Sony Electronics (booth #C8401) is focusing on live production, news production, imaging and virtual production at this year’s NAB, demonstrating the latest technologies designed to address emerging challenges and needs in broadcast and production.
“At this year’s NAB Show, Sony’s theme is ‘The Power Behind Your Story’, which demonstrates how our technologies are the driving force behind various forms of storytelling,” said Anthony Kable, CCS Group Manager, Sony Australia. “From products to workflows, and acquisition to delivery, Sony has the right people, tools and expertise to enable creators to capture their vision and communicate their truth with quality and authenticity.”
According to Sony, the media and entertainment landscape is changing, and the company is debuting solutions across the entire production workflow that provide “… authenticity and provenance, create more personalised and emotional viewing experiences, and support XR and spatial content creation.”
At the Sony booth, visitors will experience live production solutions including the evolution of Sony’s “Networked Live” ecosystem, as well as new system cameras offering exceptional image quality and system scalability, enhanced workflows for news production that enable fast and highly reliable reporting, the latest in virtual production tools and processes, and a comprehensive lineup of imaging solutions. The company will also showcase XYN (/Zin/)’s “spatial capture solution.”
Scalable, flexible and simplified live production
Sony will present its new “R Series” system camera lineup, which builds on the strengths of the existing HDC-5000 and HDC-3000 series while significantly enhancing image performance, system expandability through additional transmission pathways and infrastructure options, and usability that enables consistent colour matching across models. Additionally, the new series will address challenging lighting conditions by offering an expanded dynamic range for enhanced details, and operation modes to address different lighting environments. Models include HDC-5500R, HDC-5500RV, HDC-3500R, HDC-3500RV and HDC-3200R, along with related products such as the HDCU-3500R Camera Control Unit and the HKCU-LUT35 3D LUT option board. The models are planned to be available in mid-2026.
Sony will also demonstrate newly released firmware updates for the PTZ auto-framing cameras BRC-AM7 (Ver. 3.0), SRG-A40 and SRG-A12 (Ver. 4.0). Leveraging Sony’s latest AI technologies, these updates expand functionality to support increasingly diverse production needs, including sports broadcasting, education and corporate content creation.
Sony will exhibit MOXELA, a new software-based media processing platform running on COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) servers or in the cloud, designed to transform how broadcasters, production companies and media organisations transport, process and monitor live video, audio and data.
New features have arrived for Sony’s MLS-X1 multi-format switcher.Additionally, attendees will see demonstrations of new features for the MLS-X1 multi-format switcher, enabling efficient production by sharing input and output signals across multiple studios. Sony will also debut the ICP-X7000A, a control panel featuring a newly developed XPT operation panel that significantly improves visibility and operability and is planned to be available in late 2026.
For the first time at NAB Show, Sony’s recently launched PXW-Z300 XDCAM handheld AI-powered camcorder – the world’s first to support the C2PA standard for video authenticity – will demonstrate the growing demand for trustworthy news reporting through authenticity and provenance.
Sony’s recently launched PXW-Z300 XDCAM handheld AI-powered camcorder.Sony continues to propose a range of workflows through partner collaboration. At NAB Show, the company will present an end-to-end workflow that leverages camera-originated authenticity files and metadata from the field through immediate production and editing. This workflow is achieved with the LiveU TX1, a compact IP bonding-capable data transmitter (announced in September 2025), the PDT-FP1 portable data transmitter, and the newly announced PWA-RXS Network RX Station.
In addition, LiveU has announced a further expansion of its integration with Sony’s PWA-RXS through an optional licence. A reference demo will showcase a new workflow powered by Sony’s cellular connectivity management system, featuring real-time carrier optimisation and seamless global connectivity for creators.
Imaging innovations without limits
Sony’s comprehensive lineup of Alpha cameras and lenses continues to expand, empowering creators at every level of production. Launched in late 2025, the Alpha 7 V capable of 4K 60p capture without crop will be making its first appearance at NAB Show. The 33 MP (approx.) full-frame hybrid model incorporates a BIONZ XR2TM processor with an integrated AI processing engine to facilitate subject recognition and auto framing. Additionally, the latest version (Ver. 2.6) of the Monitor & Control app, which enables video monitoring and remote control from smartphones, tablets and Macs, will be showcased.
Sony’s diverse Cinema Line cameras will enhance their functionality. The FR7 cinematic PTZ camera recently added AI-based auto framing and support for OpenTrackIO protocol through a Ver. 4.0 firmware update, while the FX6 full-frame Cinema Line camera rolled out BIG 6 home screen display support for easy access to top functions.
Additionally, experience spatial content creation brought to life through the VENICE Extension System Mini (Rialto) combined with the glasses-free 3D Spatial Reality Display.
The growth of virtual production and spatial content creation
As a technology manufacturer, Sony offers a robust and inclusive ecosystem of virtual production solutions, from cameras and camera tracking to LED walls and purpose-built software that support creativity and streamline production processes. Firmware updates and the addition of new tools and enhancements, such as Sony’s Virtual Production Tool Set Ver. 3.0, continue to elevate visual storytelling capabilities.
Sony will launch the XYN Spatial Capture Solution, which generates photorealistic 3DCG (3D computer graphics) assets from photographs taken with mirrorless cameras. This professional solution, which will be shown at NAB Show and is expected to be available mid-2026, is comprised of three tools designed for use across virtual production and a wide range of 3DCG content creation workflows. XYN Spatial Scan Navi is a smartphone app that guides efficient image capture. XYN Spatial Scan is a web application that delivers studio-grade generation quality. Finally, the XYN Renderer Plugin enables highly realistic rendering for virtual production studios.
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