What’s new at IBC 2026

Ultrix FR30

The largest Ultrix ever. FR30 amplifies the benefits of Ultrix hyperconverged architecture with the scale to consolidate more functionality, support more signals and grow with your operation.

• 576×576 I/O: UHD-capable on every port, the FR30 provides the capacity to support the largest enterprise, OB and live production environments.
• One platform, multiple capabilities: Combine routing, video & audio processing, multiviewing and production switching in one highly integrated platform at unprecedented scale.
• More room for growth: Build on an even larger platform – populate it for day-one then add capabilities through software licensing, and expand I/O with modular hardware as needs evolve.
• Hybrid workflows at scale: Support SDI, IP and mixed environments across Ultrix’s extensive format support, at the scale large and evolving facilities require.
• Infrastructure savings multiplied: Consolidate more functionality while reducing rack space, power, cabling and overall infrastructure overhead.

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NRG

NRG redefines what’s possible in a compact SDI utility router. NRG 3RU expands that capability with more I/O in a quiet, compact design.

• More I/O in less space: 64×68 I/O in an efficient 3RU package that fits where you need it.
• Multiviewing built in: NRG is the only utility router with integrated multiviewing. One software multiviewer license is included as standard, with three additional licenses available for NRG 3RU.
• Ready for UHD workflows: 12G-SDI support comes standard.

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Ultrix Flexible Licensing

Adapt your Ultrix platform to changing production demands with flexible licensing. Allocate licensed processing resources where and when they’re needed, and get more value from every license.

• Dynamic resource allocation: Assign licenses to Ultrix frames when needed, then return them to the license pool for deployment elsewhere.
• Right-size your investment: Purchase only the licenses you need and avoid overprovisioning for peak or intermittent requirements.
• Deploy licenses more efficiently: Reallocate license resources as needed across OB and multi-event workflows to support more productions and increase return on license investment.

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Flagship Features Across the Carbonite Range

A major software release brings Carbonite switchers onto a unified software platform, helping ensure customers across the range benefit from ongoing updates, enhancements and future feature releases.

• Get more from your switcher – Benefit from ongoing software enhancements and new capabilities.
• Protect your investment – Access a consistent path for future feature releases across the Carbonite range.
• Simplify operations – Work with a more unified Carbonite experience across different systems.

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TouchDrive 5 – More Control for Complex Productions

Now shipping, the TD5L and TDx5L provide five full stripes and 45 crosspoint buttons, giving operators greater access and visibility for demanding live productions. Built on the proven TouchDrive architecture, they offer deep customization and seamless integration with the Carbonite ecosystem.

• See and control more – Gain greater access and visibility when managing complex productions.
• Work the way you want – Customize workflows to suit your production requirements.
• Move faster when it matters – Use intuitive controls designed for demanding live productions.

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Carbonite Code Solo – Professional Switching, Delivered in Software

Bring professional production capabilities to flexible, NDI-based workflows. Carbonite Code Solo gives teams a software-based way to create polished live productions, combining professional switching, graphics and audio in a flexible subscription model.

• Start with less – Get professional production capabilities without the hardware footprint of a traditional switcher.
• Build flexible workflows – Create NDI-based productions that can fit different spaces, teams and production needs.
• Scale when you need to – Start with a focused setup and expand your Carbonite capabilities as requirements grow.

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HyperMax V12.0 gives production teams greater flexibility to configure, share and manage switching resources across productions and locations. With Resource Pool, multiple switchers can run within a single frame, resources can be controlled from a single panel, and software capabilities can be dynamically allocated where they’re needed.

• Maximize your investment – Share switching resources and licences across productions instead of dedicating them to individual systems.
• Adapt to every production – Configure and reallocate resources as production requirements change, from large-scale shows to multiple smaller productions.
• Simplify multi-system operations – Control resources across multiple switchers from a single panel, supporting local, remote and hybrid workflows.

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XPression Chameleon
XPression Chameleon extends every XPression template to HTML5 output simultaneously with your broadcast, giving your team one unified workflow across linear and streaming without rebuilding, retraining, or replacing anything.

• Build a graphic once. Deliver it everywhere: Design the graphic once. Choose where it goes at playout, broadcast, streaming, or both simultaneously. One workflow. Every platform.
• You own it outright: XPression Chameleon runs on your own hardware or in your own cloud environment. Buy it once. No subscription. No recurring cost.
• Your existing work comes with you: Every graphic your team has already built works in XPression Chameleon from day one. Nothing gets rebuilt. Nothing gets left behind.

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XPression
Build stunning visuals faster with XPression, the real-time motion graphics platform designed for news, sports, entertainment, and live events. Create high-impact graphics, streamline workflows, and respond to live production demands with greater speed and control across every screen your audience reaches.

• One workflow. Every platform: Reach broadcast, streaming, and digital channels from a single production chain. No rebuilds. No separate tools. One team covering everywhere your audience watches.
• See it at scale before your audience does. Validate graphics across your entire display footprint, from a monitor on your desk to a stadium video wall, before anything goes to air. See what your audience will see, at the scale they will see it, while it is still in your hands to change.
• Election results. On air before the competition: Plug in your election data feed. XPression puts the results on screen in real time; purpose-built for the pace and precision that national election coverage demands.

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Raiden
Raiden is now included with qualifying XPression systems. Add Raiden’s weather graphics capabilities to the XPression ecosystem you already rely on, giving your team the tools to tell better weather stories faster, more flexibly, and without changing the way you work.

• Easily added to XPression: Raiden is the weather graphics add-on built for XPression. Qualifying systems get access to powerful weather storytelling tools that integrate directly into the workflows your team already runs.
• Global tropical weather coverage: When a major storm develops, viewers turn to local news to understand what it means for them. Raiden adds tropical cyclone advisories, forecast tracks, and NOAA Hurricane Center data including Tropical Outlooks and model track plots, giving your team everything needed to relay official advisories and help viewers protect what matters most.
• Unified production workflow: Meteorologists build complete weather sequences from any browser, in any location, publishing directly into XPression and Voyager. Because Raiden renders on your existing graphics engine, weather becomes another part of your broadcast operation, not a separate workflow.

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XPression.cloud
Scale broadcast-quality graphics on demand with XPression.cloud, making it easy to deliver professional visuals across more live events without investing in permanent infrastructure.

• Cover more events: Spin up graphics capacity as needed to deliver broadcast-quality visuals for every game, every show, every market.
• Scale with demand: Support busy schedules, overlapping events, and seasonal peaks without adding hardware.
• Align cost to usage: Pay only for the graphics capacity you need when events are live.

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Ross Virtual Solutions
Create photorealistic virtual productions with Ross Virtual Solutions, powered by Voyager. Deliver visually stunning environments while improving workflow efficiency, automation integration, and operational confidence across tracked and trackless productions.

• Visuals that look real: Leverage the same rendering technology used in major film and game productions to create virtual environments that are indistinguishable from the real thing.
• Everything in one place: Graphics, virtual sets, and production assets all live in a single shared space across your team. Everyone works from the same version.
• Confidence on air: Operators and on-air talent always know which camera is live and where they stand in the virtual environment, so every moment lands the way it was intended.

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PIERO
Turn every replay into a moment the audience remembers. PIERO gives your sports team the tools to make complex plays instantly understandable and create the kind of analysis content that sponsors want their name on.

• Analysis at the speed of the action: AI-powered tracking means your analysts spend the first replay window telling the story, not setting up the graphic. More insight. Less time in the system.
• Ready the moment you need it: Calibration happens automatically. Operators move between camera angles without stopping. The show keeps moving.
• More revenue from every match: Branded analysis content creates sponsorship inventory that did not exist before. Apply consistent sponsor branding across an entire production in one click.
• Your stadium, inside your analysis: The new Voyager Stadium Effect places any stadium model as a live, photorealistic backdrop directly inside your PIERO football analysis. Powered by Voyager and Unreal Engine, your virtual stadium becomes part of the graphic, not just the set. Take complete camera control and fly from any angle around your own stadium, all driven from within PIERO, with the Voyager and Unreal Engine output running as an underlay beneath your analysis in real time.

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Vertex
Empower creators to design, manage, and automate immersive experiences across interactive installations, live broadcast, XR stages, large-scale productions, and advanced projection-mapping environments with Vertex.

• Unified solution: Vertex is an industry-leading AV production suite that brings together video, audio, lighting, and show control into a single, unified system.
• Creative flexibility: Vertex adapts to the creative and technical demands of any project and allows the creative vision to shine.
• Workflow integration: Vertex has built-in integration for RossTalk and Lama Asio audio. This enables Vertex to communicate with XPression, Ultrix, Acuity, Carbonite, openGear and video servers for easy collaboration.

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SmartShell
SmartShell continues to give production teams greater flexibility, confidence, and control over their robotic camera systems. With SmartShell 8.2, enhanced automation and expanded operator controls make it easier to manage changing production environments and coordinate multi-robot workflows.
With the latest release, SmartShell 8.2 introduces enhanced robot-to-robot collision avoidance, customizable studio and show-specific maps, and expanded CX-3R functionality, giving production teams:

• Greater confidence in multi-robot environments: Enhanced robot-to-robot collision avoidance helps coordinate robotic movement for safer, more efficient operation.
• More flexibility as productions change: Create and update studio and show-specific maps to accommodate evolving layouts, temporary set pieces, and different productions.
• More control through familiar workflows: Expanded CX-3R functionality, including basic paint control through DashBoard for licensed systems, gives operators more control from interfaces they already know.

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spidercam
Experience the freedom to capture more with spidercam aerial camera systems. From the world’s largest live events to studios, houses of worship, and smaller venues, spidercam and spidercam iSeries give production teams more ways to bring dynamic aerial perspectives to their audiences.

• Deliver world-class aerial coverage: spidercam combines precision, stability, and engineered safety for demanding, high-profile productions.
• Deploy faster. Capture more: spidercam iSeries brings flexible aerial camera movement to studios, houses of worship, mid-size to smaller venues, and other productions.
• Choose the system that fits your production: From rental solutions for major events to iSeries systems available for purchase, there’s an aerial camera solution for a range of production needs.

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X650 PT Head
Built for higher payloads and modern workflows, the X650 is the next evolution of the VR600, now fully aligned with the X-Series PT head ecosystem.

• Modernized control: Touchscreen interface enables faster configuration and easy local axis adjustments, reducing setup time
• High payload flexibility: Supports up to 57kg, giving you the freedom to use a wide range of camera packages
• X-Series alignment: Delivers a consistent user experience and streamlined workflows across the PT head ecosystem
• Ready for advanced production: Supports AR/VS tracking data for more creative and immersive applications
• Simplified integration: Loop-through ethernet reduces cabling complexity and improves on-site efficiency
• Precision performance: Smooth, accurate motion ensures reliable, broadcast-quality results

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Canon OEM PTZ
Through our partnership with Canon, Ross brings premium UHD PTZ camera capabilities into a fully integrated production ecosystem, making it easier to achieve high-quality results while simplifying control, automation, and support. With the CR-N500 and CR-N700, customers can seamlessly combine trusted Canon imaging with Ross workflows, unlocking greater efficiency and creative flexibility.
With every camera purchased through Ross, you benefit from:

• Built-in control and integration with Dashboard and SmartShell for streamlined operation
• Seamless automation with OverDrive and Quorum, enabling more efficient, consistent productions
• Included software at no additional cost, so you can unlock full functionality from day one
• Access to Vision[Ai]ry 2.1 (CR-N700) for enhanced automation and tracking capabilities within SmartShell presets
• Confidence in deployment with world-class 24/7 Ross support, backed by a strategic service partnership with Canon

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Indigo
Move fast and scale easily – Indigo’s unified, browser-based platform helps teams produce and publish time-sensitive content at digital speed, without complexity. AT IBC26, come see Indigo’s Media IO, Create, and AI modules in action.

• One platform, many workflows – A fully integrated ecosystem from ingest to publish in a single browser-based platform.
• Modular by design – Start with what you need and expand without rebuilding infrastructure.
• Scales without complexity – Handles higher content volumes and workflow growth without operational chaos.
• Designed for fast-turn production – Purpose-built for modern teams producing time-sensitive content.

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Indigo | Media I/O
Go live faster with Indigo | Media I/O – a powerful, future-ready platform for ingest, playout, and transcode across any workflow. The all-in-one hardware series takes performance even further, simplifying operations, cutting costs, and preparing you for what’s next.

• Flexibly deploy and scale: Available in 4, 8, and 16-channel configurations, with everything you need in one rack-mounted system for faster setup and growth. Deploy on-premises, in a VM, in the cloud, or take a hybrid approach.
• Open, interoperable system: Benefit from over 40 supported router and control protocols — and open API, MOS, VDCP, and AMP integrations.
• Built for open, evolving workflows: Any channel can ingest, playout, or transcode. All major broadcast codecs are included, with no separate codec packs or format licensing.

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Indigo | Create
Indigo is now available as a seamless plugin in Adobe Premiere Pro to take your NLE workflows to the next level. Available directly through the Adobe Creative Cloud Marketplace.

• Speedy import, cut, and finish: Browse and import Indigo assets into your projects, and cut and finish them within Premiere Pro.
• Reliable exporting: Once you’ve finished your project in Premiere Pro, export the finished package back to Indigo for placeholder fulfilment or delivery.

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Indigo | AI
With this optional module, Indigo automatically extracts and tags metadata across your asset library, making it easy to surface the most relevant content and helping journalists create and publish stories faster.

• AI analysis: The AI extracts visual tags, transcript, key moment events (with descriptions), people, places, organizations, and embeddings.
• Lightning-fast semantic search: Use natural language to search by what’s been seen, said, or happens in the clip, and identify matching moments within each asset.
• Time-coded transcription: Indigo | AI generates a time-coded transcript broken into segments. The transcript follows playback and auto-scrolls in sync with your clip, allowing you to easily jump to relevant moments.

Professional live replay with more capacity for UHD production.

The new Rio XL 3RU server expands the Rio Replay platform with UHD capabilities, giving broadcasters, venues and schools more flexibility to build professional replay workflows around their production needs.

• Replay in UHD – Support higher-resolution productions with Rio XL.
• Handle more sources – Record up to 16 HD cameras with up to eight replay outputs.
• Keep the same operator experience – Use the familiar Rio Replay workflow across different server configurations and production setups.

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Lama Mix

The power of live audio production, reimagined in software. Developed with insights from top broadcast audio engineers, Lama Mix delivers the kind of audio control and sonic performance normally associated with large format audio consoles.

• Professional-grade mixing: Get all the capabilities of a top-tier audio console, minus the footprint. Lama Mix provides the same power, precision, and control of premium audio consoles in a flexible, 100% software environment.
• Scalability for any project: Expand or reduce your mix capacity on demand. From 16 to 256 input channels, Lama Mix grows with your workflow through license-based scaling, ideal for projects of any size.
• Speed and simplicity: Deploy and mix faster than ever with minimal setup and configuration. Keep your focus on audio production with intuitive controls and instant recall of presets.

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Lama Connect

The ultimate audio patch bay and transport protocol converter. Lama Connect modernizes audio production workflows with smarter routing, conversion, and control. Route audio between ASIO, Windows, NDI, Dante® Soundcard, and Ravenna/AES67 environments without adding latency in LAN, WAN, or cloud deployments.

• Scalable by design: Grow from a single instance to a full-scale production network without reconfiguration or new hardware. Lama Connect scales fluidly with your operation, adapting to on-prem, hybrid, and cloud-based workflows.
• Effortless adaptability: Whatever your setup today—or tomorrow—Lama Connect fits right in. Its flexible architecture supports emerging protocols and evolving production demands, keeping your workflow current without costly upgrades.
• Freedom from hardware limits: Operate entirely in software. Replace physical soundcards and converters with a single, virtualized platform—ideal for mobile, remote, and cloud environments where flexibility and performance are critical.

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Lama AutoMix

Lama AutoMix automates audio mixing with adaptive DSP for balance, EQ, compression, and noise control. It delivers clear, compliant mixes using presets or custom tuning via webGUI or API—ideal for consistent, polished speech production anywhere.

• Intelligent real-time processing: Lama AutoMix continuously adjusts speech, background, and ambience levels using adaptive DSP, ensuring balanced, transparent mixes—without manual fader control.
• AI-based noise reduction: Reduce unwanted background noise and poor acoustic performance while preserving natural voice clarity. Our low-latency neural network filters ambient distractions in real time, even in unpredictable environments.
• Signature sound presets: Ensure fast and efficient setups with predefined broadcast mix presets or craft your own sound by fine-tuning key parameters. Save and lock settings for consistent results across operators and sessions.

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AudioEdge

Audio, Unified.

Seamlessly connect microphones, commentary systems, and audio processors into modern IP, remote, and cloud-based workflows using a purpose-built audio I/O solution.

• Seamless IP audio connectivity: AudioEdge connects microphones, commentary systems, and audio processors directly into IP, remote, and cloud-based workflows, eliminating the complexity of bridging traditional audio gear into modern infrastructures.
• Native Ross Dashboard control: Fully integrated with Ross Dashboard, AudioEdge enables unified control and monitoring of audio alongside video and other production elements—streamlining operations and reducing the need for separate systems.
• Flexible audio interface support: Support for a wide range of audio I/O formats allows you to integrate both legacy and modern equipment with ease, ensuring compatibility across diverse production environments.
• Cross-workflow interoperability: AudioEdge allows audio to move seamlessly between audio and video systems, breaking down silos and enabling more cohesive, end-to-end production workflows.

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Lama Server

The Lama Audio Server is the fastest, easiest way to deploy Lama software on-premise. Pre-loaded and pre-configured in a 1RU rackmount platform, it supports Lama Mix, Lama Connect, and Lama AutoMix.

OverDrive
OverDrive – the industry’s gold standard in automated production control (APC) – has gotten a major upgrade for this IBC. With an updated user experience and improved panel control, device integration, and system flexibility, OverDrive make it easier than ever to deploy professional automation across a wide range of productions.

• New Aura experience: a new, modern user experience simplifies how you use OverDrive, while keeping your familiar workflows intact.
• Built for modern workflows: Flexible automation supports traditional control rooms as well as distributed and hybrid production environments.
• Continued innovation: Ongoing investment and major software releases expand performance, integrations, and capabilities across the production ecosystem.

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Quorum
Bring remote contributors into your production with confidence using Quorum. Guests join through familiar meeting tools while producers keep full control of the production workflow.

• Zoom handles participation. Quorum handles production: Remote guests join through Zoom while producers control how and when they appear on air.
• Bring contributors live instantly: Multiple participants can be available in one meeting environment and added to the production without disrupting the show. Active speaker detection and multi-speaker output allows Quorum to detect who is speaking and adapt the production on the fly.
• Cleaner, more reliable feeds: Avoid fragile patching, improvised routing, and unpredictable quality swings.
• One production workflow: Manage, switch, and monitor remote contributors directly inside Quorum.

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Quorum One
Create professional meeting productions with ease using Quorum One – a compact, all-in-one system designed for modern communications teams.

• All-in-one production system: Combines switching, automation, monitoring, and AI camera tracking in a single purpose-built appliance.
• Familiar browser-based control: Operate everything through the same intuitive Quorum interface.
• NDI native and IP-ready: Built for modern meeting rooms, boardrooms, and event spaces.
• Simple to deploy and run: Professional production without complex broadcast infrastructure.

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Ross Platform Manager (RPM)
Bring your production environment together with Ross Platform Manager. RPM gives teams secure, browser-based access to their systems, greater flexibility to adapt productions, and centralized visibility across their Ross infrastructure. At IBC, discover new capabilities that make RPM easier to deploy in secure environments and extend browser-based operation across more production workflows.

• NDI video in CustomPanels: Bring live NDI video (including Carbonite ViewControl and monitoring applications) directly into browser-based DashBoard CustomPanels, giving operators richer production interfaces without a local DashBoard installation.
• Offline licensing for secure environments: Deploy and activate RPM in offline or air-gapped environments, extending centralized software licensing to facilities where external connectivity is restricted.
• Expanded web UI compatibility: Improved support for Ultrix and Ultricore BCS interfaces inside RPM extends the browser-based experience across more Ross systems, helping operators access the right control interface from one place.

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DashBoard
Get a faster, more dependable control experience with DashBoard 10. Built for today’s modern production environments, this release delivers enhanced security, improved stability, greater responsiveness, and a more comfortable dark-mode interface, while modern web technology, ES6 scripting, and ARM support make DashBoard easier to develop, deploy, and maintain. You’ll gain greater confidence in critical operations while saving time and working more comfortably.

• Security & performance: Java 21 and other performance enhancements drive faster execution and improved responsiveness in DashBoard.
• Modern web engine & UI: DashBoard’s updated Chromium engine enables faster rendering and better compatible with modern web tech, while the addition of dark mode supports screen visibility in control room environments.
• ES6 and ARM support: With native support for Apple Silicon and ARM-based systems, and upgraded JavaScript OGScript capabilities, DashBoard is more powerful and maintainable than ever.

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