I sit down with Nick Robinson from E2-360 to discuss the state of remote productions, how he addressing it at E2-360, and the vast space of virtual and hybrid live Streaming + tech.

AVIWEST, a leading provider of live video contribution solutions, today unveiled its new PRO460, the next evolution of its flagship PRO bonded cellular transmitter series for remote and at-home video production over 5G networks. The AVIWEST PRO460 addresses all the challenges that broadcasters face in expanding their remote production for live events, including sports, entertainment, concerts, and interactive TV shows. Available in a compact form factor suitable for backpack or V-Mount/G-mount camera mounting, the PRO460 supports 4K UHD and multicamera workflows for up to four high-resolution, fully frame-synced feeds, delivering outstanding-quality video and high performance.

Crealine Media Systems AG is taking its live event productions to the next level with Riedel Communications' Artist digital matrix intercom system, Bolero wireless intercom system, and SmartPanel intelligent intercom and control panels for real-time video, audio, data, and communications. Ensuring flexible, reliable communications within the Crealine control room, as well as connections to off-site locations, studios, and mobile facilities, the Riedel gear supports Crealine's remote and hybrid production workflows for esports and other live events across Switzerland.

Flowics, creator of the most comprehensive platform for powering remote and in-studio production of live graphics and interactive content, announced today that the BetQL Network — a live, linear digital channel — has chosen Flowics for quick-turn, scalable data and graphics integration for its new live sports betting shows airing on Twitch, YouTube, and the Audacy and BetQL digital platforms.

Viaccess-Orca (VO), a global leader providing OTT and TV platforms, content protection, and advanced data solutions, announced today that French operator Vialis has launched a new hybrid DTT and OTT service powered by VO TV Platform. Featuring TV Business Analytics and Multi-DRM support, VO's TV Platform enables Vialis to deliver personalized viewer experiences on every screen, including Ultra HD, live, time-shift TV, and replay content.

The SubtitleNEXT team reports success at APTRAD and Languages and the Media virtual conferences last month. 

Highlights include machine translation, automatic speech to text and text to speech technologies, and how these innovations affect content owners, media studios, language service providers and freelance subtitlers.

Functions and capabilities that media studios require such as workflow management solutions capable of incorporating automatic transcription and translation processing are already available in NEXT -TT and SubtitleNEXT. Both solutions received positve feedback at the shows, credited as extremely useful and affordable.

Live subtitles for events and meetings was a major topic. SubtitleNEXT is  a market leader in live subtitling, offering user-friendly tools, and provides advanced offline subtitle preparation capabilities in a single application.

In response to requests, a series of free tech Friday Workshops will be held, to demonstrate how to create subtitles from scratch. The first session is on 15th October. Join here https://join.skype.com/GJn8QL88GBhT

The SubtitleNEXT team resports success from APTRAD and Languages & the Media Virtual conferences last month. With media accessibility being more urgent than ever for broadcasters and AVT professionals, the timing is vital.

Highlights at the Berlin L&M show coveredmachine translation, automatic speech to text and text to speech technologies and how these innovations affect how content owners, media studios, language service providers and freelance subtitlers achieve results as they work on key projects.

Functions and capabilities that media studios require such as workflow management solutions capable of incorporating automatic transcription and translation processing are already available in NEXT -TT and SubtitleNEXT, with both solutions receiving acknowledgement and interest at the shows, credited as extremely useful and affordable for companies to invest in, irrespective of their size.

Live subtitles for live events and meetings was another key topic on the agenda. SubtitleNEXT is clearly a market leader in the live subtitling field offering various user-friendly tools and provides advanced offline subtitle preparation capabilities in a single application.

In response to audience requests at these recent events, the team at SubtitleNEXT will be holding a series of free tech “SubtitleNEXT Friday Workshops” as of mid-October onwards, to demonstrate how to create subtitles from scratch or from source. The first session takes place 15th October. Everyon is welcome to join here https://join.skype.com/GJn8QL88GBhT

LEVR.TV Presents Fully Immersive Arena Experience with Live 4K Streams for Both AR and VR Headset Owners for Latest Celebrity Boxing Championship Tournament

For the first time, the National Basketball League (NBL) of Australia has succeeded in live streaming every state basketball game, significantly increasing the popularity of NBL1, Australia's professional semi-elite basketball league in a year impacted by the pandemic. This is due to the deployment of LiveU Solo wireless video encoders at arenas across Australia, using LiveU's cloud platform to stream to online video platforms, enabling fans to watch over 900 NBL1 live games, including final matches and highlights, and follow their favorite teams and players. The cloud-based remote production was powered by Australian broadcast services company, 5stream, online production platform, Cloudmix, and with LiveU's local partner, Pacific Live Media, providing the Solo solution and local technical support.