Kahuna Maverik provides technical directors with a flexible, quick, and reliable access control interface for every type of studio and mobile television programming that saves space, reduces setup time, and mirrors the studio's operation.

Maverik is a complete departure from a traditional switcher control surface that typically combines multiple M/Es together with a setup and effects area in a fixed configuration, with a fixed set of buttons for each. Instead, the Maverik modules can be assembled in a huge variety of configurations, and without expending precious desk space. For instance, a chroma key is a simpler operation that requires minimal resources; yet, the operator would have to dedicate a full M/E to the function using a traditional panel.

Maverik also features modules for setup, effects recall, color correction, resizing, and clip store access, functions that typically occupy the entire right side of a traditional panel. Other Maverik innovations include crystal clear OLED buttons with user-assignable thumbnails, for quick navigation, a touch-screen at the M/E level rather than on the separate GUI, and the ability to assign RGB values to buttons for clean, clear, and confident operation.

With Maverik, operators can support the largest multiple-M/E productions with a smaller control surface — saving valuable real estate in space-restricted OB vehicles that are designed to be as lightweight as possible. In addition, the modular panel configurations enable more flexibility for the multi-media and multi-platform operations that are redefining today's broadcasting, giving operators the option of switching the traditional broadcast together with other video streams from a central control point, or spreading them out in a more distributed fashion.

In the studio, Maverik offers complete flexibility to design the control surface in the manner in which the studio is laid out — making live production more efficient and intuitive. For instance, a studio with video monitors on the left and right sides of the console requires a separate M/E to drive each monitor. With Maverik, the operator can deploy a module on each side in a horizontal configuration, for each monitor.

Kahuna Maverik will be previewed at IBC2013.