SlingStudio Adds 4K Video Support, Other Enhancements to Production System

SlingStudio, Sling Media’s portable, wireless multicamera production system, added 4K video support, live production enhancements and custom real-time messaging protocol (RTMP) for live broadcasting, the company announced Monday. The features will be available for download to new and existing SlingStudio units, it said. The updates will allow users to livestream a production in HD and convert to a camera’s native 4K resolution in postproduction, while retaining effects, transitions and cuts from the app automatically, it said. Custom graphic insertion will let users insert, resize and change the transparency of JPG and PNG graphics and overlay them on a live program feed, it said. Users also will be able to expand live-switched program output beyond Facebook and YouTube to custom sites supporting RTMP, such as Twitch, Twitter/Periscope, Livestream and Ustream, it said.