SportsTechBuzz at NAB 2026, Day 3: Live Reports From the Show Floor in Vegas

The NAB Show is in full swing, and the SVG and SVG Europe editorial teams are chasing down the hottest stories from all over the Las Vegas Convention Center. Here is a daily roundup of what SVG Sponsors are exhibiting at the show.

Today's edition features Advanced Image Robotics, Akta, Alpha, Appear, Arista, ATEME, Backblaze, Backlight, BBright, BeckTV, Belden, Bitmovin, Black Box, Blackmagic Design, Boland Communications, Bolin Technology, Broadfield, CacheFly, Canare Corp. of America, Cartoni, Christy Media Solutions, CineSys, Cisco, Comcast Technology Solutions, CUEZ by Tinkerlist, Dante by Audinate, Dell Technologies, Devlin Design Group, Disguise, DoveRunner, DPA Microphones, Eluvio, Eutelsat, EZDRM, FingerWorks Telestrators, Fonn Group, FOR-A, G&D North America, Globecast, Glookast, Haivision, Harmonic, Hitomi, IHSE, Ikegami, InSync, Interra Systems, intoPIX, iodine, IPC, KMH, Kokusai Denki, Leostream, LTN, manifold technologies, MASV, Media Links, Mediaproxy, Meinberg Funkuhren, Mo-Sys, MRMC,MultiDyne, and MyCaseBuilder.

Advanced Image Robotics (AIR) (Booth C4212)

AIR is demonstrating AIR AutoPilot, an AI-powered autotracking system for robotic cameras in live sports production. AutoPilot offers both game-follow and ISO-follow tracking with physical pan-tilt and optical zoom, built on a proprietary Visual Language Model running at the edge and in the cloud.

The booth will feature autotracking footage from live events shot over the past year across basketball, tennis, soccer, and other sports, alongside demonstrations of how AIR cameras integrate into existing REMI workflows.

AIRcloud, AIR's IP-based remote fleet-management platform, allows production teams to monitor and manage cameras across multiple venues from a single dashboard.

Akta (Wynn Tower Suites)

Akta is offering a sharp vision for the future of video operations: an AI-first platform designed to help media, entertainment, and sports organizations move faster, create more value from every asset, and scale output without scaling complexity. The company's message is clear: Akta is evolving beyond traditional workflow automation into AI-powered media execution, where content can be processed, transformed, packaged, and prepared for distribution with far less manual effort.

Central to the NAB 2026 presentation is its latest innovations in AI-driven media processing. These capabilities help teams go from raw footage to ready-to-publish content more quickly and intelligently. Akta's platform can automatically identify clips, detect meaningful segments and scenes, extract rich metadata, and generate transcripts with speed and precision. By improving how content is understood at the asset and scene level, it enables faster search, better packaging, easier reuse, and more-efficient downstream workflows. For organizations managing large volumes of live and archived video, this translates into a major productivity advantage: less time spent tagging, sorting, and preparing content manually, and more time spent publishing, monetizing, and engaging audiences.

Akta is also spotlighting its AI-assisted vertical-video-formatting capabilities, which address one of the fastest-growing demands in modern content operations: the ability to turn existing video into platform-ready assets for social, mobile, and short-form distribution. As audience attention continues to shift toward vertical and mobile-first experiences, content owners need efficient ways to adapt live moments, highlights, and long-form footage for new formats. Akta's platform helps teams quickly convert horizontal video into vertical outputs, making it possible to publish highlights faster, repurpose valuable moments more efficiently, and expand reach across mobile-centric channels without adding headcount or operational burden.

The innovations reinforce Akta's broader platform strategy. Instead of offering isolated AI features, the company is showing how artificial intelligence can be embedded directly into the day-to-day execution of video workflows. The goal is not simply to automate individual tasks but to create a more intelligent operating environment for video businesses - one that understands content better, accelerates decision-making, reduces repetitive manual work, and helps teams respond faster to audience and distribution demands. This is particularly important for media companies balancing growing content libraries, tighter timelines, and pressure to do more with fewer resources.

Akta's demonstrations show how AI can improve the entire path from content creation to publishing readiness. Whether the need is faster clip generation, richer metadata, better searchability, or seamless adaptation for vertical platforms, the focus is on giving customers practical tools that deliver immediate operational gains. The result is a platform that helps organizations increase speed, output, and content value at the same time.

Alpha (N3123MR, N3125MR)

A premier technology integrator that translates clients' technology vision into reality, Alpha designs, deploys, and services technology systems that enhance fan engagement, team performance, and revenue expansion in sports and entertainment venues. Recent projects include ST 2110 control rooms for the Orlando Magic and the Cincinnati Bengals, a multiple-control-room ST 2110 production facility for Boston College, and the control room for Inter Miami's new Freedom Park project. In addition, Alpha develops scalable, robust cloud solutions that enable customers to efficiently create and distribute content with greater agility and speed, including a recent project for a prominent North American professional sports league. From AV and control rooms to IPTV and audio systems, Alpha's expert team brings clients' technology needs to life and makes their vision possible.

Appear (Booth

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