Magewell has begun shipping its award-winning USB Fusion multi-input video capture and mixing device. The versatile new hardware and accompanying app let users easily combine camera, wired screenshare, and media file sources into attractive live presentations for online lectures, webinars, live streaming, event production, video conferencing, and other applications.

Featuring two HDMI inputs and one USB webcam input, USB Fusion lets users switch between 1080p60 HD sources or combine two inputs (picture-in-picture or side-by-side) into  one output and capture the result into popular Windows, Mac, or Linux software via its USB 3.0 interface. It also offers an HDMI output for connection to a projector, display, or downstream production equipment, making it equally adept as a standalone, tablet-controlled presentation device.The company also announced an upcoming free firmware upgrade that further expands USB Fusion’s rich feature set with additional integration and user convenience capabilities.

Magewell -- the respected developer of innovative video interface and IP workflow solutions -- has been honored by online video and AV professionals with a 2022 Streaming Media Readers' Choice Award. The company's Ultra Encode family of universal live media encoders was voted as the winner in the 'Single or Dual-Stream Encoding Hardware' category.

OOONA has partnered with Limecraft to offer users more subtitling automation in the OOONA media localization platform. Limecraft develops video production automation solutions for the media industry. It has engineered an AI Automated Subtitling workflow that cuts down the time needed to complete same-language subtitling assignments by up to 80%, depending on the content. The solution was originally developed in collaboration with the VRT, the BBC and ITV.

Mediaproxy, the global standard for software-based IP compliance solutions, has continued its working relationship with outside broadcast and playout facilities group NEP by supplying its LogServer software for SMPTE ST 2110 recording at its Norwegian operation.

The iconic German club is using the company’s cloud media hub with signature Multimodal AI Indexing technology to access, store, manage and share its media assets, including a 20-year archive (approximately 3,000 hours of video recordings). Leverkusen will also use Newsbridge to ingest and auto-index future game, interview footage and live photos for its top tier men’s and women’s teams, along with its U19 and U17 youth teams. Retaining its existing on-prem storage for original files, Leverkusen is using Newsbridge’s full suite of Multimodal AI Indexing capabilities to make its collection of on and off-field moments fully searchable via facial recognition, object & logo detection, speech-to-text and OCR (optical character recognition).The club will also use the Newsbridge mobile app to enable players and partner agencies to directly access and share match and training photos to social media.

SmallHD today announced the launch of the Smart 5 Monitor Series, comprising the Ultra 5, Cine 5, and Indie 5 touchscreen displays. Including two additional wireless versions of the Ultra 5 (TX/RX), these five compact 5-inch touchscreen monitors are all powered by the PageOS 5 Software Toolkit and designed to fit any production need.

Caton Technology a pioneer in next-generation IP network transport solutions, has implemented the first stage of a new contribution network for Eleven Sports in Taiwan, which operates two television channels and online sports streaming in Taiwan.

SmallHD today announced the release of PageOS 5, a highly anticipated, major firmware update free for owners of SmallHD monitors using PageOS. Featuring brand-new tools, increased functionality, and a more streamlined, intuitive UI, Page OS5 promises a faster, more efficient workflow.

Magewell is poised to unveil a powerful new flagship model in its Ultra Encode family of universal live media encoders for applications ranging from live streaming to IP-based production and AV-over-IP. The Ultra Encode AIO builds on the flexibility of the company’s original Ultra Encode models with expanded features including HDMI and SDI input connectivity in a single unit; 4K encoding and streaming from the HDMI input; simultaneous multi-protocol streaming; higher streaming bitrates; file recording; and much more. 

The single-channel Ultra Encode AIO can encode one live input source – either HDMI or SDI – or mix video from the HDMI and SDI inputs into a combined output. Ultra Encode AIO supports multiple video encoding formats – including H.264, H.265, NDI^®|HX 2, and the new NDI^®|HX 3 – and a wide array of delivery protocols including RTMP, SRT, HLS, and TVU’s ISSP technology.

Magewell will debut the new encoder in stand 7.A40 at IBC2022.

Brut achieved over 200 million views of its Cannes Film Festival content, which was centralized, auto-indexed and redistributed with Newsbridge's cloud solutions.