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This software package updates your ATEM to the latest software release for new features, bug fixes and other enhancements as well as installing Blackmagic Media Express. What's new in ATEM 6.6:

– Added localization support, can currently support English, Simplified Chinese and Japanese. Users can select their language in preferences. As part of localization support, all source names are now customizable.

– PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) camera control: Controlled by the joystick on both the ATEM 1 M/E Broadcast Panel and ATEM 2 M/E Broadcast Panel.

– Enhanced chroma key on all 4K Switchers.

– General performance and stability updates.

Press Release

Affordable SD and HD up/down conversions plus HD cross conversions for only 275 EUR!

Blackmagic Design announced a new lower price on its popular Mini Converter UpDownCross to 275 EUR.

Mini Converter UpDownCross supports 3G-SDI and gives customers affordable up and down conversions between SD and HD video, as well as cross conversions between different HD formats. That means customers can turn SD into HD, HD into SD, or cross convert between 720 and 1080 HD formats that have the same frame rate.

Mini Converter UpDownCross also features a 4 field standards converter that makes it perfect for converting between NTSC and PAL frame rates, as well as for connecting to broadcast equipment, even at different frame rates. Customers always get perfectly synchronized audio and video because Mini Converter UpDownCross automatically adjusts the audio to match the video processing time.

With a built in frame re-synchronizer, low SDI jitter, multi-tap filtering and connections for black burst/tri-sync input, Mini Converter UpDownCross gives customers clean, correctly timed signals. It can even be used in bypass mode as a low cost SDI distribution amplifier. When all processing is bypassed, customers get 6 clean, re-clocked SDI outputs that can be connected to any other SDI device.

“Mini Converter UpDownCross is one of our original 3G-SDI Mini Converters and has been incredibly popular for many years,” said Grant Petty, CEO, Blackmagic Design. “Now, because of expanded in-house manufacturing capabilities and improved efficiencies, we’re able to offer Mini Converter UpDownCross at a more affordable price than ever!”

Availability and Price

Mini Converter UpDownCross is available now for 275 EUR ex. VAT.

Press Photography

Product photos of Mini Converter UpDownCross, and all other Blackmagic Design products, are available at www.blackmagicdesign.com/press/images.

About Blackmagic Design

Blackmagic Design creates the world’s highest quality video editing products, digital film cameras, color correctors, video converters, video monitoring, routers, live production switchers, disk recorders, waveform monitors and real time film scanners for the feature film, post production and television broadcast industries. Blackmagic Design’s DeckLink capture cards launched a revolution in quality and affordability in post production, while the company’s Emmy™ award winning DaVinci color correction products have dominated the television and film industry since 1984. Blackmagic Design continues ground breaking innovations including 6G-SDI and 12G-SDI products and stereoscopic 3D and Ultra HD workflows. Founded by world leading post production editors and engineers, Blackmagic Design has offices in the USA, UK, Japan, Singapore and Australia. For more information, please go to www.blackmagicdesign.com.

Customers purchasing the Panasonic AJ-PX270EJ professional camcorder between October 15, 2015 and December, 31 2015 are eligible for a discount of 500 EUR (excluding VAT) from the price of the camera.

The AJ-PX270 is a P2 HD handheld camcorder that features AVC-ULTRA recording, delivering the high quality and incredible efficiency of low-bit-rate recording, the creative controls of a high-end shoulder production camera and the flexibility of 3G/4G/LTE wireless connectivity -- all in a compact package! It's the ultimate news acquisition tool, perfect for a wide range of sports, corporate, education and event applications. The PX270 allows you to shoot anything, anywhere -- from the street, to the studio, to the set.

Steinberg announced a second iteration of their very popular UR22 audio and MIDI interface: the UR22mkII boasts all its previous features plus the newly implemented class-compliant mode for iPad connectivity, the Loopback live streaming function as well as the Light Edition of Steinberg's award-winning Cubasis app for iPad.

Key features:

• 192 kHz/24-bit USB 2.0 audio interface.
• 2 Class-A D-PRE mic preamps supporting +48 V phantom power.
• 2 combo inputs (Hi-Z switch on input 2), 2 TRS outputs and headphones jack with independent level control.
• iPad-ready with CC mode and additional USB mini socket for power source connection, fully USB-powered for Mac and PC.
• Zero-latency hardware monitoring with Mix balance control.
• MIDI input and output.
• Rugged full-metal housing.
• Loopback function for streaming performances live to the Internet.
• Includes Cubase AI DAW software download version for Mac and PC and Cubasis LE DAW app for iOS.
• Cross-platform compatibility for Windows, OS X and iPad (with Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit or Lightning to USB Camera Adapter).

Convergent Design announced Apollo, the industry’s first truly portable HD multicamera recorder/switcher. Apollo can simultaneously record up to four HD video signals, along with a fifth channel of either a live-switch between the four or a quad-split reference view. Apollo can also function as a four-channel live switcher while simultaneously recording the four isolated HD video signals. The size of a small tablet and able to run for hours on a camcorder battery, Apollo is truly portable and the only device of its kind that can both record multiple HD camera feeds as well as live-switch between them. It’s a production studio in the palm of your hand.

All cameras stay in perfect sync with matching timecode. A single SSD contains all of the multicamera media, dramatically reducing turnaround time for post. There are two SSD slots on Apollo, allowing for twice the record time or mirror recording for safety backup. Apollo utilizes industry-standard 2.5” SSD media, either manufactured by Convergent Design or qualified 3rd party models.

Using the Apollo Media Manager App, recordings can be exported as separate Apple ProRes files or as a single multicamera QuickTime file that drops directly into the timeline of supporting NLEs such as Final Cut Pro-X.

Additional functions are planned for release in the first quarter of 2016, including two-channel 4K/UHD video recording, DNxHD recording, and cascade interconnect between up to three Apollos for up to twelve HD channel or six 4K/UHD channel simultaneous recording. These and other additional functions will be made available via a free firmware update. A remote keypad control unit will be offered along with a rack mount and other accessories.

Apollo is scheduled for release in December 2015. Manufacturer’s list is $3995 US, with an SSD to USB3 adapter, a 5-pack of SSD mounting handles, and a universal AC power supply included. Owners of the Convergent Design Odyssey7Q and Odyssey7Q+ will be able to purchase an Apollo Option for their devices as an upgrade for $1795 US.