IBC25 took place in Amsterdam, 11-14 September 2025, with 43,858 visitors from 170 countries.
More than 1,300 exhibitors and over 600 speakers for the conference and exhibition showcased new technologies, debated industry transformation, and built the relationships to drive the media sector forward.
Some of the technology exhibited at IBC is profiled in this report.
Wheatstone:
AoIP Navigator 5.0
Wheatstone introduced NAVIGATOR 5.0, the latest in Audio over IP software for intelligent IP audio networking.
NAVIGATOR 5.0 includes new network I/O diagnostics, failover management, and automatic system backup capabilities. It also extends logic status to third-party devices and offers tools for setting up crosspoints, logic signals, AES67 paths, salvos, and SNMP alerting across the WheatNet IP audio network.
Neuron FM/HD/DAB+ Spectral Audio Processor
Wheatstone’s Neuron FM/HD/DAB+ spectral audio processor offers the big sound and features of a top-line processor at half the price. It includes separate FM and HD/DAB+ paths optimized for each, a multipath mitigator for consistent coverage, SCAs, a stereo generator, and a full-featured RBDS/RDS generator. The processor uses patented 1/3 octave band resolution for precision transient peak control.
Company Details: Wheatstone Corporation designs and manufactures professional broadcast audio equipment under the WHEATSTONE, AUDIOARTS, and VOXPRO brand names. Wheatstone, https://wheatstone.com
DAD’s Audio Networking Technologies
DAD showcased its Penta 720 and Thunder Core ranges, highlighting advances in interoperability across formats such as Dante, Dante AES67, Dante ST2110-30, Dante Domain Manager, Ravenna, Ravenna AES67, Ravenna ST2110-30, and AVB Milan. The Thunder Core product line offers pristine audio conversion, flexible connectivity, and zero-latency audio transport.
DAD – Digital Audio Denmark, is a brand owned by NTP Technology, renowned for analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog audio converters.
Company Details: DAD, https://digitalaudio.dk
IMDb’s New B2B Data Licensing Solutions
IMDb launched new entertainment datasets for companies to license. These datasets include the “Top 1,000 Most Popular Titles on IMDb by Region,” “Top 1,000 Most Popular Names on IMDb by Region,” “Historical Popularity Rankings for Titles,” and “Historical Popularity Rankings for Names.” These datasets are updated weekly and are available for companies to license in addition to the “IMDb Essential Metadata” or “IMDb and Box Office Mojo” data packages. The data is sourced from IMDbPro STARmeter and MOVIEmeter rankings, reflecting the popularity of titles and professionals based on the page views of the more than 250 million monthly visitors to IMDb.
Company Details: IMDb https://developer.imdb.com
Deepgram’s Voice AI Platform
Deepgram showcased its advanced voice AI platform, which includes speech-to-text (STT), text-to-speech (TTS), and speech-to-speech (STS) capabilities. The platform is designed to provide high accuracy, low latency, and scalable voice applications for various enterprise use cases.
Deepgram’s infrastructure is integrated with AWS, enabling customers to deploy its platform on Amazon EKS for scalable container orchestration, store data securely with Amazon S3, and manage containers using Amazon ECR.
The platform also supports real-time transcription and voice automation within contact centre environments through integration with Amazon Connect. Deepgram’s collaboration with AWS aims to accelerate the development and adoption of generative voice AI, empowering enterprises to build scalable, high-accuracy voice applications across a wide range of use cases.
Company Details: Deepgram, Stand 8.A88, www.deepgram.com
Cuez’s MOStomator
Cuez unveilled MOStomator, an enhanced version of the Cuez Automator that integrates with both traditional MOS-based NRCS systems and modern API-first platforms, including iNEWS, ENPS, and Cuez itself. MOStomator is designed to meet the demands of modern broadcasters who operate in a multiplatform environment, requiring automation and no-code workflows. It supports EVS, Ross Video, OBS, vMix, and more, providing device-agnostic, scalable automation solutions.
Company Details: CEUZ, https://cuez.app/
Schoeps’ Colette and CMIT Series Microphones
Schoeps exhibited its Colette Series and CMIT Series microphones, including the KMIT and CMD 42. These microphones are designed for immersive recording techniques, live and studio usage, and fixed installations. Schoeps microphones are known for their honesty, transparency, and depth, making them ideal for immersive audio formats.
Company Details: Schoeps Microphones, based in Germany, designs and manufactures all of its products in-house. Schoeps Microphones , www.schoeps.de/en
Waves Audio’s Clarix LB
Waves Audio is now shipping Clarix LB, an AI-powered noise reduction plugin for live broadcast. Clarix LB is designed to clean ambient noise in real-time broadcast environments and is compatible with the Waves SoundGrid processing platform. It uses Waves’ neural network noise removal engine and requires a Waves Titan server for real-time processing.
Waves Audio is a developer of professional audio signal processing technologies and plugins
Company Details: Waves Audio, https://www.waves.com
Sound Devices’ 8-Series Mixer/Recorders and Astral Wireless
Sound Devices announced updates to its 8-Series Mixer/Recorders and Astral Wireless product lines. The 8-Series V11.0 update includes new features such as Waveform Display, Speed Shuttling, Advanced Navigation Tools, Fader Calibration, and increased Channel Colour options. The Astral Wireless series has been streamlined to reflect its growing ecosystem of wireless receivers, transmitters, and microphones.
Company Details: Sound Devices is known for creating premier audio equipment. Sound Devices, https://www.sounddevices.com
Avid’s Media Production Solutions
Avid demonstrated its innovative solutions for transforming news and post-production workflows. The company showcased the integration of MediaCentral and Wolftech News, which enables end-to-end planning, production, and publishing from a single interface. Avid’s next-generation newsroom vision is powered by story-centric workflows and its unified content data platform, delivering global media access, metadata flow, semantic search, and browser-based editorial.
The company also introduced new automation and AI tools to help news and editorial teams work faster and save hours of mundane tasks. For audio post-production, Avid presented groundbreaking updates to Pro Tools, including Splice integration, evolving MIDI functionality, AI-driven speech-to-text capabilities, and enhanced interoperability with Media Composer.
Company Details: Avid, www.avid.com
Solid State Logic’s Next Generation Audio Capabilities
Solid State Logic (SSL) unveiled a range of technologies aimed at streamlining Next Generation Audio (NGA) processes and providing more flexible future integration. The company showcased updates to its System T architecture, including new technology partnerships with Jünger Audio, Dolby, New Audio Technology, and TiMax. SSL’s System T console now supports Open Sound Control (OSC) for real-time control of audio objects using external renderers.
The integration with Jünger Audio’s flexAI processing platform enables broadcasters to adopt more streamlined NGA authoring by providing control over object selection and monitoring of any presentation. SSL also highlighted its collaboration with AWS to advance post-production workflows through smarter integrations and scalable cloud solutions.
Company Details: Solid State Logic, www.solidstatelogic.com
Profuz Digital’s AI-Orchestrated Solutions
Profuz Digital showcased its AI-enabled Profuz LAPIS digital media asset management system and the SubtitleNEXT subtitling platform. Profuz LAPIS is designed to organize media assets, manage multiple TV channels, and streamline workflows by providing centralised, secure, and reliable efficiency.
The platform integrates AI-powered tasks, harmonizing AI capabilities into a unified workflow to enhance overall results. The new “Multi-AI Processing Integration” feature in LAPIS manages seamless connection with various AI engines for transcription, translation, object detection, face recognition, and more. SubtitleNEXT, an affordable timed-text software platform, demonstrated its latest version with features like batch translation of subtitle files, text splitting mechanism, and support for SDI and NDI-based workflows.
Company Details: Profuz Digital, www.profuzdigital.com
Tall Audio’s Broadcast Audio Solutions
Tall Audio presented its upgraded Solid State Logic System T S300 console with new S400 interface tiles. The upgrade provides more immediate user feedback, helping operators cater to a wider range of OTT clients looking to engage their audiences in more immersive ways.
Tall Audio’s System T console supports full 7.1.4 immersive content, making it suitable for high-end broadcast and OTT music clients. The company highlighted its work on diverse productions, including The Martin Lewis Money Show, Springwatch for the BBC, and remote and in-person motorsport events for TNT Sports. Tall Audio’s commitment to sustainability was also showcased, with the company being accredited by the Albert Suppliers Directory for its conscious approach to sustainability.
Company Details: Tall Audio, www.tallaudio.co.uk
Wowza’s Real-Time Streaming and Recording Solutions
Wowza demonstrated its streaming infrastructure, powering the Jotto platform developed by Quadrant 2. Jotto captures real-time feedback via video, audio, and text, enabling organizations to engage stakeholders dynamically and turn raw input into actionable insights. The platform uses Wowza Streaming Engine and Stream Recorders to capture multimedia feedback and feed it into an AI engine that detects sentiment, surfaces themes, and delivers instant visual insights to decision-makers. Wowza’s reliable streaming and recording capabilities were vital to Jotto’s real-time feedback goals, helping organizations collect and analyze real-time input from communities.
Company Details: Wowza, www.wowza.com
TVU Networks and Tencent Cloud’s Integrated Cloud Production Solution
TVU Networks and Tencent Cloud announced their strategic partnership, introducing an integrated cloud-based media production solution. The collaboration combines TVU’s media technology with Tencent Cloud’s robust infrastructure, delivering enhanced efficiency, flexibility, and reliability for global media organizations.
The solution addresses intensive media workflow demands through ultra-low latency streaming, elastic scalability, cloud-native optimization, AI-powered production, and enterprise-grade security. TVU’s cloud production solution has been proven on world stages, including major global sports events, high-stakes elections, and breaking news, demonstrating its international scalability and reliability for mission-critical events.
Company Details: TVU Networks, www.tvunetworks.com