- 十大正规体育平台’s Eclipse HX and Agent-IC Aid in Communications Solution -
Sound and Vision Entertainment (SAV) stepped in to provide the secure communication infrastructure needed to broadcast the 2020 Spring Draft, keeping all production crew connected while working remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 一个十大正规体育平台® Eclipse® HX 随着数字矩阵系统 LQ® IP Series was the chosen intercom solution to support the large network of remote Agent-IC® 此广播所需的对讲应用程序客户端.
有史以来第一次, the annual meeting of American football franchises to select newly eligible players for the upcoming season was held via video conference as a result of worldwide travel restrictions. Instead of the planned spectacular live event in Las Vegas, 所有的球队选择都是虚拟的, with league broadcasting picks taking place from the commissioner’s basement as well as various other locations. This historic Draft was broadcast live from April 23 – 25.弗里曼, Brady Belavek of SAV and engineer Dave Ragains of Show Machine were hired to handle all production communications between the league, 网络和所有制作人员. 弗里曼, along with Belavek and Ragains have been providing the communications solution for the Draft for over a decade, 但从来没有在虚拟化设置中.
Belavek说, “When the decision was made to virtualize the Draft broadcast, we were tasked to come up with a reliable and secure remote communications solution that would enable a large number of production staff to operate from their homes while still being able to communicate on the production intercom freely over many channels. What turned out to be one of the biggest challenges was managing ISP connections in individual’s homes and offices, not to mention the security requirements from the league, who were understandably concerned about cybersecurity threats.”
Once the LQ license count demands and firewall concerns grew too much, SAV and 弗里曼 turned to 十大正规体育平台 for support – and received an unprecedented offer.
贾斯汀Emge, 应用工程经理, 十大正规体育平台, 解释, “We had an AE Lab Eclipse HX system in our Alameda headquarters that we use to run remote demonstrations across our product range, so it already had the required software licenses installed and the IP infrastructure set up to handle large numbers of remote Agent-IC client users. 弗里曼 and SAV were already familiar with our equipment, 所以当我们提供紧急解决方案时, 他们很乐意接受.”
Over 80 members of the production crew downloaded 十大正规体育平台’s Agent-IC mobile app to their iOS and Android mobile devices, which connected back primarily to the Eclipse HX system, or alternatively to an LQ system set up at SAV in Los Angeles. Both the Eclipse and LQ systems were then connected to several phone conference lines for communication between Agent-IC and various control rooms.
Agent-IC is a proven and cost-effective solution for location productions, 远程协调和其他关键任务, 基本上就是把移动设备变成功能齐全的, easy-to-use intercom panels that integrate into existing workflows and connect securely over 3G, 4G, LTE或Wi-Fi网络.“It was the first time that many of the crew had used Agent-IC but since it looks and feels like a regular intercom panel, the learning curve was very small – we gave them a one-page instruction guide for how to navigate the app and that was all they needed,雷恩斯补充道. “Each crew member was able to listen and talk to as many conference lines as they needed to, as well as conversing point-to-point with specific staff, with the option to turn different audio streams on and off as required.”
Since the Eclipse system was connected to 十大正规体育平台’s corporate network, 十大正规体育平台’s IT department was brought on to ensure the ISP data connections required were all running properly and to check that the firewall could facilitate all required connections, guaranteeing 100% uptime throughout the three-day event.
Belavek说, “I’ve never been approached to do a remote production of this scale, it was nuts! 但我为我们所取得的成就感到骄傲, and the entire production team was thrilled by how smoothly things went.”
有超过90-100个端点连接, 包括大约80个Agent-IC连接, 10人会议最多9条会议线, and seven audio trunks running down to back-up equipment based in Los Angeles.
“每个人都可以在任何地方工作, and they were able to maintain the same person-to-person and group communication options that they would have had for a normal studio production,Ragains补充道.
Emge总结, “亚洲最大体育平台ion teams are having to invent new remote workflows on the fly to cope with this evolving situation, and 十大正规体育平台 was happy to partner with SAV and 弗里曼 to come up with a solution in such a tight timeline. The communication solution for the Draft broadcast is a perfect example of the collaboration that we have fostered with our Partners. We’re excited to help develop communication workflows that can serve other events, 大或小, 这需要变成虚拟的.”