Broadcast & AV Tech Trends to Watch in 2026

In this episode of Broadcast2Post, Key Code Media breaks down the most important broadcast and AV technology trends shaping 2026- what’s real, what’s hype, and where you should actually be investing.

We’ll look at how IP-based production, AV-over-IP, cloud and hybrid workflows, and AI-assisted production tools are reshaping not only live production and facilities, but also content workflows for creative teams from ingest and shared storage to archive, media asset management, and delivery.

Whether you’re building a new facility, refreshing aging SDI or HDMI systems, or trying to align IT, AV, and post-production, this session will help you separate buzzwords from business value. Our goal is to give you a clear, vendor-agnostic view of which trends actually matter—and how to turn them into reliable, supportable workflows for your organization.

What We’ll Cover

• IP & AV-over-IP in the real world – SMPTE 2110, NDI, IPMX, and where they fit (and don’t) in 2026 projects
• Cloud and hybrid production – when to keep it on-prem, when to go cloud, and how to avoid workflow bottlenecks
• AI in broadcast & AV – practical use cases for automation, assistive mixing, camera tracking, captioning, and metadata
• Content workflows & media management – how creative teams move media from set/stage to editorial, including ingest, shared storage, MAM, archive, and remote collaboration
• Control rooms & studios of the future – flexibility, remote operators, multiviewing, and monitoring across sites
• The evolving meeting room and lecture hall – BYOD, soft-codecs, UC platforms, and how to standardize experiences at scale
• Signal management & infrastructure – routing, timing, network design, and how to plan for bandwidth, redundancy, and growth
• Support, training, and lifecycle planning – building systems that can actually be operated, maintained, and upgraded over time

Who Should Attend

This session is ideal for:

• Broadcast engineers and operations leaders planning 2026–2028 upgrades
• AV/IT managers responsible for corporate, education, government, and worship facilities
• Post-production supervisors, editors, and creative operations leaders managing shared storage and media workflows
• Technical directors and production managers in live events, sports, and studios
• Systems integrators, consultants, and anyone advising on broadcast/AV and content workflow roadmaps

Join us for this free live-streamed discussion and stay until the end for a live Q&A with our expert panel, where you can ask specific questions about your environment, content workflows, and upcoming projects.