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From Sports to News: VidiNet is Shaping the Future of Media Workflows

Written by Andreas Schmidt | Feb 26, 2026 12:55:43 PM

Shaping the Future of Fast, AI‑Driven Media Workflows

Vidispine is showcasing how a new generation of cloud-native media workflows, AI-powered enrichment, and renderless editing is reshaping the way news and sports organizations create, manage, and deliver content. As the industry continues to move at speed, teams need flexible, scalable tools that not only keep up, but help them stay ahead. VidiNet, our modular cloud platform, was designed with exactly this in mind.

From delivering real-time sports highlights and coordinating multi-platform news production to managing high-volume, centralized coverage workflows, VidiNet enables organizations to run a faster, more collaborative, and more efficient media supply chain — from ingest through archive.

 

 

Why VidiNet Has Become the Heart of Modern Media Operations

Media teams are under more pressure than ever. Stories move quickly, audiences expect updates instantly, and content must reach an increasing number of platforms. VidiNet brings calm and clarity to this complexity by centralizing assets, metadata, and creative context in a cloud‑native MAM designed to remove friction and eliminate unnecessary delays.

With renderless workflows, editors don’t have to wait for exports or multiple rendered versions. Edits become metadata, previews are instant, and collaboration becomes seamless. Combined with browser‑based tools, teams across locations can search, edit, review, and publish using nothing more than a web browser.

This creates the foundation for a truly story‑centric workflow, where teams work around evolving stories rather than isolated files. Editorial context stays connected, visibility stays high, and updates ripple effortlessly across the entire workflow.

 

AI and Integrations That Support the Way Teams Really Work

One of the most powerful aspects of VidiNet is its open integration ecosystem — designed to enhance both creativity and operational performance.

Our integration with Wolftech brings planning and media into one environment, helping journalists move naturally from idea to execution while keeping metadata aligned. DeepVA adds AI‑driven face and object recognition, blending pre‑trained and custom‑trained models that enrich content automatically and make archives easier to navigate.

For sports teams, TwelveLabs adds smart, semantic video understanding. Editors can find complex moments with simple, natural language searches, dramatically speeding up highlight creation and improving storytelling.

  

And with EVS, VidiNet supports high‑performance live production. EVS handles the ingest and replay backbone, while VidiNet manages metadata, proxies, collaboration, and downstream workflows. Together, they create a unified environment ideal for fast‑moving live events.

 

Real Impact for News & Sports Organizations

News organizations are accelerating time-to-air, gaining deeper visibility into their content pipelines, and future-proofing their workflows with a scalable, cloud-native foundation. With centralized ingest management and consistent metadata workflows, they can streamline operations, improve collaboration across teams, and ensure content is efficiently organized and accessible. For more on how we support modern newsrooms, explore our case study with real-world insights and practical takeaways. 

Sports organizations are producing highlights faster, strengthening collaboration across production teams, and unlocking new revenue from historic content. By implementing centralized ingest management and standardized metadata workflows, they enhance content discoverability, optimize production efficiency, and build an infrastructure designed to scale with peak event demands.

Across these environments, VidiNet helps teams work faster, communicate better, and make more out of the content they already have — turning media operations into a true strategic advantage.

 

Experience VidiNet at NAB 2026

At NAB 2026, Vidispine will demonstrate how cloud‑native workflows, AI‑powered enrichment, and renderless editing come together to simplify production from start to finish. If you’re looking for faster workflows, more intuitive collaboration, or a smarter way to manage your media, we’d love to show you what VidiNet can do.

Visit us at NAB 2026 (Booth  W1643) and experience how VidiNet helps you create, manage, and deliver content at the speed your audience expects.