2020 was quite a different year for us all – and we all had to adapt in different ways. Appetites for news and sports reporting grew more than ever as people were forced to stay at home – but what challenges were presented to those producing the news – and how were these challenges addressed – and what have we learnt from these experiences?
Hear how Accedo worked with Hong Kong Rugby Union to launch HKRU TV for the 2020 Men’s and Women’s Premiership season. This OTT service featured both live matches and VOD content and was developed using Accedo’s end-to-end solution offering.
As we have seen, the sports industry has been particularly hard hit by Covid with cancelled and postponed matches and a lack of fans in stadiums. For sports organisations, this has made it challenging to engage with fans and has meant a huge hit to revenues so lets hear how these 2 organisations worked together to use digital technology to re-engage with fans and deliver relevant opportunities for sponsors.
Hear from Jacob Gragard how the VOD/PPV distributor automates 40,000+ hours of content per year with Minnetonka AudioTools Server.
In this session, we hear from Avi Cohen (LiveU – COO and co-Founder), Tim Stevens (Verizon – Global Leader, Strategic Innovation, Media & Entertainment) and Dave Pirrocco (Verizon – Distinguished Architect, Advanced Technology Group) about the issues they are seeing when it comes to live events.
We hear how the Media Gateway works and where they see MEC and 5G contributing to live video workflows.
Darren Lepke (Head of Video Product Management, Verizon Media) discusses the findings from Verizon’s Leaders in Sports research.
The changing nature of live sports productions, allowing for high-quality on-the-go sports production with ease of use, mobility “going live from anywhere”, multi-camera, no need for cables. More flexible and less costly than traditional methods (satellite/fibre).
In this customer case study we will hear from IMG and how they are using LiveU’s live video solutions internally and within their internal customers.
Alex Wriglesworth Sound Supervisor at Tall Audio, Will Underwood, Broadcast Technical Manager at Timeline’s Ealing Studios and Anthony Harrison, Sales Manager at Calrec talk to us about how they have overcome challenges and supported their customers during these difficult times.
Lately there has been a lot of questions, and concerns about synchronizing feeds, particularly for sporting events, whether remote or in a fixed venues. Subject matter experts and end-users who understand signal flows within the sports environment come together to expose the facts about using Precision Time Protocol (PTP) during live events.
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Media companies and broadcasters are experiencing decreased visibility & control in their supply chain. Increased focus on global distribution, proliferation of direct to consumer OTT services & viewer experiences and content that gets delivered over many different on-prem and cloud-based platforms, go along with a whole new set of challenges to ensure the best quality of experience (QoE) for your audience.
In this session, Ken and Thomas share how Telestream and Skyline Communications have teamed up and built a solution that allows you to spin up new cloud-based OTT services with just a few clicks and to automate your video monitoring from production to distribution.