Broadcasting & Streaming

Shenzhen – September 09, 2026 -- Shenzhen Media Group has launched a media cooperation initiative titled "Gather in Shenzhen, Create a Better Asia-Pacific" at the opening of the Asia-Pacific Media Forum, inviting media organizations across the region to join three long-term programs.

Initiative targets three areas of media collaboration

The program centers on technology sharing, content co-creation, and talent development among Asia-Pacific media partners. Shenzhen Media Group positioned the city's transformation from a fishing village into an international metropolis over four decades as a case study for regional media outlets seeking to document China's development.

Mainz – September 09, 2026 -- ZDF's Administrative Council confirmed Bettina Schausten for a new term as chief editor of the German public broadcaster, extending her mandate through September 09, 2026. The decision was taken on Friday, September 09, 2026.

Council extends Schausten's leadership through 2032

Schausten has held the chief editor role since 2022, overseeing ZDF's editorial direction at a time when public broadcasters face mounting pressure from shifting media consumption patterns and audience fragmentation.

Intendant Himmler cites her role in editorial transformation

ZDF Intendant Dr. Norbert Himmler said Schausten represents independent journalism and a clear editorial stance, crediting her with successfully advancing the broadcaster's chief editorial operations during a period of deep media change.

Beijing – September 09, 2026 -- The Early Spring, a workplace romance produced by Youku, Alibaba's online video platform, has reached No. 2 on Netflix's Global Non-English TV list for the week of Aug. 24-30, the highest-ever ranking for a Chinese mainland drama on the chart.

Series logs 21.5 million viewing hours in just five days

The 24-episode drama premiered simultaneously on Youku and Netflix on Aug. 26. Despite being available for only five days during the tracking period, it recorded 2.4 million views and 21.5 million hours viewed on Netflix.

Drama enters Netflix Top 10 in 22 markets across four continents

The Early Spring ranked among Netflix's weekly Top 10 in 22 markets, including Indonesia, Malaysia, Brazil, Venezuela and Qatar. It topped weekly TV charts in China's Hong Kong and Taiwan regions, Thailand and Vietnam.

Hackensack, N.J. – September 08, 2026 -- LiveU has joined the IBC Accelerator Incubator 2026's Smart Stories initiative, a consortium of more than a dozen broadcasters and technology vendors building the Story Object Model (SOM), an open standard designed to give newsroom production tools a shared, structured view of a story's editorial context.

LiveU joins consortium building Story Object Model standard for newsrooms

The Smart Stories project brings together champions including ITN, BBC, AP, Al Jazeera, Channel 4, Washington Post, ITV, Sky, EBU, NBCUniversal, Reuters, Scripps and SMPTE, alongside technology participants such as Google Cloud, AWS, Shure, Trint, Cognizant, EVS, CUEZ, Vizrt and Moments Lab. The group spans the full content chain from field acquisition through distribution.

Wiesbaden – September 08, 2026 -- Panasonic Connect Europe has introduced a suite of broadcast and ProAV upgrades, including two new control panels for its KAIROS video production platform and an automatic colour-matching function for its Image Adjust Pro software, targeting production teams handling complex, large-scale live events.

New KAIROS control panels target large-scale live productions

The AT-KP340 panel offers 12 Buses and 40 Crosspoint Buttons, while the AT-KP330 provides 12 Buses and 30 Crosspoint Buttons, both designed for managing complex live production switching. Large touch panels on each Bus row give operators direct access to snapshots and macros, reducing fatigue during extended broadcasts. The AT-KP340 is scheduled for release in Q2 CY2027, followed by the AT-KP330 in Q3 CY2027.

Wiesbaden, Germany – September 08, 2026 -- Panasonic Connect Europe has unveiled new broadcast and ProAV tools, including two KAIROS control panels, an automatic color-matching update for Image Adjust Pro software, and enhanced color functions for its 4K studio cameras, targeting broadcasters and live production teams seeking faster, more consistent workflows.

Two New KAIROS Control Panels Arrive in 2027

Panasonic introduced the AT-KP340, featuring 12 Bus/40 Crosspoint buttons, and the AT-KP330 with 12 Bus/30 Crosspoint buttons, both designed for the KAIROS IT/IP live video production platform. Large touch panels on each bus row give operators direct access to snapshots and macros, reducing operator fatigue during complex, large-scale productions. The AT-KP340 is scheduled for release in Q2 2027, with the AT-KP330 following in Q3 2027.

Berkeley, Calif. – September 08, 2026 -- Eluvio will showcase new capabilities for its Global Broadcast Fabric at IBC 2026 in Amsterdam, positioning the platform to replace satellite and legacy cloud infrastructure for live broadcast distribution while cutting egress and transit fees entirely.

Eluvio's World Cup pilot beat legacy streaming by up to 45 seconds

During a recent World Cup, Eluvio ran a commercial pilot with a Tier 1 broadcaster delivering VIP live streams and zero-copy VoD rewatch across 105 matches. The platform outperformed the best-case broadcast and streaming latency benchmarks tested worldwide, running 15 to 45-plus seconds faster than legacy streaming services.

Denver – September 08, 2026 -- Comcast Technology Solutions (CTS) has unveiled a suite of end-to-end AI-powered workflow applications for broadcasters, content owners, and operators, building on its VideoAITM platform ahead of the 2026 IBC Show.

CTS bundles six AI applications into a single production-ready package

The new toolkit includes video verticalization, regional-language localization, smart chapters, metadata enrichment, automated quality control, and intelligent clipping. Video verticalization uses AI-driven smart cropping to convert landscape content into portrait format for social media, automatically identifying the "action center" of each scene. The localization application automates dubbing with AI-generated voices, extracting audio, translating dialogue, and generating captions without human voice talent.

Miami – September 03, 2026 -- The Society of Professional Journalists' Florida Pro Chapter awarded $15,000 in cash prizes for investigative reporting at the 2026 Sunshine State Awards, the state's largest and longest-running journalism competition, honoring work published in 2025. The ceremony took place at ArtServe Fort Lauderdale.

Berkeley, Calif. -- September 01, 2026 -- Cricket Australia has launched Cricket TV, a direct-to-consumer streaming service built on Eluvio's Content Fabric and AI Video Intelligence platform, Eluvio announced. The service, available at tv.cricket.com.au, entered early access ahead of a full commercial rollout planned later in 2026. Cricket TV combines live match streaming, archival footage, highlights, and original documentaries for cricket fans outside Cricket Australia's existing broadcast markets.