Under the banner Ecosystem Evolution, HIVE will present at ISE 2026 the next chapter in its mission to simplify and accelerate the way video, audio and lighting come together across immersive, live and commercial environments.
Strengthening a proven ecosystem
Since launching its award-winning Beeblade range, HIVE has re-engineered the way media servers are deployed, moving high-performance playback hardware from remote racks to the display itself.
At ISE 2026, the company will demonstrate how this ecosystem continues to evolve, delivering higher performance, greater efficiency and even tighter synchronisation across distributed systems.
The complete line-up of Beeblade media engines and modular enclosures will be on show, including the flagship Beeblade Nexus, the world’s first 8K60 media engine in SDM format, alongside the latest software developments that unify playback, control and synchronisation across the network.
From SDM to IP: the next step in media evolution
Building on the success of its SDM platform, based on Intel Smart Display Module technology, HIVE is extending its reach into networked media workflows, enabling creators and integrators to manage every signal — video, audio and lighting — natively over IP.
Live demonstrations will include SMPTE 2110 video-over-IP and Dante audio-over-IP, highlighting how HIVE’s software stack now delivers fully synchronised media over standard Ethernet without the complexity of traditional routing or timing hardware.
At the heart of these demonstrations is Beesync, HIVE’s proprietary HDMI Genlock technology that uses lightweight machine learning to predict and correct HDMI timing drift in real time, ensuring perfect synchronisation across any number of outputs.
Collaboration across the ecosystem
Visitors will also be able to experience HIVE solutions across different areas of the show floor, including collaborations with Panasonic, Epson and ROE Visual. These partnerships reinforce HIVE’s open, collaborative approach to enabling creative freedom across display and projection technologies.
A connected, software-driven future
The concept of Ecosystem Evolution signals continuity as much as change — a commitment to refining the existing platform while paving the way for a new generation of IP-native media workflows.
We’ve built one of the most powerful and compact ecosystems in the market, but we’re only at the beginning of what it can do. 2026 is about evolution: strengthening the SDM platform, deepening our software integrations and extending everything we do into the network layer. Our goal is to make synchronised, scalable media over IP accessible to every creator and integrator, whether they’re building a theme park experience, immersive exhibition or live show, comments Mark Calvert, CEO at HIVE.
