The Blackmagic Design Ethernet Switch 820 is a new high performance, low latency model designed for advanced broadcast systems. This new model includes 8 x 100G and 2 x 10G Ethernet connections plus simple front panel SMPTE-2110 routing, has two redundant PTP clock Ethernet connections, a separate NMOS control port and a dedicated management port.

Designed specifically for television, all network connections are on the rear, the same side as ports on their broadcast equipment, allowing customers to loom cables neatly and eliminate cabling mess. The Blackmagic Ethernet Switch 820 boasts professional front-to-back cooling, 6 fans for redundancy, dual redundant power supplies and simple router control. The more powerful model includes 8 separate 100G Ethernet connections using QSFP sockets. The 100G ports connect data ports on HyperDeck ISO Recorder 100G and Blackmagic Cloud Store Ultra . It can also be used for SMPTE-2110 networks with ATEM Constellation IP switchers, HyperDeck ISO Recorder 100G and more.

Blackmagic Ethernet Switch 820 includes:

• Specifically designed for SMPTE-2110 IP video.
• Extremely high speed Ethernet switch for television use.
• 8 x 100G Ethernet ports and 2 x 10G Ethernet ports.
• PTP clock support with 2 redundant PTP Ethernet ports. 
• Dedicated NMOS control Ethernet port.
• No complex multi-cast settings required.
• LCD allows for simple TV style routing of IP video.
• Status video output shows real time port speed graphs.

The Blackmagic Ethernet Switch 820 will be demonstrated on the Blackmagic Design NAB 2026 booth.