Blackmagic Design manufactures video editing products, converters, and routers for the post production and television broadcast industries. Blackmagic introduced eight new converters that support the openGear platform at NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) that will be shipping July 2009.
"We are excited to be part of the openGear platform," said Grant Petty, CEO, Blackmagic Design. "Our high quality converters fully support the openGear rackframe standard, making us compatible with a wide range of third party equipment from openGear partners worldwide."
"We are pleased with the addition of Blackmagic Design to the openGear platform," said Stephane Gauthier, marketing product manager - openGear Platform, Ross Video. "Their line of converters is a welcome addition to the expanding platform giving customers more choices for their broadcasting needs."
openGear is an open-architecture, 2 RU modular frame system designed by Ross Video and supported by more than 20 different terminal equipment manufacturers. openGear offers clients the freedom to choose the best technology from a wide range of manufacturers' products to meet the needs of a broadcast, production, or distribution facility while maintaining a compatible openGear frame infrastructure.
The Ross DashBoard Remote Control and Monitoring System and companion SNMP plug-in enables unified control over all openGear cards in a system as well as for openGear to tie in with 3rd party SNMP based systems.
The openGear modules offered from Ross include a broad selection of audio and video products for distribution, analog conversion, Up/Down/X format conversion, fiber, switching, keying and synchronization, as well as backward compatibility with a suite of solutions from the RossGear 8000 series.
(Claire Beeson)
