TBS and Shiftall Co-Develop HOMRA 4K for Streaming and Recording
TBS Television and Shiftall have jointly developed HOMRA 4K, a streaming and recording device for professional video production. Sales are scheduled to begin in March 2027, with a price expected around 100,000 yen.
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Why it matters
TBS putting its own low-latency transmission protocol into a roughly 100,000-yen box gives small relay and remote production crews a combined encoder, recorder, and switcher instead of a rack of separate units.
Key Facts
- TBS Television and Shiftall jointly developed the HOMRA 4K streaming and recording device.
- Sales are scheduled to begin in March 2027, with a price expected around 100,000 yen.
- The unit supports Live Multi Studio, an ultra-low-latency protocol TBS developed with WOWOW Entertainment.
- HOMRA 4K handles up to four input channels: SDI, HDMI, UVC, and video on SD cards.
- The device streams up to four feeds at once and records to SD cards.
The unit combines 3G-SDI and HDMI input, HDMI output, recording, a simple video switcher, and audio mixing, and supports the Live Multi Studio protocol TBS developed with WOWOW Entertainment.
The device accepts up to four input channels: SDI, HDMI, UVC, and video on SD cards, and switches between them without inserting a black screen. Alongside Live Multi Studio it supports SRT, RTMP, and RTSP, so output can go to platforms such as YouTube Live and Twitch.
Shiftall CEO Takuma Iwasa and TBS Future Technology Innovation Division director Kei Nakano presented the unit. It streams up to four feeds at once, records to SD cards, carries tally lamps on the front and back, and runs from USB Type-C power, including a mobile battery.
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