Article Summary
This blog post covers the biggest takeaways from Haivision’s technology update webinar with Minor League Baseball.
- Remote production remains a leading priority for broadcasters
- MiLB shared how it modernized live contribution with Haivision technology
- The Makito ONE video transport platform is a new fully configurable encoder/decoder for live production workflows r
- Falkon X4 is a high-performance mobile transmitter with four integrated 5G modems that delivers 4K UHD and HD video at ultra-low latency
Haivision recently hosted a webinar highlighting the latest innovations in live video contribution introduced at the 2026 NAB Show and our partnership with Minor League Baseball (MiLB). The session featured insights from special guest Daniel Blanchard from MiLB, showcasing how MiLB is evolving their workflows with Haivision technology.
The webinar also provided a recap of Haivision’s presence at the 2026 NAB Show where we introduced two major new products: the Makito ONE encoder/decoder platform and the Falkon X4 mobile transmitter.
Keep reading this post for the key takeaways from the event.
Broadcast Transformation Report: Remote Production Remains the Industry’s Top Priority
The webinar started with highlights from the 2026 Haivision Broadcast Transformation Report, which gathered feedback from more than 1,300 broadcast professionals.
The findings reinforced several major industry trends shaping live production workflows today:
- SDI remains dominant, with 82% of respondents still using SDI infrastructure as part of their workflows, even as SMPTE ST 2110 adoption continues to grow.
- AI was identified as the most impactful technology for the next five years, cited by 64% of respondents.
- Bonded cellular contribution continues to expand, with 54% of broadcasters now leveraging bonded cellular transmitters for live contribution.
- SRT remains the industry’s leading transport protocol, ranking as the most widely used broadcast transport protocol for the fifth consecutive year.
- Remote production remains the number one technology priority, a position it has maintained for four straight years.
The report highlighted how broadcasters are increasingly adopting hybrid production models that combine traditional infrastructure with cloud, IP, and remote workflows. The panel emphasized that reliability, low latency, and operational flexibility remain the critical drivers behind these deployments.
At the 2026 NAB Show, Haivision demonstrated how its technologies are leveraged across a wide range of real-world remote production use cases, including:
- Bonded cellular and satellite-enabled video contribution
- Multi-camera synchronized remote production
- Private 5G video contribution across land, water, and air-based productions
Haivision and Minor League Baseball: Scaling Live Contribution Across 120 Teams
One of the webinar’s featured discussions focused on Haivision’s new partnership with Minor League Baseball as the official video encoder of MiLB. The partnership modernizes MiLB’s contribution infrastructure using Haivision Makito video encoders, SRT transport, and centralized routing workflows.
Daniel Blanchard, Vice President, Media Operations, Major League Baseball, joined Haivision’s Senior Account Executive, News and Networks, Tom Van Stockum, to discuss how MiLB is deploying a Haivision-powered workflow to support a wide variety of stadium environments and production workflows.
The MiLB + Haivision Workflow
Each MiLB stadium captures live game feeds that are transported via SRT into centralized data centers for numerous use cases including regional sports network delivery, international partner distribution, internal archiving for player development, and more.
Daniel explained that earlier streaming workflows relied heavily on HLS delivery, which created challenges around latency, reliability, and scalability.
“For a long time, the Minor League streaming product was immature, but it was enough to get the video out into the world,” said Blanchard. “And the workflow was fine and it got the job done but ultimately it was limiting us in the ability to do third party delivery. HLS out of parks sometimes had questionable delivery, especially with a lot of fans in the park. It was good but not where we wanted it to be.”
This led to MiLB leveraging Haivision Makito X4 video encoders, SRT Gateway, and Haivision Hub 360, and the migration to SRT, which significantly improved operational flexibility and enabled broader content syndication.
The deployment demonstrates how broadcasters and sports organizations can use SRT-based workflows to reliably distribute large volumes of live content while maintaining flexibility across diverse infrastructure environments.
Makito ONE: A New Video Transport Platform for Remote Production
One of the biggest announcements at NAB was the launch of Makito ONE, a new video transport platform designed for primary contribution and remote production that features:
- Ultra-low latency H.264, HEVC, and JPEG XS encoding/decoding
- SDI and ST 2110 support
- Genlock synchronization for multi-camera workflows
- Scalable configuration
The flexibility of this fully configurable video encoder/decoder allows broadcasters to simplify deployment planning while supporting increasingly dynamic remote production environments. Makito ONE was designed specifically to address modern remote production requirements, including synchronized multi-camera workflows.
Falkon X4: A New Era for Ultra-Reliable, 5G Video Contribution
We also introduced the Falkon X4, the newest member of the Falkon 5G mobile video transmitter family. Built for high-performance live contribution across bonded cellular, private 5G, satellite, and hybrid network environments, some if its key capabilities include:
- Four integrated 5G MIMO modems
- UHD 4K contribution
- Ultra-low latency transmission
- Advanced remote camera control
- HEVC and H.264 encoding
The Falkon X4 was designed to support demanding live production including sports, newsgathering, remote production, and field contribution where reliability and mobility are essential. When integrated into Haivision’s live video contribution ecosystem, the Falkon X4 expands end-to-end contribution capabilities for broadcasters.
This webinar underscorses how broadcast workflows continue shifting toward remote, cloud-enabled, and IP-based production workflows. From MiLB’s large-scale live contribution infrastructure to Haivision’s new ultra-low latency contribution solutions, the event showcased how broadcasters are increasingly prioritizing flexibility, scalability, and operational efficiency.
With continued growth in SRT adoption, bonded cellular contribution, and hybrid production workflows, Haivision’s NAB announcements reinforce the focus on enabling reliable live video contribution across any network environment.
