I met with Broadcast Pix president Ken Swanton this morning in the South Hall (listen to our podcast later tonight). Over the last three years the company has sold about 200 all-in-one broadcast-level production studios based around a hardware switcher and a Windows box. Broadcast Pix software makes it possible for one person to control still store, onscreen graphics, remote-control cameras, as well as the live switcher to produce programming for a wide variety of intended applications. These include educational video, corporate training, houses of worship, and even TV news for smaller-market network stations. Inputs can be analog (composite, component, S-Video) and/or SDI.

This year at NAB Broadcast Pix goes smaller-scale with a more affordable (under $10K) all-in-one system. The Broadcast Pix Slate 100 includes a video switcher, a character generator, camera control functionality, and clip, still, and logo stores like its bigger, older brother. Instead of having both SDI and analog I/O, however, customers need to choose one or the other. Unless they want both, in which case they can pay a bit more for the option.

Swanton told me a bit about the types of customers Broadcast Pix is attracting - major broadcasters, corporations, universities, and even a church in Africa round out the client list. Again, check for our podcast with Swanton later tonight…