TBS ACT Joins RED DIGITAL CINEMA in Broadcast Color Pipeline Development

TBS ACT and RED DIGITAL CINEMA announced the joint development of the Broadcast Color Pipeline, which works in conjunction with RED’s new Cine-Broadcast module on the V-RAPTOR and V-RAPTOR XL camera families, enabling productions to use RED cinema cameras with live painting capabilities for broadcast.

V-RAPTOR offers superior image capture capabilities that are ideal for cinematic production of live events, broadcasting, sports, etc. TBS ACT collaborated in the development and testing of the Broadcast Color Pipeline, which provides seamless integration for video engineers responsible for color management.

RED’s Broadcast Color Pipeline enables live painting on RED cameras in broadcast or streaming environments, enabling on-demand adjustments and multi-camera color matching using traditional broadcast controls. The latest firmware-enabled feature utilizes industry-standard RCP to control paint parameters in real time over IP while preserving frame-by-frame information in the metadata of recorded files. The update option is available as a standard firmware update for all V-RAPTOR and V-RAPTOR XL cameras. Broadcasters can also use RED’s license-enabled RED Connect feature to enhance their workflows with super slow-motion up to 4x in 4K and 8x in 1080p, AI/ML enhancements, and live streaming to headsets with 8K 120FPS R3D.

As part of their ongoing collaboration, RED and TBS ACT will continue to refine the broadcast color pipeline, optimizing and enhancing these new solutions to unlock unique image capture benefits, such as the wide dynamic range and rich color representation of Rec. 709 and Rec. 2020, and pioneer the use of cinema cameras in the broadcast industry.

RED’s camera lineup, CINE-BROADCAST module, was demonstrated alongside this new development at NAB 2025 in Las Vegas.