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The Blackmagic Design ATEM Television Studio 4K8 is a powerful Ultra HD switcher with a built-in control panel. It offers 8 12G-SDI inputs, 10 12G-SDI aux outputs, a 4-port 10G Ethernet switch, streaming, master recorder, multiview, USB webcam support, 2 DVEs, SuperSource, 4 ATEM Advanced Chroma Keyers, 2 media players, and talkback.
The ATEM Television Studio combines a switcher and control panel in one portable unit. It features high-quality buttons for source selection, transitions, video effects, and a built-in T-bar for manual transitions. The front panel includes an audio mixer with live metering on a dedicated LCD, plus buttons for recording, streaming, and live aux switching between cameras, program, preview, or multiview.
ATEM Television Studio supports 8 SDI video inputs, allowing you to connect multiple cameras for various views. Cameras like the Blackmagic Studio Camera or URSA Broadcast G2 offer superior quality with better low-light performance and professional lenses. All sources re-sync automatically, making setup easy without technical issues, and enabling creative multi-camera production for interviews, events, sports, and more.
ATEM Television Studio offers both professional program/preview and A/B switching modes. Program/preview, used by large broadcasters, ensures a source isn't aired until you press cut or auto, reducing mistakes and making it ideal for training. A/B mode is easier for volunteers or community groups.
ATEM Television Studio offers professional video effects, including instant cuts with the cut button. The T-bar fader allows manual transitions, or you can use the auto button for automated transitions with adjustable durations. Choose from effects like mix (smooth transitions), dip (via a third source), SMPTE wipes, and fun DVE effects such as sliding or squeezing the image.
ATEM Television Studio offers customizable broadcast-quality transitions, allowing you to adjust parameters like duration, border color, width, position, and direction. You can even combine DVE with wipe transitions for graphic wipes, commonly used in sports broadcasting. The preview transition button lets you set up effects offline to avoid mistakes.
ATEM Television Studio includes an independent DVE for repositioning graphics and creating picture-in-picture compositions in real time. It supports resizing, scaling, and customizable 3D borders, shadows, and lighting. DVE transitions like squeeze, swoosh, and push add excitement, and you can combine them with custom graphics for graphic wipe effects. Plus, the SuperSource engine adds 4 more DVEs for enhanced multi-layer processing.
The built-in media pool stores high-quality graphics and animations, playable via media players that appear as independent sources, saving SDI inputs. All media supports RGB color space with alpha channel for transparency and layering. The pool can hold 20 stills in HD/Ultra HD resolution and motion graphics up to 720 frames in 720HD, 360 frames in 1080HD, or 90 frames in 2160 Ultra HD. Use ATEM Software Control to manage media and upload graphics from Adobe Photoshop via the free ATEM Photoshop plug-in.
ATEM Television Studio is ideal for news and presentations with its 4 ATEM Advanced Chroma Keyers for green screen effects. These keyers offer a colour picker for automatic keying, precise edge and flare controls, and a foreground colour corrector for seamless compositions. You can also create title overlays with green or blue backgrounds. With 4 chroma keyers, it’s perfect for creating fixed camera virtual sets.
ATEM Television Studio includes the powerful SuperSource multi-layer processor, providing 4 extra DVE layers plus a background layer. It layers video inputs over custom media pool backgrounds or live video. SuperSource is perfect for multi-picture-in-picture displays, such as interviews, offering a stylish graphic setup. It's like having an independent multi-layer VFX switcher built in.
The ATEM Television Studio 4K has 8 12G-SDI inputs with dedicated standards converters, allowing compatibility with 720p, 1080p, and 2160 Ultra HD sources. Each input can use a different video standard, and all inputs will work seamlessly. Audio channels 1-4 can be routed to embedded audio channels for program and aux outputs. Additionally, you can route audio channels 1 and 2 to the MADI digital audio output for external mixing.
The ATEM Television Studio offers up to nine SDI program outputs for separate program return feeds to each camera, supporting tally, talkback, and control. It also includes aux outputs for stage monitors and recorders, with two that can be switched live. One aux output features an on-screen counter for presenters. You can route audio into all 16 embedded audio channels, and there are dedicated 3G-SDI and HDMI outputs for multiview.
The ATEM Television Studio includes a built-in Fairlight audio mixer for complex live sound mixing. It provides channels for all SDI inputs plus additional channels for XLR, RCA, and MADI. Each input has a 6-band EQ, compressor, limiter, expander, noise gate, and level/pan controls. You can mix channels simultaneously or set video sources to "audio follow video." The powerful audio mixer can be adjusted via the front panel's dedicated controls and LCD.
ATEM Television Studio features a professional multiview that displays all video inputs, preview, and program on a single SDI or HDMI monitor. You can also send it to aux outputs. Each view includes tally indicators, custom labels, and audio meters. The layout is fully customizable with up to 16 views, and additional status views track recording, streaming, and audio mixer status.
ATEM Television Studio features a built-in streaming engine for high-quality, drop-free streaming to platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and Twitch. You can stream via Ethernet or mobile data using a smartphone. Simply select the service and enter the streaming key with ATEM Software Control. The data rate indicator helps monitor internet speed, and you can update streaming profiles via an XML file for new services.
ATEM Television Studio supports mobile data by connecting an Apple or Android phone to the USB port, making it ideal for on-location productions. It works with both 5G and 4G phones, automatically switching to the phone's connection if Ethernet is lost. The phone also powers from the USB port, ensuring it's always charged. This provides a portable, reliable solution for mobile production.
ATEM Television Studio acts as a webcam via USB, allowing compatibility with any video software that supports webcams. It provides 1080HD quality, making it perfect for presentations to platforms like Zoom, Teams, or Skype. It also works with streaming software like Open Broadcaster and XSplit Broadcaster.
ATEM Television Studio supports recording to external USB drives or internal network storage with an optional M.2 flash disk. All recordings are in H.264 format with AAC audio for high quality and small file sizes. You can connect multiple USB drives for continuous recording, and share the storage over Ethernet for post-production tasks. The control panel provides buttons to start recording, and the multiview shows the record status.
With an optional M.2 flash memory card, ATEM Television Studio becomes a fast network disk, handling multiple ISO video recordings while supporting simultaneous editing, color correction, VFX, and audio work. The internal storage is easy to set up and can sync with Dropbox or Google Drive, enabling seamless media distribution across locations, even on low-cost internet. This provides an ideal global media sync solution.
The ATEM Software Control app unlocks all the features of ATEM Television Studio, offering a visual interface for live switching, audio mixing, camera colour correction, media management, and complex macros. You can connect via USB or Ethernet to run multiple copies across computers. The software allows saving switcher states as XML files and can trigger external HyperDeck recorders.
ATEM Television Studio supports multiple languages in menus and ATEM Software Control, including English, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, German, French, Russian, and more. Simply select your preferred language in the setup menu, with the option to switch anytime. This feature makes it ideal for live production anywhere, with any crew.
ATEM Television Studio can be expanded with Blackmagic Studio Cameras, offering tally, talkback, and camera control in a portable design. For broadcast-style cameras, the URSA Broadcast G2 with B4 lenses and optional SMPTE fiber is available. Add an ATEM Camera Control Panel for professional camera control and color balancing for up to four cameras. For mastering, Blackmagic HyperDeck Studio recorders support ProRes and DNx formats.
Please note, this particular product is part of our “Special Order” selection, so we may not hold stock for this, and is placed to order. If you are interested in this item, you can place this order as a Pre-Order, and we will Special Order your product directly from the manufacturer. This should take approximately 10-14 working days to be delivered, but please note this is subject to change.
| Connections | |
| SDI Video Inputs | 8 |
| SDI Video Outputs | 12 |
| SDI Rates | 1.5G, 3G, 6G, 12G |
| HDMI Video Outputs | 1 |
| Total Audio Inputs | 2x XLR balanced analog audio, 1x BNC 32 Ch MADI digital audio, 2x RCA stereo analog audio, 1x 5 pin XLR Talkback. |
| Total Audio Outputs | 4x 1/4 inch Jack analog audio, 1x BNC 64 Ch MADI digital audio, up to 50 active,1x 5 pin XLR Talkback. |
| SDI Audio Inputs | 4 Ch embedded audio on all SDI inputs. |
| SDI Audio Outputs | 16 assignable channels. |
| Timecode Connections | 1x BNC In, 1x BNC Out. |
| Reference Input | 1x BNC In, 1x BNC Out. Tri-Sync or Black Burst. |
| Video Input Re-Sync | On all 8 inputs. |
| Frame Rate and Format Converters | On all 8 inputs. |
| SDI Aux Outputs | 10 |
| SDI Program Outputs | 1 |
| Webcam Output | 2x USB-C supporting 720p or 1080p at PGM frame rate. |
| Total Multi Views | 1x 12G-SDI, 1x HDMI 2.0 |
| Remote | RJ12 supports RS-422 |
| Control Panel Connection | Ethernet. Direct connection between panel and chassis, or via network. |
| Internal Timecode Generator | Yes |
| Talkback | RJ45 for 3rd party talkback systems. |
| Tally Output | Added via ethernet connection to Blackmagic Design GPI and Tally Interface product. (Not included). |
| Ethernet | 4x RJ45 with internet network switch. Supports 10/100/1000/10G BASE-T. |
| Computer Interface | 2x USB-C supports USB 2.0 |
| Standards | |
| SD Video Standards | None |
| HD Video Input Standards | 720p50, 720p59.94, 720p60, 1080i50, 1080i59.94, 1080i60, 1080p23.98, 1080p24, 1080p25, 1080p29.97, 1080p30, 1080p50, 1080p59.94, 1080p60 |
| Ultra HD Video Input Standards | 2160p23.98, 2160p24, 2160p25, 2160p29.97, 2160p30, 2160p50, 2160p59.94, 2160p60 |
| SDI Compliance | SMPTE 292M, SMPTE 296M, SMPTE 424M, SMPTE 425M level A and B, SMPTE 2081-1, SMPTE 2081-10, SMPTE 2082-1 and SMPTE 2082-10. |
| Video Sampling | 4:2:2 |
| Colour Precision | 10-bit. |
| Colour Space | REC 709, REC 2020 |
| SDI Auto Switching | Automatically detects between 1.5G-SDI, level A or level B 3G-SDI, 6G-SDI and 12G-SDI |
| Product Specifics | |
| Number of Mix Effects Rows | 1 |
| Direct Cross Points | 10 |
| Shifted Cross Points | 20 |
| Crosspoint Button Type | Tri-Colour LED |
| Crosspoint Label | 6 rows, 24 character LCD |
| Preview Transition | 1 |
| Source Select Bus | 1 |
| Dedicated Macro Buttons | 10 plus shift 10 |
| Transition Type Buttons | 5 |
| Transition Rate | Set via system LCD menu display |
| Key Buttons | 8 |
| AUX Buttons | 12 |
| Fader Bar | 1 |
| Record Buttons | 2 |
| Stream Buttons | 2 |
| DSK Transition Selectors | 6 |
| Fade to Black Buttons | 1 |
| System LCD Displays | 1 |
| Numeric Keypad | 1 |
| 3 Axis Joystick | 1 |
| Upstream Keyers | 4 |
| Downstream Keyers | 2 |
| Advanced Chroma Keyers | 4 |
| SuperSource | 1 |
| DVEs | 2 |
| Linear/Luma Keyers | 7 |
| Transition Keyer (Stinger/DVE) | 1 Stinger, 1 DVE. |
| Total Number of Layers | 8 |
| Pattern Generators | 7 |
| Colour Generators | 2 |
| Control Panel | Integrated panel with full control of switching and settings |
| Routable Windows | 16 |
| Windows Source Labels | Yes |
| Tally | Red for program and green for preview indication |
| Talkback Support | Yes |
| Mix Minus Support | Yes |
| Recording | |
| Direct Recording Video and Audio | Direct recording to optional internal, M.2 flash memory or to external media via USB-C expansion ports. |
| Video Recording | Program recorded as a H.264 .mp4 file at the streaming quality setting and at the ATEM video standard with AAC audio. |
| Media Format | Supports media formatted ExFAT (Windows/Mac). APFS or HFS+ (Mac). |
| Multi View Monitoring | |
| Multi View Monitoring | 1 x multi view via SDI and HDMI configurable to 16, 13, 10, 7 or 4 up views. Includes monitoring of Program, Preview, Inputs, Media Players, DSKs, SuperSource, Clean Feed with optional labels and audio meters. |
| Multi View Video Standard | HD or Ultra HD |
| Display Minimum Resolution | 1366 x 768 |
| Media Player | |
| Media Players | 2 |
| Channels | Fill and key for each media player. |
| Media Pool Still Image Capacity | 20 |
| Media Pool Still Image Format | PNG, TGA, BMP, GIF, JPEG and TIFF |
| Media Pool Clip Capacity | 2x up to 1080p60 |
| Media Player Clip Length in 720 HD | 720 frames |
| Media Player Clip Length in 1080 HD | 360 frames |
| Media Player Clip Length in 2160 HD | 90 frames |
| Media Pool Video File Format | TGA sequence |
| Media Pool Audio File Format | WAV, MP3 and AIFF |
| Processing Delay | |
| Audio Mixer | 58 Channel mixer. Selectable On/Off/Audio-Follow-Video. Level and Peak metering. Master gain control. 6 band parametric EQ, Dynamics including Expander, Gate, Compressor and Limiter. |
| Down Conversion | 1x multi view |
| Other Specifications | |
| Control Panel Included | ATEM Software Control Panel included free for Mac 12.0 Monterey, Mac 13.0 Ventura or later. and Windows 10 or 11. |
| Software Updates | Using USB or Ethernet connection directly connected to Mac OS or Windows computers, Includes ATEM Setup Utility. |
| Compatible with | Mac 12.0 Monterey, Mac 13.0 Ventura or later. Windows 10 and 11. |
| Power Supply | 1x Internal 100 - 240 AC 50/60Hz with IEC C14 socket. 1x 4 pin XLR 12V DC In for external power supply or battery use. |
| Dimensions (LxWxH) | 23" x 14.8" x 6.38" |
| Physical Installation | Desktop or in-desk mount. |
| Operating Temperature | 0° to 40° C (32° to 104° F) |
| Storage Temperature | -20° to 60° C (-4° to 140° F) |
| Relative Humidity | 0% to 90% non-condensing |
| Manufacturer Code | SWATEMTVSTC/K4K8 |
Free UK Standard delivery on orders over £150.00*
| Order Date (if received before 3pm) | Cost | Latest Expected Delivery Date |
|---|---|---|
| UK Standard Delivery (Orders over £150*) | FREE | 2-4 Days |
| UK Standard Delivery | £3.99 | 2-4 Days |
| UK Express Delivery | £5.99 | 1-3 Days |
| UK Next Working Day | £8.00 | Next Working Day |
| UK Next Working Day (Guaranteed) | £15 | Next Working Day |
| UK Before 2pm Next Working Day | £18.00 | Before 2pm Next Working Day |
| UK Saturday Delivery | £30.00 | Saturday |
| UK Sunday Delivery | £30.00 | Sunday |
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