Blackmagic Design Announces New ATEM 4 M/E Constellation 4K Plus

Blackmagic Design Announces New ATEM 4 M/E Constellation 4K Plus

Brie Clayton April 10, 2025

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New advanced Ultra HD live production switcher with 80 12G-SDI inputs, 48 12G-SDI aux outputs, 4 DVEs, 16 chroma keyers, 4 multiviews and more!

Blackmagic Design today announced ATEM 4 M/E Constellation 4K Plus, a massive sized Ultra HD switcher with 80 standard converted 12G-SDI inputs and 48 independent 12G-SDI outputs. This new model is twice the size of our current largest 4 M/E model and it also includes 16 ATEM Advanced Chroma Keyers, 4 Ultra HD media players, 4 independent Ultra HD multi-views, 2 SuperSource processors and more. ATEM 4 M/E Constellation 4K Plus will be available in June from Blackmagic Design resellers worldwide for US$12,995.

The ATEM 4 M/E Constellation 4K Plus will be demonstrated on the Blackmagic Design NAB 2025 booth #SL216.

ATEM Constellation switchers boast a compact rack mount design, complete with a built-in control panel. So customers can operate the switcher from the front panel during setup or for emergency use. Also included is a large LCD so customers can see the program output and change switcher settings. The compact design is perfect for portable live production, with the rear of the switcher including connections for 3G-SDI or 12G-SDI inputs, aux outputs, balanced audio and Ethernet for control. The top 4 M/E models even include RS-422 for serial control and MADI digital audio connections.

ATEM Constellation switchers are ideal for concerts and music festivals because customers can place cameras on all areas of the stage for amazing coverage. Even live sports benefit from the huge number of inputs and DVEs that let customers build multi-layer compositions to cover the action. The fastest way to produce programming is live. With powerful internal graphics and lots of ATEM advanced chroma keyers, customers get everything customers need for complex program production.

With a control panel built into the front panel, customers can simply walk up and operate the ATEM Constellation at any time. Plus the front panel control buttons are the same premium type used on full sized panels so they are extremely reliable. Customers can even control keyers, media and fade to black from the front panel. There is an industry standard 5 pin talkback headset connector on the front panel, with controls for talkback control. Plus the front panel LCD and menu buttons also allow almost every single operational feature of the switcher to be accessed.

Each input features a dedicated standards converter, which makes it possible to convert any SDI video input to the switcher's video standard. Customers could have each switcher's SDI input run a different television standard, and all inputs will work. On the ATEM 4 M/E models, customers can even output audio to multiple MADI digital audio outputs, enabling customers to delegate switcher audio sources to an external audio engineer for mixing.

The ATEM Constellation family has a massive number of fully independent outputs. These SDI outputs are very powerful because customers can independently route any SDI input or any internal source to each SDI output. That's perfect for running independent feeds to stage screens, master recorders and streaming processors. Or use the SDI outputs for ISO recorders, where each deck will get a resynchronized switcher input with matching timecode. All SDI outputs have program audio, RP-188 timecode, SDI camera control, tally and talkback.

The built in multiview lets customers monitor multiple sources on a single monitor. The ATEM 4 M/E Constellation models have 4 independent multiviews. All external SDI inputs and internal video sources can be routed to any view. All multi-views are customizable and can be independently set to 4, 7, 10, 13, or 16 simultaneous views. Customers can even add a tally border, source label, and VU meters as overlays on each view. A red and green border will display the tally for each view, indicating which sources are on air.

ATEM Constellation features up to 4 independent DVEs, depending on the model, that let customers reposition graphics and create picture in picture compositions. Customers get amazing quality and the DVE supports position, resize and scale, all in real time. The DVE lets customers create professional picture in picture effects with customizable 3D borders, shadows and lighting. DVEs can also be used to create amazing DVE transitions with squeeze and swoosh effects for adding excitement to their programming. Customers can even combine DVE transitions with custom graphics to create their own graphic wipe transitions. The ATEM 4 M/E Constellation 4K Plus includes 2 SuperSource processors for even more DVEs.

To keep crews working as a single creative team, ATEM Constellation features built in talkback. Talkback supports a 5-pin XLR headset connector, plus a rear mounted RJ12 connector for interfacing with industry standard talkback systems such as ClearCom or RTS. Customers get full talkback control including program and engineering loops, sidetone control for hearing the headset mic into the headphones, and program mix. ATEM Constellation also supports SDI talkback that uses SDI channels 15 and 16 for 2-way communication with Blackmagic Design cameras. It's even possible to mix the talkback mic into the program audio for voiceovers.

The built in media pool stores broadcast quality RGBA graphics and animations that can be played back instantly by the 2 or 4 media players. The built in media pool holds graphics for use with the media players and the 4 M/E models can hold 60 stills and up to 400 frame animations. Customers can easily manage all of their media using the included ATEM Software Control or download directly from Photoshop using the ATEM Photoshop plug-in.

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