionally wide range of capabilities within a compact 1 RU x 15.75 inches (400 mm) deep footprint.

Sony will update its full line of professional A/V technologies for HD and 4K production at all levels, ranging from camcorders, cameras, switchers and displays for sports, live production, events and more, at NAB 2016.

FUJIFILM Corporation (President: Shigehiro Nakajima) has announced that it will release the “FUJINON XK6x20” (hereinafter “XK6x20”) as a new addition to the lineup of 4K-compatible digital cinema camera zoom lenses in late June. Equipped with a PL mount, the most common format for cinema cameras, the “XK6x20” is a standard zoom lens that delivers T3.5 brightness for the entire zoom range from 20mm to 120mm.

Harmonic announced the release of its next-generation media-storage platform, the Harmonic MediaGrid 4000 shared storage solution. The high-performance scale-out storage system increases storage density to 24 6-TB drives in a 4-RU chassis, and delivers the performance of a Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN) with the simplicity and scalability of Ethernet-based network-attached storage (NAS).

LYNX Technik AG, provider of modular interfaces for broadcast signal processing applications, announces the release of its new yellobrik SDI Frame Synchronizer for digital video & audio processing applications that require synchronization of a wide variety of SDI sources. This new yellobrik will demonstrated at NAB 2016.

Zylight, a leading manufacturer of innovative, premium LED lighting solutions, today announced its F8-200 LED Fresnel is now shipping. Brighter than a 400-watt HMI Fresnel and almost as bright as a 2,000-watt tungsten fixture, the new “Brighter Flat Fresnel” can be powered by AC or optional Zylight RAWPower dual battery module, which uses two off-the-shelf 14.4V standard Gold Mount or V-Mount batteries of 8 amps or more.

In addition to being in the forefront of HEVC research and leading industry committees and research groups, ATEME is committed to continuous investment in MPEG2 and H264 video quality enhancements. ATEME has been working with leading ATSC groups, cable operators and STB/decoder vendors to introduce a High-Efficiency MPEG2 (HE-MPEG2) codec.

Cinegy, which develops and produces software technology for digital video processing, asset management, video compression, and automation, has announced “Cinegy as a Service”, a hardware-free way of enabling users to deploy software-defined television on cloud-based virtual machines.

LYNX Technik AG, provider of modular interfaces for broadcast and professional AV signal processing applications, announces the launch of its three new MADI fiber optical to MADI coaxial converters & transceivers at NAB 2016.