Featured Manufacturer: Cobalt Digital Broadcast & AV Solutions in Canada
Featured Manufacturer: Cobalt Digital Broadcast & AV Solutions in Canada
From monitoring audio to synchronizing video and transporting signals over fibre, reliable infrastructure helps production teams deliver consistent results. Cobalt Digital develops professional video and audio solutions for broadcasters, live production facilities, mobile production trucks, sports venues and professional AV environments.
Based in Champaign, Illinois, Cobalt designs and manufactures its products in the United States, with a portfolio spanning signal conversion, processing, monitoring and transport. Its focus on flexible, space-efficient systems helps organizations build workflows that can adapt as production requirements evolve.
VidCom: Your Preferred Canadian Supplier for Cobalt Digital
As a preferred Canadian supplier of Cobalt Digital products, VidCom helps broadcasters and professional AV teams select solutions that fit their technical requirements and production goals.
Our team brings together product knowledge and system integration experience to help you evaluate Cobalt equipment within your broader workflow. Whether you are upgrading an existing facility, expanding a mobile production system or planning a new installation, VidCom can help identify the right approach to audio monitoring, frame synchronization and fibre optic transport.
The History of Cobalt Digital
Cobalt Digital was founded in 1997 by Gene Zimmerman, beginning with a request to develop SDI-to-analog converter boxes for NEP. That first product, the 4010, grew into a wider range of signal conversion and processing equipment.
In 2006, Cobalt joined Ross Video and Ward-Beck as a founding partner of openGear®. This open, modular platform allows compatible processing cards from different manufacturers to operate within a common frame, giving facilities greater flexibility when building and expanding their systems.
Cobalt continued to broaden its capabilities through the acquisition of ImmediaTV in 2016, adding expertise in video compression and transport. Today, its portfolio supports broadcast and professional media workflows ranging from traditional SDI infrastructure to IP-based production.
Featured Cobalt Digital Products
Cobalt ARIA Audio Monitors
When operators need to check audio quickly, accessible controls and clear metering matter. Cobalt ARIA audio monitors combine rack-mounted audio monitoring with LCD metering, providing a practical option for production spaces where rack capacity is limited.
The range includes ARIA-V, ARIA-1 and ARIA-2 models. Depending on the model and configuration, features include touchscreen operation, web-based control and support for sources such as SDI, MADI, AES and balanced analog audio. Selected configurations also offer fibre connectivity and video monitoring features.
For control rooms, production trucks and technical monitoring positions, the ARIA range provides options for bringing multiple audio sources into a compact monitoring system.
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Cobalt Frame Synchronizers
Cobalt frame synchronizers help align incoming video signals with a facility’s timing reference, supporting workflows that bring together multiple sources.
Cobalt offers openGear card-based solutions and standalone units, with capabilities varying by model. Options include:
- Frame synchronization and audio/video processing.
- Up, down and cross conversion.
- Audio embedding and de-embedding.
- HD, 3G-SDI and selected 12G-SDI/4K UHD workflows.
- Advanced HDR conversion and optional audio processing on selected products.
The range includes dedicated frame synchronizers such as the 9922-FS, alongside multifunction processors such as the 9904-UDX-4K, which combines UHD format conversion, frame synchronization and audio processing. VidCom can help match the required features to your sources, formats and existing infrastructure.
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Cobalt Fibre Optic Transport
Cobalt fibre optic transport solutions provide options for connecting video and audio equipment across production environments, with products available as openGear cards, standalone devices and compact mini-converters.
The portfolio includes electrical-to-optical and optical-to-electrical converters, transceivers, and multiplexing and demultiplexing solutions. Selected products support signals including 12G/6G/3G/HD/SD-SDI, ASI and MADI.
Products such as the 9440-2EO-12G dual transmitter and 9440-2OE-12G dual receiver support fibre transport for applications that require compatible high-bandwidth signal connections. VidCom can help assess signal formats, channel counts and connectivity requirements when selecting a fibre solution.
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Contact VidCom for a Cobalt Digital Demo
Looking for Cobalt Digital products in Canada? Talk to VidCom about your audio monitoring, frame synchronization or fibre optic transport requirements.
Our team can help you compare options, discuss system compatibility and arrange a demonstration suited to your application.
Contact VidCom to request a Cobalt Digital demo →
☎️ 604-299-9711
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