Blackmagic Design today announced that “Table Top Time,” Josiah ‘Jazza’ Brook’s new YouTube channel, is being created using Pocket Cinema Camera 6Ks, Pocket Cinema Camera 4Ks and ATEM Mini Extreme. The new Blackmagic Design workflow was first used on “Table Top Time” to shoot an eight camera epic role playing battle to celebrate the new channel hitting 100K subscribers.

Gene Zimmerman, president of Cobalt® Digital, has announced the promotion of four key team members noting that the multiple moves are an indicator of the company’s unprecedented growth in difficult times. Cobalt is a leading designer and manufacturer of award-winning edge devices for live video production and master control.

lackmagic Design today announced that the indie music label Scruff of the Neck is broadcasting live as part of an official Twitch partnership using the ATEM Mini Extreme and Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K as part of a multicamera setup.

AJA Video Systems has released Mini-Config v2.26.2, a free software update that introduces a host of new features for select AJA 12G-SDI, 4K/UltraHD and other Mini-Converter models, including Region of Interest scan converters.

Cobalt® Digital, designer and manufacturer of award-winning edge devices for live video production and master control, has announced that its implementation of the Reliable Internet Stream Transport (RIST) Main Profile now includes full support for certificate-based authentication. The enhanced functionality gives users of Cobalt’s 9992 encoder/decoder family and 9990 decoder an added level of security by ensuring the identity of the remote site when transmitting content over the Internet with RIST. Cobalt is an original contributor to the RIST protocol and is also a founding partner in the openGear® initiative.

• V-Nova LCEVC license is free for integration by device or chipset manufacturers, operating systems, browsers, for in-house development and encoder/player vendors

• V-Nova LCEVC license for usage is low-cost and based on service size (per-user licenses start from as little as $0.01 per year) and capped at $3.7 million

• V-Nova LCEVC licensing terms were designed together with customers and key industry players

PAG's new Mini PAGlink batteries are now shipping to resellers and customers. They are available in V-Mount and Gold Mount formats, and in flight-friendly 50Wh and 99Wh capacities.

Cobalt® Digital, designer and manufacturer of award-winning edge devices for live video production and master control, and a founding partner in the openGear® initiative, has added more members to its family of Distribution Amplifiers. The 9910DA 3G-RCK 3G/HD/SD/ASI series of openGear cards has further expanded to include the all new 9910DA-1Q and 9910DA-2Q models that follow in the footsteps of their predecessor, the 9910DA-4Q. The addition of these models offers customers a unique configuration flexibility choice of one, two and four input channels while delivering distance performance up to 170m.

Interra Systems, a leading global provider of software products and solutions to the digital media industry, today announced that its BATON Media Player (BMP) now offers a set of Netflix presets based on Netflix's Licensed Delivery Specifications. Using the presets, media professionals can easily play, inspect, and verify audio-video content, enabling them to turn around high-quality content more quickly to content delivery partners.

Cobalt® Digital, designer and manufacturer of award-winning edge devices for live video production and master control, and a founding partner in the openGear® initiative, has announced that several of its solutions have been enhanced with unique features. The solutions, Cobalt’s broadcast-grade 9992 encoder and decoder family are industry standard openGear® card modules that already provide professional-grade support for compressed audio and video. The cards are designed to meet the stringent requirements of today’s broadcasters and provide an ideal platform for transitioning to state-of-the-art encoding and decoding capabilities.