Which trends will dominate NAB Show 2026? Featuring Blackmagic Design & Projective

Which trends will dominate NAB Show 2026? Featuring Blackmagic Design & Projective

Some of us can remember when NAB Show hosted multiple companies specialising in building giant radio towers (and they brought samples with them). Today cloud giants, the creator economy, and content sectors outside of broadcast have turned NAB into a show that needs to encompass both local amateur podcaster and some of the biggest tech companies on earth. In this FEED Forum, we talk to vendors who will be on the show floor, presenting solutions to a sector that is both turbulent and filled with promise.

Distributed production: Distributed or disrupted?

This episode of FEED Forum sits down with Sergio Ammirata P.h.D. of the Rist Forum, and Ian Wagdin of Appear, who explore the evolution of remote, hybrid and on-prem production in broadcasting, its benefits, challenges, and future prospects, including standards, AI integration, and global collaboration.

Fan engagement: Beating the second screen

This episode of FEED Forum delves into the evolving landscape of fan engagement in sports broadcast, highlighting how digital media, changing audience behaviours, and innovative content strategies are reshaping the way fans interact with their favourite sports. The discussion covers the impact of immersive experiences, the importance of live events, and the opportunities for niche sports to thrive in a competitive environment. The panel is hosted by Neal Romanek and features Alex Redfern, CTO, EVS, Ed Abis, CEO of  Dizplai, Jo Redfern, Founder and CEO of Futurehood Media, Jonathan Hobbs, Business Development Manager at AE Live and Ursula Romero, CEO of International Sports Broadcasting.

The XR factor

In this episode of Feed Forum, host Neal Romanek (AU) dives into the world of XR, AR, VR, and MR with two expert guests: Alex Counsell, Technical Director at the Centre of Creative and Immersive XR (CCIXR), University of Portsmouth (UK), and Miguel Churruca, Marketing & Communications Director at Brainstorm. From camera tracking and live compositing to motion capture and virtual sets, the conversation explores how XR is changing broadcast, live events, film/TV production, education, and corporate communication.

How will AI change broadcast?

AI is everywhere in media – but are we using it to actually understand audiences or just flooding the internet with more content? In this FEED Forum episode, Neal Romanek talks with Rishi Kapoor (North AI) and Jacob Arends (Bitmovin) about using AI and neuroscience to predict real audience attention, multimodal scene analysis to unlock deeper video metadata, smarter ad placement and content recommendations, and why the most important AI skill is understanding what people actually want to watch. They also dig into AI’s environmental impact, data ethics, the so-called “AI bubble”, and how media companies can start using AI practically and responsibly in their workflows today.