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Later in 2016, NewTek delivered NDI 2.0, which added features including support for service discovery across subnets. In April, Magewell announced integration of their [[PCIe]] and [[USB]] capture devices, allowing access to any video source on the network.{{fact|date=July 2023}}

On 12 July 2017 NewTek announced NDI 3.0 which added multicast, NDI{{!}}HX and other new features, introducing support for specific PTZ Cameras with [[H.264]] [[chipset]]s and updated [[firmware]].<ref name="newtek.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.newtek.com/press-releases/ndi-v3/|title=NewTek NDI® Version 3 Offers the Only End-to-End IP Video Solution for Product Manufacturers|website=NewTek}}</ref><!--[[User:Kvng/RTH]]-->

In April 2018 at the [[NAB Show]], Microsoft announced they had added NDI support to [[Skype|Skype for Content Creators]].<ref name="blogs.skype.com">{{cite web|url=https://blogs.skype.com/news/2018/04/06/make-collaboration-the-heart-of-your-live-streams-podcasts-and-videos-with-skype-for-content-creators/|title=Make collaboration the heart of your live streams, podcasts, and videos with Skype for Content Creators|date=6 April 2018|website=Skype Blogs}}</ref> Other announcements at NAB2018NAB in 2018 included NDI 3.5, and new NDI support from vendors including EVS<ref name="sportsvideo.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsvideo.org/2017/09/05/evs-x-one-production-system-takes-software-based-tech-to-new-level/|title=EVS X-One Production System Takes Software-Based Tech to New Level|first=Ken Kerschbaumer, Editorial|last=Director|website=Sports Video Group| date=5 September 2017 }}</ref> and Avid.<ref name="https://www.newtek.com/blog/avid">{{Cite web | url=https://www.newtek.com/blog/avid/ | title=Avid Media Composer Integrates NewTek NDI®}}</ref>

Version 3.4 of [[FFmpeg]] added input and output support for NDI when optionally compiled by the end-user to a non-open-source NewTek library.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newtek.com/blog/ffmpeg-3-4-adds-ndi-io/|title=FFmpeg 3.4 Adds NDI I/O|first=Chuck|last=Baker|publisher=NewTek|date=December 6, 2017}}</ref> However, NewTek was later found to be redistributing pre-compiled binaries of FFmpeg that incorporated their non-opensourceopen-source library in violation of the [[GNU General Public License]], causing the FFmpeg project to remove NDI support from their codebasecode base in March 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/7589|title=NewTek distributing non-free FFmpeg build|publisher=FFmpeg bug trac|date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/4b32f8b3ebfa011fcc5991bcaa97c3f5b61b49ad|publisher=FFmpeg github repo|title=Remove libndi_newtek|date=March 9, 2019}}</ref><!--[[User:Kvng/RTH]]-->

In April 2019, ahead of NAB, NewTek announced the addition of Multi-TCP mode to NDI 4.0 which is reported to leverage hardware TCP acceleration present in silicon, assisting lower-spec processors with NDI transport.<ref name="nab2019plans">{{Cite web | url=https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/newteks-andrew-cross-talks-about-the-acquisition-discusses-nab-show-plans |title = NewTek's Andrew Cross Discusses Acquisition, NAB Show Plans|first=Phil|last=Kurz|date=April 3, 2019}}</ref> NDI 4.0 shipped in September 2019 to coincide with the IBC exhibition.