Broadcast Monitor ยท Free, Express, and Professional
Start with essential picture monitoring, bring measurement into your everyday workflow, or build a more capable production monitoring station. Three editions let you choose the right fit.
Already a CrewAxis subscriber? Your plan may include a paid edition of Broadcast Monitor at no additional cost. See your subscriber benefit before purchasing.
Version 0.9.x is BETA. Licenses purchased for these beta versions will also work in the 1.x release versions. You will not need to buy another license simply to move from the beta to 1.x.
Introductory pricing is available through November 30, 2026. On December 1, 2026, Express increases from $39 to $79 USD and Professional increases from $99 to $299 USD. That is a $40 saving on Express or a $200 saving on Professional compared with the announced December prices.
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For a useful picture monitor and a hands-on introduction to exposure aids.
Start learning what the signal can tell you.
$39 USD introductory price
$79 USD beginning December 1, 2026.
For operators who want the everyday tools to evaluate exposure, match cameras, and monitor audio.
$99 USD introductory price
$299 USD beginning December 1, 2026.
For production teams that want the full monitoring toolset, expanded audio analysis, and output and playback capabilities.
Manage your production with CrewAxis and bring better monitoring to the show. Paid Broadcast Monitor access is included at no additional cost with these CrewAxis subscription plans.
Broadcast Monitor Express included
Express is a free subscriber perk for CrewAxis Production Tools, Basic, and Professional subscribers. Get picture channels, focus assistance, everyday exposure and color scopes, and audio level, phase, waveform, history, listening, and loudness tools.
Broadcast Monitor Professional included
CrewAxis Enterprise subscribers get access to Broadcast Monitor Professional, including the Express tools plus source comparison, advanced color analysis, captions and ancillary data, audio spectrum and waterfall views, video and audio-only file playback, and hardware and NDI output.
Subscriber access is provided through your qualifying CrewAxis subscription. Link your CrewAxis account to your DJP account, then visit the software page to view your included software benefits.
Express and Professional include adjustable picture detail enhancement for focus checks, audio listening, and loudness readings. Professional adds source comparison, advanced color analysis, caption and ancillary data inspection, and local video or audio-file playback with pause, seek, and looping, plus hardware and NDI monitoring output. NDI requires the optional NDI Runtime.
Y refers to brightness views. Parades show signal components side by side. Learn how these tools help during a live production.
| Feature | Free | Express | Professional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Picture | RGB channels, false color | Component views and focus assistance | Express plus Hue / Saturation |
| Zebras | High | All | All |
| Focus assistance: detail enhancement | No | Yes | Yes |
| Waveform | No | Y, parades | Y, parades, hue, saturation, hue-width |
| Vectorscope | No | Yes | Yes |
| Histogram | No | Y, parades | Y, parades, hue, saturation |
| Audio level, phase, waveform, and history | No | Yes | Yes |
| Audio listening and loudness | No | Yes | Yes |
| Two-source Picture, Waveform, and Vectorscope comparison | No | No | Yes |
| CIE xy chromaticity and Channel Plot | No | No | Yes |
| Caption Data scope and picture caption overlay | No | No | Yes |
| Ancillary Data scope and rolling history | No | No | Yes |
| Audio spectrum and waterfall | No | No | Yes |
| Clock | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hardware output | No | No | Yes |
| NDI output | No | No | Yes |
| Video and audio-only file playback | No | No | Yes |
The 0.9.x series is BETA and is still being refined. Licenses purchased for beta also work with the 1.x release versions. Introductory pricing ends November 30, 2026.
You can explore generated color bars without capture hardware. For live production, check the hardware guidance.
Download Broadcast Monitor to get started, or visit the software page for licenses and CrewAxis subscriber benefits.