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During IBC, Zixi is clearly intent on continuing on its stated mission of enabling broadcast quality live video delivery over any IP network.

The new Pixboom Spark aims to make high-speed cinematography more affordable. The compact camera can deliver up to 1,000 frames per second at 4K resolution, or 1800fps at 2K, and is being made available initially on Kickstarter for $7,999 (including a $1,999 Pixboom Pro Card), but will rise to $12,999 after the launch offer ends.

Becoming Led Zeppelin is the highest earning documentary of 2025 and IMAX’s highest-ever earning docu release. This is due at least in part to the efforts made to faithfully recreate the experience of first hearing the band.

AI-Media is showcasing Lexi Voice, its real-time AI voice translation software, in Hall 5, marking the solution’s official launch into the European market. 

Accessible virtual production tools are on show in Hall 7, with Aximmetry unveiling Instant and Wizard, two products designed to lower the barrier to entry.

Promoting its pursuit of freedom from legacy hardware, upgrades to the On-Hertz Aristo audio mixer are aiming to make it easier for production teams to cater for any conceivable requirement. Making its global debut at IBC, the company’s No-Code UI Builder introduces an intuitive drag-and-drop WYSIWYG approach to the design and deployment of role-specific UIs – and all without writing a single line of code.

In Hall 7, EVS is debuting Tactiq, a modular interface that unifies the control of core production elements including video, audio, graphics, and lighting.

As Grace Boswood of Channel 4 explains, the economics of broadcasting are changing rapidly, and the industry needs to keep pace.

TED talks are more demanding than many productions, combining theatre, streaming and recording. Given that “TED is always on the cutting edge of technology - the T in TED,” as Mina Sabet, TED’s Head of Production, said, when its “existing communications system wasn't working as intuitively as I had hoped,” it turned to Clear-Com.

Akamai did its first production customer event this week with its latest technology, Managed Container Service (MCS), which will be available next year.