NAB Show has announced the winners of the fifth annual Product of the Year Awards during a live awards ceremony at the 2023 NAB Show in Las Vegas. The awards recognize some of the most significant and promising new products and technologies exhibited at the show in the Create, Connect and Capitalize categories.

The Best overall in the Create category was Fujifilm North America Corporation Fujinon HZK25-1000mm F2.8 CineBox PL Len. While  Best overall in the Connect category was ABonAir Ltd. AB612 – 4K/UHD Wireless Video System. And Best overall in the Capitalize category went to MediaKind MediaKind Aquila with SG1.

Winners were selected by a panel of industry experts in 15 categories. To be eligible for an award, nominated products had to be submitted by companies exhibiting at the 2023 NAB Show and be available for delivery within the 2023 calendar year.

“Every year, NAB Show is excited to see what new, innovative breakthroughs our nominees have made to transform how content is created, connected and capitalized throughout the media and entertainment industry,” said Eric Trabb, senior vice president and chief customer success officer at NAB. “The winners of the 2023 Product of the Year Awards have demonstrated how they can help storytellers face the challenges of the present and future by revolutionizing the content lifecycle at all its stages.”

This year’s winners are:

CREATE CATEGORY

Audio Production, Processing and Networking

Audio Design Desk, Inc Audio Design Desk 2.0
Calrec Audio Argo
Clear-Com Arcadia with HelixNet Integration
DanAds Audio Ad Creation
Dotterel Technologies Limited Konos

Cameras

ARRI ARRI ALEXA 35
DJI DJI Ronin 4D and the DJI Inspire 3
FUJIFILM North America Corporation FUJIFILM X-H2 Mirrorless Digital Camera
Insta360 Insta360 ONE RS 1-Inch 360 Edition
Sony FR7

Camera Support, Control and Accessories

Angenieux Optimo Primes IOP
Atlas Lens Co. Mercury Series
Canon Canon Flex Zoom lenses – CN-E14-35mm T1.7 L S/SP wide-angle zoom lens and the CN-E31.5-95mm T1.7 L S/SP telephoto zoom lens
cmotion GmbH Mainstation MST1
DJI DJI RS 3 Pro and DJI Transmission
Domo Broadcast Systems Eclipse TX Wireless Camera Transmitter
FUJIFILM North America Corporation FUJINON HZK25-1000mm F2.8 CineBox PL Lens
Hudson Spider Hudson Slider
LEMO Corporation LEMO 12G-SDI 4K Ultra-High-Definition Transmission Push-Pull Connectors
Mark Roberts Motion Control AJS-2 Autojib
Sony VENICE Extension System 2
VidOvation VidOlink Reacher II
Zinema Motion GmbH THOR Camera Robot System

Graphics, Editing, VFX and Switchers

Maxon Cinema 4D 2023
MYT Works Cinetique Camera Motion System
Ross Video Ross Video Carbonite Ultra 60 – Bigger, Faster & More Powerful
STYPE GreenKiller chroma keyer
Tarantula AI Inc. (d/b/a KeyCast) KeyCast
Vizrt Viz Engine 5
Zero Density Traxis Tracker: The Ultimate Camera Tracking Hub

Location/Studio Lighting

Aputure INFINIBAR PB3, amaran 150c, MT Pro, and the amaran COB 60x S
ARRI Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG Orbiter Projection Optics 25℃ and 35℃
BB&S Lighting Reflect 4-Bank System
Creamsource LNX Mounting System
Elation Professional Fuze Max Profile and the Proteus Maximus™
FLUOTEC / GTM INC Vegalux 300 HP™
Guangdong NanGuang Photo & Video Systems Co., Ltd. NANLUX Evoke 900C
Kelvin Kelvin Epos 600, 600W Full Color Spectrum RGBACL LED COB Studio Light
Kino Flo Lighting Systems MIMIK 120 / Image Based Lighting Tile
LiteGear, Inc. LiteMat Spectrum 8
Senna Ltd. Masterpiece

Radio

DTS / XPERI DTS AutoStage Broadcaster Portal
Nautel VX Series
Gaian Solutions Vani – An HD Radio Network as a Service Over ATSC 3.0
ip-studio powered by Telos Alliance IP-Screener
Radio.Cloud Radio.Cloud’s Live Studio
Tieline the Codec Company MPX II Codec

Remote Production

Advanced Image Robotics AIRcloud™
Amazon Web Services (AWS) AWS Studio in the Cloud
Cobalt Digital Flexible BBG-2110 JPEG-XS Converters
CueScript CueTALK Cloud
Dalet Dalet Cut
Evercast Evercast desktop app
FUJIFILM North America Corporation FUJIFILM and Adobe/Frame.io Camera to Cloud Integration
Haivision Haivision StreamHub and Haivision Pro460
Nextologies SDI Player and AVDS2
Program Productions, Inc ProCrewz® Enterprise Resource Management System
SHOWRUNNER SHOWRUNNER
Splashtop Splashtop High-Performance Remote Production Technology for Broadcasting & Media
Streann Media Streann Studio
Telos Alliance Axia® Altus Virtual Mixing Console
TVU Networks TVU RPS One
Vislink 5G-Link

CONNECT CATEGORY

Cloud Computing and Storage

Avid Technology Avid | NEXIS F2 SSD
CloudSoda CloudSoda
DigitalGlue creative.space 3.0
LucidLink LucidLink FileSpaces
Gaian solutions SUHAaaS – Secure Home Automation Software Upgrades
Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE ATSC 3.0 Broadcast Core Network
Matrox Video Matrox ORIGIN
MinIO MinIO
Nextologies Nextologies’ Control Panel (CP)
Quantum Myriad™ All-Flash Scale-Out File and Object Storage
Rohde & Schwarz SpycerNode2
SDVI Rally
Storj Storj: the latest iteration (faster media file download and upload speeds)
Studio Network Solutions EVO Cloud
Wasabi Technologies Wasabi Cloud Sync Manager
WEKA WEKA® Data Platform (Fourth Generation)
Viking Enterprise Solutions Cloud Native Obsidian (CNO) Edge Appliance
OpenDrives Atlas Core Software-Defined Storage (SDS)

Hardware Infrastructure

ABonAir Ltd. AB612 – 4K/UHD Wireless Video System
AJA Video Systems, Inc. AJA Dante AV 4K-T and 4K-R
Black Box Emerald® DESKVUE
Cobalt Digital Sapphire 8JXS-8S Bulk Conversion
LEMO Corporation LEMO 12G-SDI 4K Ultra-High-Definition Transmission Push-Pull Connectors
ST Engineering iDirect MCX8000 Multi-Carrier Satellite Gateway
TSL X-Connect IP Routing Control System

IT Networking/Infrastructure & Security

Gaian Solutions SUHAaaS – Software Upgrades & Home Automation by NextGenTV Broadcaster
Nevion VideoIPath Federation Support
NEP Group TFC Link

Monitoring and Measuring Tools

22HBG – Elenos Group TX Control
Avateq Corp. AVQ1030 – ATSC 3.0 MIMO Receiver and Analyzer
Bridge Technologies VB330 with new SCTE 104/35 & visual recording functionality
InSync Technologies FrameFormer
Shure Incorporated AD600 Axient® Digital Spectrum Manager
SSIMWAVE, an IMAX company SSIMWAVE VOD Monitor
Touchstream ISP Insights: Plugging the Gap in Content Delivery Monitoring
Triveni Digital ATSC 3.0 Translator
Witbe Witbox+
Zixi Intelligent Data Platform (IDP)

CAPITALIZE CATEGORY

AI/Machine Learning

Adobe Text-Based Editing in Adobe Premiere Pro
Digital Nirvana MediaServices IQ V.2
EVS XtraMotion 2.0
Gaian solutions The M3 – Mobius Monetization Mechanisms framework for NextGenTV
MediaKind MediaKind Atlas Upscale
Magnifi by VideoVerse Magnifi Digital Highlights Pro Featuring AI-enabled Ball Tracking
Newsbridge MXT-1
Perifery Perifery AI+
Prime Focus Technologies CLEAR® AI – Video Reframing and Transformation
SoundNodes SoundID AI
Supermicro Liquid Cool AI Development Platform
Verimatrix Verimatrix Streamkeeper
Veritone Veritone Generative AI
VoiceInteraction Audimus.Media

Streaming

Amazon Web Services (AWS) AWS Elemental MediaConnect Gateway
APP CATS LLC CrowdLIVE INTERACTIVE
Backlight Zype Apps Creator
Fabric Origin
Harmonic VOS®360 Ad
MediaKind MediaKind Aquila with SG1
OBSBOT by REMO TECH Co., Ltd. Tiny 2
QUANTEEC QUANTEEC
Synamedia Quortex Link
Teradek Prism Mobile
Zixi Inc. Zixi D2C Gateway

Asset Management, Automation and Playout

Amagi Amagi NOW
Alteon.io Alteon.io
Ateliere Creative Technologies Ateliere Connect
Fincons and Mediaset Dynamic Ad Insertion
MEDIAEDGE MEDIAEDGE SHARE
Perfect Memory COGNITIVE ASSET MANAGEMENT
Prime Focus Technologies CLEAR® Localize
PRODUCER – Maker Machina SaaS, Film Project Management Software
qibb by Techtriq qibb – the integration platform for future-proof media solutions
WiseDV Inc. WisePlay / Playout

Digital Signage & Display Systems

AOTO Electronics RM Series-Fine pixel pitch LED display for Virtual Production
Brompton Technology Tessera G1
Gaian Solutions Mobius DTaaS – SaaS Factory
MEDIAEDGE MEDIAEDGE SHARE
Sony ELF-SR2 – Sony 27″ Spatial Reality Display

 

Pippa Considine

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