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Cobalt Digital Promotes Kyle Wilken to Vice President of...

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Cobalt Digital today announced the promotion of Kyle Wilken to vice president of firmware. Wilken joined the company in 2013 as a senior FPGA engineer, and was previously promoted to embedded systems development manager in 2015. “Over the past six ye...

Submitted by Pipeline Communications

Published 10 June 2019

Cobalt Digital Offers 4K Solutions at BroadcastAsia 2019

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To address the growing need for 4K solutions for live production and master control operations, Cobalt Digital will demonstrate several of its 4K products designed for openGear® frames at BroadcastAsia 2019 (Booth 6H3-01), which runs June 18-20 in Su...

Submitted by Pipeline Communications

Published 21 May 2019

NAB 2019: Cobalt Digital Offers Solutions for 4K, HDR Wor...

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Between its 4K and HDR workflow solutions, as well as promotion of a new internet transport protocol, Cobalt Digital will demonstrate a number of technologies for broadcasters next week at the 2019 NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nev. The company will showcas...

Submitted by Pipeline Communications

Published 03 April 2019

NAB 2019: Cobalt Digital Demonstrates New 4K DA Series

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Cobalt Digital will demonstrate its new 9914 Series of distribution amplifiers at the 2019 NAB Show (Booth SL9111) next month in Las Vegas, Nev. Designed to support 4K 12G-SDI sources, the new cards are built for openGear® frames and allow for copper...

Submitted by Pipeline Communications

Published 28 March 2019

RIST Forum Established With 21 Members, Promotes Interope...

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Champaign, Ill. – The RIST Forum was established today with 21 founding companies to promote the Reliable Internet Stream Transport (RIST), a new interoperable and royalty free standard for low-latency video transport over unmanaged networks for cont...

Submitted by Pipeline Communications

Published 25 March 2019

Cobalt Digital to Demo 9971 Series UHD Multiviewers at NA...

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Cobalt Digital will demonstrate its new 9971 Series of UHD multiviewers for the openGear platform next month at the 2019 NAB Show (Booth SL9111) in Las Vegas, Nev. The new cards support a variety of asynchronous signals and offer HDMI outputs for eco...

Submitted by Pipeline Communications

Published 11 March 2019

Cobalt Digital Promotes Jacob Kinsey to Chief Development...

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Cobalt Digital today announced Kurt Caruthers has joined the company as sales manager for the U.S. Central Region, effective Feb. 25. He replaces Jacob Kinsey, who has been promoted to chief development officer after more than 10 years with the compa...

Submitted by Pipeline Communications

Published 27 February 2019

VidTrans19: Cobalt Digital Part of RIST Protocol Demonstr...

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Cobalt Digital today announced it will participate in two multi-vendor demonstrations of the Reliable Internet Stream Transport (RIST) protocol for video contribution over the internet at the VidTrans19 Conference & Expo, which runs Feb. 26-28 at the...

Submitted by Pipeline Communications

Published 12 February 2019

New Cobalt Digital Customizable 4K Encoder Cards Now Ship...

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Cobalt Digital today announced the availability of its 9992ENC series of HEVC/H.265/MPEG-5 encoders for openGear® frames. Designed for a variety of broadcast applications, the dual-slot card offers customized I/O options and extensi...

Submitted by Pipeline Communications

Published 14 January 2019

SVG Summit: Cobalt Digital to Demonstrate HDR Conversion...

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Cobalt Digital will demonstrate its high dynamic range (HDR) conversion solutions for live sports and other broadcast content at the 2018 SVG Summit, which runs Dec. 10-11 at the New York Hilton Midtown. Using Cobalt’s flagship 9904-UDX-4K up/down/cr...

Submitted by Pipeline Communications

Published 06 December 2018

COBALT DIGITAL RECEIVES TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING EMMY A...

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Cobalt Digital is one of the recipients of the 70th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards that will take place in partnership with the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), at the NAB Show at the Wynn Encore Hotel and Spa on Sunday, Apri...

Submitted by Pipeline Communications

Published 05 December 2018

Cobalt Digital at the 2018 NAB Show New York

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At the 2018 NAB Show New York, Cobalt will demonstrate the 9904-UDX-4K-12G UHD 12G/3G/HD/SD-SDI up/down/cross-converter, which is now shipping. The 9904-UDX-4K-12G is Cobalt's latest generation of advanced image and audio processors for the openGear®...

Submitted by Dundee Hills Group

Published 09 October 2018

Cobalt Digital to Host RIST Protocol Demo at IBC2018

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During the IBC2018 show in Amsterdam, Cobalt Digital (Stand 10.B44) will host a demonstration of the Reliable Internet Stream Transport (RIST) specification, created by the Video Services Forum (VSF) to serve as a common industry specification for lo...

Submitted by Dundee Hills Group

Published 07 September 2018

Cobalt Digital Senior FPGA Architect John Snow to Be Name...

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Cobalt Digital today announced that John Snow, senior FPGA architect for the company, will be elevated to the status of SMPTE Fellow by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), the organization whose standards work has supporte...

Submitted by Dundee Hills Group

Published 21 August 2018

Chris Shaw Returns to Cobalt Digital as Executive Vice Pr...

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Cobalt Digital today announced that Chris Shaw has rejoined Cobalt as the company's executive vice president of sales and marketing. Shaw will lead the sales and marketing team to develop and execute future campaigns and work with the Cobalt engineer...

Submitted by Dundee Hills Group

Published 17 August 2018