Doug Johnson Productions

Broadcast Browser

Your web content. On the right output. On your cue.

Bring web pages and transparent HTML graphics into live production with easy setup, high-quality scaling, and efficient CPU/GPU use. Broadcast Browser for Windows connects to DeckLink, UltraStudio, NDI, and venue displays, with independent routing that lets you browse one tab while others stay on air.

See Broadcast Browser in action.

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Broadcast Browser workspace with browser tabs, routing buttons, and a studio clock preview
Browse your content and route each tab to its outputs.
Broadcast Browser output overview with DeckLink, software monitor, and NDI destinations
Manage destinations and see their output status together.
Broadcast Browser output settings for device, video format, scaling, keying, and audio
Choose the video and audio settings for each output.

Easy to set up. Built for the show.

Get your content on screen, preserve the detail in your graphics, and keep processing overhead down. The controls you need are together in one production-focused browser.

Easy setup

Open a page, choose your output, and route it with a click. Named destinations and matching colored buttons make the setup easy to follow, and saved workspaces help you get ready for the next show.

Full transparency for your graphics

Preserve transparent backgrounds, soft edges, and translucent elements through rendering and scaling. Send alpha graphics through compatible Blackmagic keying outputs, or use AlphaLuma for a single-connection luma key.

DeckLink, UltraStudio, and NDI

Connect to supported Blackmagic video hardware or send named NDI streams over your network. Give each destination its own source and format to fit your production system.

High-quality scaling

Keep text, logos, and graphics looking clean when source and output sizes differ. GPU-accelerated filters include high-quality bicubic scaling, with independent sizing and filtering for each destination.

Designed for low CPU/GPU usage

Reuse unchanged frames and skip unnecessary scaling to keep processing overhead down and leave more room for the rest of your production. Actual usage depends on page content, output formats, and hardware.

Keep browsing. Keep the show running.

Prepare the next tab while others stay on air. Send one tab to several destinations, change each route independently, and use interaction lock to protect live pages from accidental operator clicks.

Connect to the production system you use.

Configure each destination with its own video format and scaling. One source can feed several output sizes without forcing every screen to use the same format.

Blackmagic video output

Route browser content through compatible DeckLink and UltraStudio devices into your video workflow.

Need a video output device? Browse known compatible Blackmagic Design devices to buy.

  • SDI or HDMI through supported hardware
  • Internal overlay or external fill and key where supported
  • Optional embedded stereo audio

NDI network output

Bring web content to an NDI-capable production system over your network, with four available named network streams.

  • HD and UHD video formats
  • Opaque video with optional embedded stereo audio
  • Requires the optional x64 NDI 6 Runtime; restart Broadcast Browser after installation

Learn more about NDI and explore NDI software.

Connected displays

Use screens connected to your Windows desktop as fullscreen destinations, including GPU HDMI and DisplayPort outputs.

  • Choose from Windows-reported display modes
  • Use extended displays for independent routing
  • Software monitor windows for setup and rehearsal

Available formats and keying depend on the device, driver, and hardware profile. Check your intended output and receiving equipment together before a live production.

Make web graphics part of the show.

Open online content or local HTML pages for lower thirds, clocks, information screens, and other browser-based graphics.

  • Transparent page backgrounds for graphics workflows
  • Remove selected HTML element backgrounds without removing their content
  • AlphaLuma output for a switcher's single-connection luma key
  • Per-tab light and dark preferences for websites that support them
  • Source volume and mute controls that follow the tab to its audio destinations

Build a repeatable workspace.

Save your tabs, output configuration, and routing for the next session. Give destinations practical names like Program, Lobby, or Presenter so the setup reflects the way your crew works.

Previously running outputs can resume at startup when their devices and formats are available. Review page readiness before going live: restoring a workspace does not restore form entries or guarantee that a website has finished signing in.

Use software monitor windows to rehearse routing before connecting the audience-facing outputs.

From setup to the next cue.

1. Prepare your content

Open each page in a tab, set up the graphics, and check the browser preview. Keep separate tabs ready for the different parts of your show.

2. Set your destinations

Add and name your outputs, choose video and audio settings, and start the destinations you need.

3. Route on cue

Use the colored routing buttons to send a tab to an output. Assign the next tab when it is time to change, or Clear the destination while keeping it running.

Built for Windows production workstations.

Broadcast Browser runs on Windows x64 with a Chromium-based browser. Blackmagic Desktop Video is needed only for DeckLink or UltraStudio output; connected displays and software monitors work without Blackmagic hardware.

Output capacity depends on your computer, page complexity, video formats, and connected equipment.

Licensing and availability.

Workspace saving and software monitor windows are available without a license. Registration unlocks GPU display, Blackmagic, and NDI video outputs.

View pricing and purchase Broadcast Browser, or contact us for help matching it to your production setup.

Bring your browser into the production workflow.

Tell us what you want to put on screen, which outputs you use, and how you run your show. We can help you explore where Broadcast Browser fits.