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The event for media technology thought leaders Lineup includes Senior Executives from Amagi, The Associated Press, Bloomberg, Brahma AI, Comcast Technology Solutions, Fremantle, Google Cloud, Halford Media Advisory, Ideal Systems, MediaKind Microsoft, Nine Network, NRK, NVP, Olympic Broadcasting Network, and RTL Nieuws The 2026 Devoncroft Executive Summit | Amsterdam will be held on Thursday September 10, 2026, from 12PM to 6:00PM at the historic Tuschinski Theatre, near the center of Amsterdam.

This is the second of a series of articles that discuss select findings from Devoncroft's 2026 Big Broadcast Survey (BBS), the largest annual global study of media technology industry trends, technology purchasing plans, and benchmarking of technology vendor brands. A consequence of the enormous infrastructure buildouts for AI technologies is the disruption to the...

This is the first of a series of articles that discuss select findings from Devoncroft’s 2026 Big Broadcast Survey (BBS), the largest annual global study of media technology industry trends, technology purchasing plans, and benchmarking of technology vendor brands. One of the key outputs from the BBS is the annual BBS Global Trend Index.

We are delighted to announce the publication of the 2026 Big Broadcast Survey (“BBS”) Reports. Since its launch in 2009, the BBS has been conducted annually, making this the 18th consecutive year of publication. Throughout, the BBS has served as the largest annual demand-side study of the global broadcast and media technology sector.

The Lumine Group has announced an acquisition of well-known media technology supplier, Imagine Communications. Lumine has been a hyperactive acquirer of businesses in the media technology sector. The group’s portfolio now includes Velocix (acquired 2019), TransMedia Dynamics (2021), WideOrbit (2022), Vidispine (2025), and recently Quortex (formerly Synamedia Video). There is a temptation to label Lumine a private equity firm.

MultiDyne, a provider of signal conversion and fiber-optic-based transport systems, has announced an acquisition of the assets of the former Mark Roberts Motion Control (“MRMC”) business, the well-known provider of robotic camera systems, motion control solutions, and automated camera tracking technologies. The press release notes the acquisition includes the core technologies, intellectual property, manufacturing capabilities, and key engineering expertise.

The closing of MediaKind’s acquisition of Harmonic Video is an opportunity to reflect on the journey of both organizations through the corporate tumult of the past twenty years of video compression and distribution, ponder the implications to the current market environment, and – to an extent – applaud the participants. MediaKind paid $145 million in cash for Harmonic’s Video Division.

This is the second in a series of articles that discuss findings from Devoncroft’s 2026 Market Sizing Study. The Devoncroft Market Sizing Study offers decision-makers a more constructive reference than the feel-good market sizing that has become one of the discarded salutations of investor communications – satisfying protocol, yet it no way informing a productive dialogue with stakeholders.

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