There is a lot of activity these days in the in the compact broadcast production switcher market.
Harris and Echolab announced today that Harris will exclusively resell Echolab’s Atem compact production swithcer. As part of the deal, Echolab’s Atem will be demonstrated on Harris’ NAB booth, integrated with Harris graphics products.
With the Harris-Echolab deal, there is a lot of activity in this part of the market:
- Ross Video OEMs its Crossover compact switcher to JVC who sells it as the JVC KM-H Series
- Harris is reselling the Echolab Atem
- Panasonic introduced a compact switcher at NAB last year
- BroadcastPix who make the low cost Slate switcher have just launched a new system called Granite
- For-A has been OEMs compact switcher products to Sony for several years, and I’ve heard they are now also selling through JVC.
Clearly this is a market that everyone wants to get in on.