Nice article about the original Video Toaster, also gives the Amiga a nice mention.
"Television is a complicated, expensive business. Or at least it used to be : in the 1980s, it cost a small fortune to get the equipment to shoot and broadcast your own TV show that looked as good as the big networks. However, one gadget changed all that, making it possible to produce good-looking TV shows with multiple cameras, titles and special effects without a big network budget. By doing this, our gadget set the stage for the cable TV and Internet broadcasting revolution: the Video Toaster."
Read the rest via the link below.
https://medium.com/people-gadgets/the-gadget-we-miss-the-video-toaster-93509e978549