![]() This also demonstrated to us that we are now no longer limited to using the same transportation technologies we have used previously. ![]() This is where Net Insight entered the picture, with its Nimbra solution. The sheer volume of feeds going between the three different centres across Melbourne needed to be managed efficiently, and this could not have been done without a third partner, someone who understood remote production well. Overall, there were around 86 SDI feeds between the three sites on the diverse fibre. All of the network signals were available at all three sites. ∺dditionally, there were 14 SDI paths out of the RBC landing at both Melbourne Olympic Park and BCM, and 12 SDI paths out of BCM landing at both of the other sites. All these signals landed at the RBC, with the majority also landing at Seven’s BCM. We had more than 50 HD-SDI feeds leaving Melbourne Olympic Park, all with 16 channels of embedded audio, over 200 audio channels over eight MADI feeds, and eight data networks as well as a muxed 10G network. There were multiple feeds going back and forth between the different sites. The Melbourne Olympic Park remote site is what we built the overarching architecture for. We were operating between three sites Melbourne Olympic Park, the site of the action Seven Networks Broadcast Centre Melbourne (BCM) and the remote broadcast centre, explains Stokes. Remote production promised to remove the bottlenecks that are typical in a live production workflow and let the client deliver more live content with better quality for less. The RBC, by comparison, opened the doors for experimentation with more feeds and additional streams for OTT platforms. In previous years, a flyaway kit was stationed at Melbourne Olympic Park the main site of the action and all operational staff worked from there. To put things in perspective, Seven Network, in addition to being the unilateral rights holder for the Australian Open, also holds the broadcast rights in Australia for the Winter Olympics, for which Gearhouse has provided a remote production facility. Our mandate was to create the infrastructure that would enable the domestic broadcaster to match what they traditionally did on-site, while keeping costs down. The cost of footprint at major events is very expensive, explains Ian Stokes, Broadcast Engineer at Gearhouse Broadcast Australia and one of the key people that oversaw the RBC deployment in Melbourne. The rest were stationed offsite at a remote broadcast centre (RBC) that Gearhouse assembled at another location in Melbourne, where security, catering and other logistics were much simpler. Seven Networks decision to go remote meant it needed only limited crew on-site. ![]() Seven wanted to keep up with technology while maintaining the same quality, if not higher, of broadcast as it had in past years, and Gearhouse catered to this by bringing remote production to the table a solution that proved to be a win-win for both entities. Gearhouse had been Sevens primary technology partner in covering the Australian Open in previous years. This is where remote production is being touted as the single biggest disruption that has changed the dynamics of producing live sport, promising to cut costs while offering a lot more flexibility to make available several different perspectives of a game for multiple platforms.īroadcastPro Middle East had the exclusive opportunity to witness how remote production changed the game at the Australian Open tennis tournament last month for local broadcaster, Seven Network, the unilateral rights holder for the event, and its main technology partner, Gearhouse Broadcast. While the demands for viewing live sport have gradually increased, shrinking budgets have compelled broadcasters to look at technological alternatives that offer more for less.Īlso read: A visit to Sydney Teleport Services Viewers want better quality and more choices, more perspectives on several different devices, and all the fanfare and social engagement that comes with a live event. Vijaya Cherian travelled to Melbourne to speak to the teams at Gearhouse Broadcast and Net Insight on how they facilitated remote production for rights holder, Seven Network.Įvery year, the stakes keep getting higher with live sport. When 35-year-old Roger Federer won the Australian Open, his first in five years, BroadcastPro ME had a ringside view of the remote production that moved an incredible 86 signals around Melbourne on a self-managed dark fibre. Gavin Romanis, Business Development Director, Gearhouse Broadcast. ![]() Vijaya Cherian travelled to Melbourne to speak to the teams at Gearhouse Broadcast and Net Insight on how they facilitated remote production for rights holder, Seven Network. ![]()
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