Blackmagic Design ATEM Television Studio HD Live Production Switcher

About Blackmagic Design ATEM Television Studio HD Live Production Switcher

The world’s first live production switcher for broadcast, professional and AV users!
ATEM Television Studio HD is the first live production switcher designed for both broadcasters and AV professionals. It includes 4 SDI and 4 HDMI inputs so you can connect up to 8 sources, and it supports all formats up to 1080p60! Packed with high end broadcast features, ATEM Television Studio HD has re-sync on all inputs so you always get clean switching whether you’re using professional or consumer cameras. Plus, you get multi view output so you can see all of your sources, preview and program on a single screen, aux out, built in talkback, 2 still stores, an audio mixer, camera control unit and more! ATEM Television Studio HD is perfect for live production, episodic television, web shows, AV or even live coverage of video gaming competitions! Simply plug in your cameras, game consoles or computers and start switching live!

Turn any live event into a professional HD television program!
ATEM Television Studio HD is the fastest and most affordable way to create incredible HD programs immediately from live events! It’s perfect for broadcasters, professional sports, concerts, seminars, or even the new emerging generation of web broadcasters using platforms such as YouTube Live, Facebook Live and Twitch.tv. You can switch between multiple cameras, game consoles and computers in real time, all with broadcast quality transitions, graphics and effects! ATEM Television Studio HD features clean professional switching so there’s never a glitch when changing sources. That means you can even use it as a front end controller for your AV system and switch between multiple sources with the press of a button!

Broadcast

Create multi camera HD programs in real time! With ATEM Television Studio HD you cut your show as it’s happening, so you don’t have to spend time in post production! It’s ideal for live sport, studio shows and more!

Conferences

Instantly switch between a camera on the speaker and their computer with slides. Add picture in picture effects and transitions, while simultaneously recording the conference to a HyperDeck Mini in realtime! You can also add a Blackmagic Duplicator 4K so attendees can leave with a copy of the conference they just attended!

Internet

Create your own internet talk show! Produce a professional multi camera show with Skype video of guest interviews, add custom logos and titles, and cut it all together in real time!

Sports

It’s now easier to set up multiple cameras around a field to create live switched broadcast quality HD programming! Add custom team graphics or even have sportscasters stand in front of a green screen and key them onto a virtual set!

Weddings

Create beautiful wedding programs! Now you can shoot and edit at the same time, which saves you time in post so your clients get their video faster! Plus, if you add a Blackmagic Duplicator 4K, you can even have copies ready for guests as they leave the event!

Gaming

Now you can capture every thrilling moment of gaming competitions, with multiple players connected via the HDMI inputs, and use the picture in picture effects and headset microphone to overlay a live commentator.

Extremely Portable Design

The world’s smallest all in one broadcast switcher!
ATEM Television Studio HD is a true professional switcher that’s incredibly tiny, making it compact and portable enough to use anywhere! The all in one design includes a built in AC power supply, full front panel controls with input source buttons for switching, a built in LCD screen, spin knob and more. It’s small enough to use on the desktop, or it can be mounted in equipment racks using the optional Teranex Mini Rack Shelf. That means it fits alongside other Blackmagic Design products such as Teranex Mini converters, HyperDeck Studio Mini recorders, Blackmagic MultiView 4 or Blackmagic Web Presenter, all in a single rack unit.

Front Panel Control

Operate all switcher features directly from the front panel!
The front panel controls on ATEM Television Studio HD feature 8 large illuminated buttons for switching, along with audio controls, buttons for the down stream keyer, fade to black, media players, and cut-bus style or automatic switching with transitions. That means you can create a program right from the front panel! It also makes ATEM Television Studio HD perfect for things such as professional AV installations where all you need is to simply switch between sources. The built in LCD screen lets you adjust all switcher features via menus, plus it can be used for video and audio monitoring, aux control and to display the audio channel you’re adjusting.

Software or Hardware Control

Includes software control panel or optional hardware panel!
For the ultimate in creativity and control, ATEM Television Studio HD includes a free, elegantly designed software control panel for Mac and Windows. You can use the switcher and parameter palettes to switch cameras live, change transitions and adjust key settings. You can also load graphics into the switcher directly for display or keying, control the built in hardware audio mixer, control cameras, program and activate macros as well as automate clip playback from decks. The camera control is extremely powerful and lets you remotely adjust iris and focus, camera settings and color correction, all via SDI. With ATEM Television Studio HD, you can start out working with the free software control panel, and then upgrade to a full ATEM hardware control panel when you get busier and work on more complicated shows!

Windows

Mac

Hardware Panel

SDI and HDMI Inputs

ATEM Television Studio HD is a professional broadcast SDI switcher that also includes loads of HDMI connections! With four 3G-SDI and four HDMI inputs, you can connect up to 8 cameras, game consoles, computers or other sources and work in all SD and HD formats up to 1080p60! That means you can start with affordable HDMI consumer cameras, or work with professional SDI broadcast cameras. You also get reference input, analog audio in, RS-422 PTZ control, and Ethernet for connecting hardware or software control panels! Unlike other switchers, all video inputs feature automatic frame re-synchronizers, so you don’t need expensive genlock cameras. This means you can plug in any video source and it just works!

Professional SDI Outputs

ATEM Television Studio HD includes professional SDI program and aux outputs, along with SDI and HDMI outputs for multi view monitoring. The SDI program output lets you connect your ATEM Television Studio HD to professional decks and recorders, like HyperDeck Studio Mini, so you can record your program at the highest possible quality. The multi view SDI and HDMI outputs make it easy to monitor your program on virtually any display, including consumer HD televisions! The Aux output lets you send your switched program or a clean feed without graphics and overlays out to another display, deck, or even massive screens on stage behind a performer!

See all your video sources on a single monitor!
When you’re creating a live program from multiple cameras, it’s important to be able to see all of the video sources at the same time. ATEM Television Studio HD’s built in multi view output lets you see up to 8 channels of video on a single HDMI television or SDI monitor! You can see all of your cameras, tally indicators, graphics, preview and final program output all on the same display at the same time. Customize labels, see audio meters, set safe area markers, and more! Connect HDTV’s to get perfect multi camera monitoring in any location!

Powerful Transitions

Massive creative choice with broadcast quality transitions!
Select and instantly use broadcast quality transitions like mixes, wipes, dips and more when switching between sources! ATEM Television Studio HD lets you adjust the duration of your transitions, along with an incredibly wide range of options including border, border color and width, position, direction and more! There are 18 completely customizable transitions that will give your HD program that high end broadcast look! You can also use the DVE for transitions, create graphic wipes, and even stingers when you use it with a HyperDeck Studio Mini playing back 4:4:4:4 graphics with fill and key back to the switcher!

Built in 2D DVE

Amazing DVE transitions and picture in picture effects!
ATEM Television Studio HD features a powerful digital video effects “DVE” processor that can position, resize and scale live video, all in real time. That means you can create professional picture in picture effects with customizable borders and drop shadows with lighting. Imagine using a picture in picture effect to superimpose a commentator when covering events such as sports, training videos, interviews and even gaming competitions. You also get 17 DVE powered transitions that you can use to squeeze and swoosh between sources, or to create graphic wipe transitions with your own graphics!

Includes Talkback

Realtime two way communication with your cameras!
ATEM Television Studio HD features built in talkback that takes advantage of rarely used SDI channels 15 and 16 to send talkback audio to and from the camera. There’s also headset connections on the front panel for talking to and listening from cameras that support SDI talkback. The talkback from the camera is embedded in the SDI video feed from the camera to the switcher. If you connect the talkback SDI outputs of the switcher back to the camera, then the director’s talkback audio is sent to the cameras along with tally and camera control. The 4 SDI outputs feature talkback to cameras with mix minus. This lets you send program audio back to an interviewee so they hear everything except themselves, and won’t be distracted by hearing a delayed audio echo.

Titles and Graphics

Add professional titles and graphics in seconds!
ATEM Television Studio HD can store up to 20 of your own custom graphics or logos and get them on air in seconds! Simply upload the files from the media management page of the software control panel into the ATEM’s media pool, then select any file to play through the 2 built in Media Players when you need them. The media players use flash memory, so your graphics are saved after the power is turned off! There’s even an included Photoshop plug-in that lets you upload graphics from Photoshop directly into the ATEM media pool from a computer over an ethernet network. Now you can get custom titles and graphics on air in seconds!

Real Time Keyers

Use green screens and mix graphics with live video!
ATEM Television Studio HD includes an upstream keyer with full chroma keying for green screen and blue screen shots. That means you can remove the screen and add weather maps, graphics, and incredible virtual sets behind the on-screen talent! The upstream keyer works with chroma, patterns, shapes, and linear keys. You also get 2 downstream keyers for adding graphics, logos and bugs to your video. You can even install a HyperDeck Studio Mini in the rack right next to your ATEM Television Studio HD and use it as a source for ProRes 4:4:4:4 motion graphics files with alpha channels that you can key over your live video in real time!

Professional 3G-SDI Connections

Compatible with all formats up to 1080p60!
ATEM Television Studio HD features professional 3G-SDI connections that are multi-rate and support SD SDI, HD-SDI and 3G-SDI video formats. That means you can work with any professional camera or deck in all formats ranging from NTSC/PAL up to 720p, 1080i and even 1080p up to 60 frames per second!

Professional Audio Mixer

Mix audio from all sources in real time!
ATEM Television Studio HD lets you mix audio from any source or device plugged into any of the switcher’s inputs! You can mix your camera audio together with audio from other HDMI sources like computers and gaming consoles, along with the audio from the analog XLR inputs. You can fully mix audio right from the front panel, or you can use the audio mixer control tab on your Mac or PC to get a complete on screen, multi track mixing interface with level meters! Easily direct camera and external audio with precision level and balance adjustments, quickly enable and disable channels, or set audio to automatically follow the video source!

Full camera control from your switcher!
Get full control of your cameras right from the ATEM software control! The Blackmagic Studio Camera can be controlled via the SDI program feed to the camera, so you can control its built in camera settings and full color corrector, all remotely from the ATEM software control panel! There are two types of control interface, a CCU layout for traditional camera control style, or a color corrector interface which is the same as DaVinci Resolve’s primary color corrector so you can use all your color correction skills from DaVinci Resolve for adding incredible creativity to live production!

Aux SDI Output

Feed big screens and video projectors on stage!
ATEM Television Studio HD has an independent auxiliary output that’s perfect for feeding big video screens on stage, or can also be used to send “clean feeds” without on air graphics to recorders for program mastering. The front panel aux button makes it easy to select exactly what you want to send to the aux output. Auxiliary outputs can be selected to any video input, media players, the preview bus, test signals and more! Aux outputs are also fantastic for technical monitoring, such as when you are doing camera control, because it can be set to automatically switch to the camera you are adjusting.

Software Control Panel

Use your switcher from a computer with multiple users!
Included free with every ATEM Television Studio HD is the beautifully designed ATEM software control panel for both Mac and Windows. You get a full visual switcher control panel and parameter palettes for making quick switcher adjustments, loading graphics into the media pool, mixing audio, remote controlling and color correcting cameras, updating switcher settings and more! For the ultimate in portability, you can run it off of your laptop computer! Plus, for more complex events, you can have multiple users running it on multiple laptops. That means while one person is switching the program, another can be remote controlling cameras, while somebody else mixes audio, and a designer manages graphics and media, all at the same time!

Hardware Control Panel

Complete switcher control in a compact design!
If you prefer to use a dedicated hardware control panel, you can add the optional ATEM 1M/E professional broadcast panel. The super compact ATEM 1M/E panel features high quality buttons, knobs and controls for the most demanding 24/7 live production environments, giving you precise hands on control!

Customize Your Perfect Studio

Modular Teranex Mini based design is smaller and more portable!
ATEM Television Studio HD fits in ⅔ of a rack width so you can mix and match additional equipment in a smaller space! For example, you could rack mount ATEM Television Studio HD and use the free space to add a HyperDeck Studio Mini as a master recorder all in a single rack unit. You could even add Teranex Mini converters to convert additional sources between SDI and HDMI. Combine it with the Blackmagic SmartView 4K for an ideal multi view monitor, and even add a Blackmagic Duplicator 4K that lets you simultaneously record your program to 25 SD cards at the same time, so you can sell them to customers at the end of the event!

Extreme Reliability

24/7 mission critical reliability!
Live production situations demand the highest reliability. That’s why ATEM Television Studio HD uses an internal aviation quality operating system that’s designed for real time processing and high reliability. This reliability, combined with the miniaturized design, gives you a much better solution than a cumbersome PC based switcher with cables and plug in cards hanging out everywhere. ATEM Television Studio HD is like getting 10 different devices, all in a single, reliable and portable design!

Professional Features

Advanced creative tools for broadcast quality production!

ATEM Television Studio HD includes all of the professional features you need to turn any live event into an amazing HD television program! You get HDMI and SDI connections for up to 8 sources such as cameras, game consoles, laptops and more. ATEM Television Studio HD features a powerful upstream keyer for chroma keying, professional broadcast transitions, and 2 downstream keys for adding custom logos, bugs and lower thirds! You also get multview output, which lets you see all of your sources, preview, and final program output together on a single HD screen all at the same time!

Transitions

CUT

MIX

WIPE

DIP

DVE

GRAPHIC

Choose from an incredible range of transitions including cut, mix, dip and wipe patterns. ATEM Television Studio HD makes every transition instantly available and gives you full control over type, pattern, length and more. There’s no limit to the combination of exciting effects, and because it’s so easy to use, you’ll be able to create the perfect ‘on air’ style for your production in minutes!

Cut transition illustration Cut transition diagram

Cut

The cut transition is the most simple and widely used of all transitions! When you press the cut button, ATEM instantly changes from your current program source to the preview source. Cuts can be performed by directly selecting sources or by pressing the cut button to switch to the next source on the preview bus.

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Mix

The mix, or dissolve transition, is one of the most elegant transitions in live production! Gradually transitioning from one source to the next by creating a smooth blend brings out the emotion in your production. You can set custom timings to manually blend the transition for the perfect live mix!

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Dip

Similar to mix transitions, a dip transition is a gradual blend that includes either a solid color, graphic, or another clip between the two video sources. Dips to black or white between sources are the most popular, or you can use logos or sponsor graphics. Dips are incredibly creative and versatile!

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Wipe

ATEM Television Studio HD has 18 built in wipe patterns, which let you create over 100 different styles of wipe transitions! Choose from circles, diamonds, squares and more. Shapes and patterns can be inverted, softened, or even have customized colored borders. You can even insert live video into the borders to create amazing wipes!

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DVE

The ATEM Television Studio HD has a powerful built in Digital Video Effects processor or DVE. You can push, spin, squeeze and swoosh your live video from one camera to the next with incredible built in DVE transitions. DVE transitions can be flip flopped and reversed giving you even more transition options. With over 35 exciting DVE preprogramed moves to choose from, using the DVE for transitions will increase the production value on any live production!

Graphic Wipe transition illustration Graphic Wipe transition diagram

Graphic Wipe

When you want to combine sponsor logos with transitions during a live production, graphic transitions are the perfect solution! Use the DVE to create amazing flying graphic effects and logo wipe transitions. You can create high resolution logos in Photoshop using the Plug-in to load directly into the ATEM media pool. Photoshop graphics with premultiplied keys are perfect for smooth flying logos in the highest quality, as your logo moves across the screen, the shot transitions with a hidden wipe under the flying graphic!

Upstream Keyer

Create amazing multi layer live action broadcast effects using the upstream keyer! Layer live video over other video sources or graphics with incredible quality. You can use luma key, linear key, pattern key, or shoot against a green screen and use the Chroma key to instantly composite the video over virtual sets for mind blowing effects!

LUMA

LINEAR

DVE

CHROMA

PATTERN

Clean Feed

Upstream

Program Out

Luma key illustration

Luma Key

Luma keys are sometimes known as a self key because the same video source is used for cutting the key and overlaying the video image. Luma keys work best with high contrast images, like white elements on a black background, so that you can use the contrast to cut the black background and replace it with live video or graphics.

Linear key illustration

Linear Key

Get incredibly clean, high quality results with Linear keying by using two separate sources for the fill and the key to create one video image! The fill signal contains the video to be stacked over the background, while the key signal contains a grayscale mask to cut out, or mask, the area to be filled.

Chroma key illustration

Chroma Key

Used every day for TV weather forecasts, chroma keys are a powerful way of combining live images together in real time! The presenter typically stands in front of a green or blue background and the Chroma keyer will remove only that color and combine it with another image such as a video or graphic.

Pattern key illustration

Pattern Key

Use the Pattern keyer to create amazing transitions! Combine live images with any of the 18 built in wipe patterns to combine live images or graphics with geometric shapes. You get full control over softness, symmetry, size and position to create unique picture in picture effects that can be transitioned to as easily as any live source!

Downstream Keyers

ATEM Television Studio HD includes 2 downstream keyers so you can add high quality graphics like logos, bugs, and titles from the built in media players over the live ‘on air’ program output! Downstream keyers are the last layers of keying so they overlay all video switched to the main program output.

BUGS

LOGOS

LOWER THIRDS

Downstream

Camera Feed

Program Out

DVE

The ATEM Television Studio HD includes a powerful digital video effects processor or DVE. Scale, rotate and reposition live video with easy to use controls. The high quality 2D DVE can create professional picture-in-picture effects with customizable 3D borders, shadows and lighting. Add dynamic DVE transitions to your production with squeeze, push, swoosh and spin effects that displace your live video reviling the next source. You can also use the DVE for flying graphic wipe transitions.

Power Macros

The fastest way to set up and automatically trigger actions

To automate complex sequences of precisely timed actions on your ATEM switcher, you can now create powerful shortcuts called macros. Record a sequence of transitions between video sources, including key effects, audio mixer adjustments, camera control settings and more using the ATEM software or hardware control panel. Macros are saved as XML files that can even be edited with a standard text editor so you can combine them together to build sophisticated sequences that would be impossible to execute manually during a live production! That means you can create unique looks for your programs that can be recalled instantly, copied between switchers and used over and over again!

Mix Minus

The 4 SDI talkback outputs on ATEM Television Studio HD support mix minus which is important when you are working with remote interviewees. For example, you could remove input 5 from the program audio on output 5 so the remote interviewee hears everything in the program except themselves talking, so they won’t be distracted by any audio delay.

Audio Mixer

The incredibly powerful built in audio mixer lets you direct camera and external audio with precision level and balance adjustments. You can enable or disable channels, or activate audio follow video mode instantly. Adjust the mixer via the ATEM Control Software or plug in an external Mackie standard USB fader panel.

Multiview

See all of your sources simultaneously on a single display! Multiview makes it easy to see your sources, graphics, preview and program outputs on a single screen so you don’t need separate monitors for your individual cameras. You get HDMI and SDI multiview outputs so you can connect professional broadcast SDI monitors, or even low cost consumer HDTV sets!

NTSC/PAL, 720p, 1080i and 1080p

ATEM Television Studio HD is designed to operate in all SD or HD television formats up to 1080p60. Depending on your production and local television standards, you might want to work in 720p, 1080i, 1080p, or even NTSC/PAL in 4:3 or 16:9 for standard definition. Simply select the standard in the control panel, and all inputs and outputs will be changed to the new standard!

NTSC

PAL

720p HD

1080p HD

Media Players

Eliminate external character generators by storing up to 20 broadcast quality RGBA graphic files in the media pool! The 2 media players appear as input sources to your switcher. You can transition to graphics as full frame video or feed them to the keyers for overlaying video. Popular image formats such as PNG, TGA, BMP, GIF, JPEG, and TIFF are supported.

Photoshop Plug‑in

Graphic designers know and use Photoshop every day. Now they can use the included Photoshop plug-in to create still broadcast graphics and instantly add them to the ATEM Television Studio HD’s media pool. Add professional looking logos, lower thirds, scorecards or other real time graphics and get them on air in seconds!

Description

ATEM Television Studio HD is the first production switcher designed for both broadcasters and AV professionals. It includes 4 SDI and 4 HDMI inputs with re-sync on all inputs so you can use it with broadcast or consumer cameras. ATEM Television Studio HD is packed with high end features and is perfect for live production, episodic television programming, web shows, AV or even live coverage of gaming competitions! Simply plug in cameras, game consoles or computers and start switching live!

Connections

Total Video Inputs

Total Outputs

Total Aux Outputs

SDI Rates

270Mb, 1.5G, 3G.

Total Audio Inputs

2 x XLR.

Total Audio Outputs

None, embedded audio only.

Timecode Connection

None.

SDI Video Inputs

4 x 10-bit SD/HD switchable. 2 channel embedded audio.

HDMI Video Inputs

4 x HDMI type A, 10-bit SD/HD switchable. 2 channel embedded audio.

Reference Inputs

Tri-Sync or Black Burst.

Video Input Re-Sync

On all 8 inputs.

SDI Program Outputs

5 x 10-bit SD/HD switchable.

HDMI Program Outputs

None.

SDI Audio Outputs

2 Ch embedded into SDI output.

Computer Outputs

None.

Standards

SD Video Standards

525i59.94 NTSC 4:3 or 16:9, 625i50 PAL 4:3 or 16:9

HD Video Standards

720p50, 720p59.94
1080p23.98, 1080p24, 1080p25, 1080p29.97, 1080p50, 1080p59.94,
1080i50, 1080i59.94

Ultra HD Video Standards

None.

SDI Compliance

SMPTE 259M, 292M and 424M.

Video Sampling

4:2:2 10-bit

Color Precision

4:2:2 10-bit

Color Space

4:2:2 YUV

HDMI Input Resolutions for Computers

720 x 480i 59.94Hz, 720 x 576i 50Hz, 1280 x 720p 59.94Hz 50Hz and 1920 x 1080p 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97,30, 50, 59.94 and 1920 x1080i 50 and 59.94Hz 60Hz.

Colorspace Conversion

Hardware based real time.

Processing Delay

6 Lines.

Audio Mixer

10 input x 2 channel mixer.
Selectable On/Off/Audio-Follow-Video.
Level and Peak metering.
Master gain control. Headphone output level control with separate mix of Program, Talkback and Sidetone.

Product Specifics

Upstream Keyers

Downstream Keyers

Chroma Keyers

Linear/Luma Keyers

Talkback Support

Built in, uses aviation headset.

Mix Minus Support

Yes, on 4 camera PGM outputs.

Transition Keyer (Stinger/DVE)

DVE only.

Total Number of Layers

Pattern Generators

Color Generators

DVE with 3D Borders & Drop Shadow

Interface

Minimum monitor resolution of 1366 x 768.

Number of Windows

1 x 10

Routable Windows

8 routable and 2 fixed for Program and Preview.

Tally

Red for program and green for preview indication.

Tally Output

Added via ethernet connection to Blackmagic Design GPI and Tally Interface product. (Not included.)

Windows Source Labels

Yes

Multi View Monitoring

1 x 10 Views.

Multi View Video Standard

Media Player

Media Players

2, with non volatile flash memory.

Channels

Fill and key for each Media Player.

Media Pool Still Image Capacity

20 with fill and key.

Media Pool Clip Capacity

None.

Media Player Clip Length in 720 HD

None.

Media Player Clip Length in 1080 HD

None.

Media Player Clip Length in Ultra HD

None.

Media Pool Still Image Format

PNG, TGA, BMP, GIF, JPEG and TIFF.

Media Pool Video File Format

None.

Media Pool Audio File Format

None.

Control

Control Panel

Built in control panel. Software control panel included. Supports optional broadcast panel.

Control Panel Connection

Ethernet supports 10/100/1000 BaseT. Allows direct connection between panel and chassis, or via network. Also used for updating the software.

Control Panel Compatibilty

Includes ATEM Software Control Panel. Also compatible with ATEM 1 M/E Broadcast Panel and ATEM 2 M/E Broadcast Panel.

Control Panel Included

ATEM Software Control Panel included free for Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite, Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan or later and Windows 8.1 64-bit or Windows 10 64-bit.