Broadcast

Comtrol is the leading provider of SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) multi-port serial cards and cabling to the broadcast industry. 

We support major Television Networks and media with our rackmountable BroadPort 500, which contains 16-ports of configuration to the 2-port SMPTE serial card. Comtrol makes connectivity possible for an industry that depends on reliable, mobile and time-sensitive information.

Comtrol's DeviceMaster RTS Ethernet device servers provide up to 32 separate components of support and data feeds from one Ethernet connection. Our RocketPort Multi-Port Serial Cards provide flexibility when connecting a wide variety of production, storage and ingest components to create a television or radio broadcast.

We stand behind our commitment to the broadcast industry and continue to develop new and innovative ways to serve the market.

Comtrol's Broadcast Applications

Satellite Control

• Collection unit maneuvering
• Signal collection from space
• Transfer from traveling unit to control room
• Live feed and taped video collection from mobile units

Broadcast Creation

• Ingest of feeds from The Associated Press (news, video, audio, photo, text)
• Data-capture, share, storage, recover
• Full scale production — input, edit, timeline, broadcast
• VTR (video tape recorder) control
• Remote camera control
• Multi-studio control from master control station

Broadcast Solutions

• Media asset management
• Automation
• Creation
• Content manipulation
• Digital signage
• Hardware control and monitoring

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