From immersive screens to extreme environments, broadcast imaging is expanding in both capability and context—while production infrastructures become more software-defined and multi-vendor. This session highlights three breakthroughs: a compact 8K×8K square-format camera enabling IMAX reframing, high-resolution VR capture, and real-time ROI switching for broadcast; a UHD deep-sea camera system engineered for full broadcast fidelity at 7,000 meters using robust optics, pressure-tolerant design, and fiber telemetry; and the EBU DMF Media eXchange Layer (MXL) SDK, an open, high-performance interoperability layer connecting containerized live production functions across vendors with ultra-low latency.