Sencore Advances Video Delivery, Decoding, and IPTV Solutions for Modern Broadcast Operations at NAB 2026

Sencore is set to showcase its latest video delivery, decoding, and IPTV solutions at NAB Show 2026, focusing on helping broadcasters and operators manage rising costs while maintaining performance. With products like the MRD 8000 receiver decoder and AFN Platform, the company highlights compact, GPU-accelerated and low-latency solutions designed for modern, multi-format broadcast environments.

The lineup also emphasizes full IP workflow visibility and scalable IPTV delivery, featuring innovations like the VB440 monitoring platform and OmniHub systems. Additionally, Sencore addresses the industry’s transition to ATSC 3.0 and growing infrastructure costs with flexible solutions like the TXS 3800 and Centra Gateway, supporting both on-prem and cloud deployments.

Sencore, a trusted provider of professional video delivery, distribution, and monitoring solutions, today announced it will exhibit at the 2026 NAB Show in Las Vegas, April 19-22 at Booth W1933, West Hall. Sencore will address the demand for reliable, cost-effective and scalable video workflows that serve operators across broadcast, distribution and IPTV markets.

Attendees will see hands-on demonstrations of the MRD 8000, AFN Platform, new at NAB VB440, OmniHub 6/16, OmniHub PLAY, TXS 3800, and Centra Gateway – all designed to address the real demands of video delivery, distribution and monitoring.

“As server and component costs continue rising, engineers are being asked to do more with tighter budgets. Cost-effective doesn’t mean compromising on capability,” said Seth VerMulm, Director of Product Management, Sencore. “The AFN Platform, MRD 8000, and Centra Gateway are designed for broadcast-grade performance without the overhead of costly server infrastructure.”

 Decoding and Encoding

Many operators are running aging receiver decoders that were never designed for today’s multichannel, multiformat demands. Sencore addresses this with the MRD 8000, its newest and most capable receiver decoder, built on a GPU-accelerated platform in a compact 1RU chassis.

On the contribution side, the AFN Platform is designed for live production and news gathering, delivering ultra-low latency encoding and decoding up to 4K/UHD with 12G-SDI. Its native SRT support allows engineers to simultaneously run satellite uplink and IP delivery from a single, future-proof 1RU chassis,

 Full IP Workflow Visibility

Showing for the first time at NAB, the VB440 is a high-density monitoring and analysis platform designed for SMPTE 2110 and IPMX environments. Fully NMOS-certified and capable of monitoring up to 80Gbps of simultaneous streaming, engineers have the visibility to maintain signal integrity at scale. The VB440 also adds signal generator functionality and lip sync measurements for precise production setup verification.

IPTV Delivery

The OmniHub 6/16 is a modular, hot-swappable video processing platform available in 1RU and 4RU chassis, capable of handling dense multi-channel encoding, signal reception, digital turnaround, and simultaneous IPTV and QAM distribution from a single system.

Paired with OmniHub PLAY, operators can deliver a fully managed IPTV experience to the PLAY-STB, Sencore’s Android-based set-top box, all controlled from a single web interface. Ideal for multi-site and commercial IPTV deployments where reliability and ease of management are critical.

 ATSC 3.0 Transition

The TXS 3800 addresses two critical needs with a new ATSC 3.0 passthrough transcoding mode that increases service capacity to up to 20 services and a  new ATSC 1.0 backward compatibility mode that allows engineers to demodulate ATSC 1.0 today and transition to ATSC 3.0 later without a hardware swap.

Completing Sencore’s NAB lineup, the Centra Gateway is an ideal solution to rising server costs. It handles video stream reception, transmission, conversion, and orchestration across multiple protocols and is deployable on-premises or in the cloud.