Dalet, a leading technology and service provider for media-rich organizations, announced Dalet Pyramid, its next generation solution for Unified News Operations. Designed to accelerate the evolution of news organizations and serve distributed teams, Dalet Pyramid ushers in a new era of agility, flexibility and mobility for content creation. It provides an integrated solution for news production, content management and multi-platform distribution, all accessible through a web-based user experience. Offered on a subscription basis, the solution can be natively deployed in the cloud, on-premises or in a hybrid configuration.

Panasonic Corporation has announced the release of the AK-HC3900GJ / HC3900GSJ HD Studio Camera. The camera is fitted with a large image sensor for high sensitivity and video quality, excels in terms of cost effectiveness, and is scheduled for release in November 2020.

Dubai-based cine and production equipment rental company Action Filmz invested in the MENA region’s first Fujinon Premista large-format zoom lens. The Fujinon Premista 28-100 T2.9 has been rented out on well over 30 productions over the past 10 months. This initial investment has now been expanded to include the Fujinon Premista 80-250 T2.9-3.5.

As part of its 132nd meeting, MPEG has announced it has completed a verification test assessment of the new Versatile Video Coding (VVC) standard for ultra-high definition (UHD) content with standard dynamic range. According to the organisation, showed that VVC “provides a compelling gain over its predecessor, the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard produced in 2013.” The test found that VVC made bitrate savings of roughly 45 per cent compared to HEVC for comparable subjective video quality.

Along with announcing the FX6, Sony has also officially unveiled the Sony FE C 16-35mm T3.1 G Cinema Lens which they have been teasing for quite some time. We first saw this lens being announced as a development product way back in September 2019. This is the first of three new Cinema Lenses that Sony will be making, however, the focal ranges and details of the other two lenses are unknown at this stage.

After announcing the Sony FX6 in September already, Sony just released the full details, specs and pricing of its new small Cinema Line camera. Be sure to check out our hands-on review too. The FX6 is a dual native ISO camera which is likely using the a7S III sensor, it can shoot up to 120 fps in 4K and 240 fps in HD (both full sensor readout), built-in electronic variable ND, S-Cinetone & S-log 3 and much more. Read on to learn more!

Panasonic Corporation has announced the release of the AK-UC3300GJ/UC3300GSJ 4K Studio Camera, a camera that supports a range of applications ranging from studio production to coverage of live events, and the AK-HRP1015GJ Remote Operation Panel (ROP), which can be used to operate the camera, in November 2020.

The much anticipated Sony FX6 will be officially announced on Tuesday the 17th of November. We don’t have any official details about the specifications or features of the new FX6. It will be interesting to see just how it compares to not only the FX9 and a7SIII, but also against other competing cameras such as the Canon C70.

ATEME, the leader in video delivery solutions for Broadcast, Cable TV, DTH, IPTV and OTT, and The Explorers, a collaborative global media platform, announced launching, the first OTT live channel which promotes the beauty of the world’s landscapes via the next gen codec, VVC. The channel will be hosted from Tuesday, November 10th to Friday, December 11th on Akamai CDN with link available at innovation@ateme.com.

V-Nova has announced completion of the MPEG-5 Part 2 Low Complexity Enhancement Video Coding (LCEVC) standard, which enhances the compression efficiency of any future or existing video compression scheme, including AVC, HEVC, AV1, EVC and VVC.