A professional video camera (often called a television camera even though its use has spread beyond television) is a high-end device for creating electronic moving images (as opposed to a movie camera, that earlier recorded the images on film). Originally developed for use in television studios or with outside broadcast trucks, they are now also used for music videos, direct-to-video movies (see digital movie camera), corporate and educational videos, wedding videos, among other uses. Since the 2000s, most professional video cameras are digital (instead of analog) professional video cameras.

Hitachi Kokusai Electric Europe – Hitachi Kokusai Electric provides advanced equipment and systems for the broadcast, production, industrial, semiconductor, medical and telecommunication markets. Founded in 1967, in Frankfurt, Shibaden Denki soon became a leading manufacturer of broadcast cameras. Hitachi Denshi served the European market by providing broadcast cameras, professional video, CCTV and test & measurement equipment. In the late 80s Hitachi-Denshi enlarged the existing business by entering the industrial video field with a wide range of market suitable products.