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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 10 - Issue 6 | June 2020

InAPAC

AVIWEST Enables Viewers to Experience
Compelling Live Content
A

VIWEST has announced that Asia's
most prestigious multistage
cycling event, PETRONAS Tour de
Langkawi 2020, was broadcast live
on social networks using AVIWEST's
flagship PRO3 Series bonded cellular
transmitters, QUAD CellLink antennas,
and StreamHub transceiver.
Race event organiser Human Voyage
offered sports fans and viewers
captivating live footage of every stage
of the competition.
"Our viewers didn't want to miss a
second of the competition, and we
needed to ensure there was zero delay
during our live streaming sessions,"
said Shahaizereen A. Hamid, Event
Director at Human Voyage. "We
chose AVIWEST for the exceptional
capabilities of its field units. AVIWEST's
equipment enabled our motorbikes
and helicopter to follow riders along
the entire road so that they could
live-broadcast the excitement of
the race over cellular networks, no
matter what the environment was

like. AVIWEST's team provided us
with highly professional support
and technical expertise, staying
by our side at every stage of the
project."
AVIWEST's PRO3 Series is
a compact and robust field
transmitter
unit,
allowing
Human Voyage to capture and
reproduce the intensity
of the competition. With
its small footprint, the
PRO3
Series
placed
viewers at the heart of
the race and increased
their engagement with the
event via social media.
Featuring a state-of-the-art H.265/
HEVC hardware encoder, the PRO3
transmitter helped Human Voyage
deliver premium video quality with
end-to-end low latency, while using
less data. All of the motorbikes and
the helicopter used during the event
were equipped with bonded cellular
units connected with AVIWEST

AVIWEST equipment in action
during the PETRONAS Le Tour
de Langkawi 2020 Cycle Race

QUAD
CellLink
antennas
to strengthen and ensure
signal transmission, even
in the midst of unpredictable and
unmanaged network conditions.
"This was our first major live sports
event coverage in Malaysia, and
it was a rounding success thanks
to Human Voyage," said Frédéric
Parbey, Vice President of Sales,
APAC, at AVIWEST. "More and more
people around the world are viewing

live sports content online. When
broadcasters create compelling live
content for their viewers, they attract
a greater number of followers
and increase engagement with
sports fans on social networks,
which is key for them. At AVIWEST,
we are devoted to providing
professionals with reliable and
powerful solutions tailored to any
live video production workflow and
operational constraint."
Leveraging AVIWEST's double
Emmy
Award-winning
SST
protocol, the PRO3 transmitter
series ensures reliable delivery of live
video by simultaneously aggregating
multiple network connections.
AVIWEST's StreamHub received and
decoded all incoming live video feeds
sent by Human Voyage cameramen in
the field. Supporting multiple output
formats and featuring an intuitive
web user interface, StreamHub allows
video content to be freely and easily
distributed over virtually any IP
network to any social media platforms,
CDNs, media servers, and streaming
platforms.

Sony - MOMOTV, A League Apart
T

he game plan for MOMOTV, a
digital TV station based in Taipei,
is to upgrade the production quality
and stream more live matches.
Owned by the Fubon Group,
MOMOTV first started broadcasting
in 2011 covering a wide genre of
programmes including news, lifestyle,
entertainment, kids and sports.
To keep pace with the growing
demand for live sports, MOMOTV
turned to Sony to build a customised
4K OB Van.
Delivered in March 2019, the OB van
is complemented with a wide array of
Sony 4K broadcast solutions. "This
is our first 4K OB van," said Super
Chang, Director, Field Production
Center, MOMOTV.

Sony HDC-4800

"MOMOTV worked closely
with the Sony team to build
and kit the OB van in record
time. By expanding our live
4K capabilities we hope to
stay ahead of the game and
continue delivering top-notch
quality to our viewers."
To deliver the best sporting
action, MOMOTV acquired a
long list of breakthrough Sony
4K solutions including the
HDC-4800 4K/HD Ultra High
Frame Rate camera system,
HDC-4300
4K/HD
studio
camera, XVS-8000 and XVS7000 multi-format switchers,
PWS-4500 live production server and
BVM-X300 4K TRIMASTER ELTM
OLED critical reference monitor.
MOMOTV invested in two units
of the acclaimed Sony HDC-4800
4K/HD Ultra High Frame Rate
camera system for
its live baseball and
basketball coverage.
"Sony
has
an
excellent track record
in
supporting
TV

stations from start to finish," Chang
added on the selection of Sony for
its 4K acquisitions. "In the 4K arena,
they stand out with a wide range of 4K
solutions tailor-made for our current
and growing needs."
Amongst the Sony equipment
MOMOTV invested in, Chang had
special words for the Sony HDC-4800
camera system.
"The Sony HDC-4800 is the ultimate
camera for sports coverage. This

high-speed camera allows us
to capture dynamic sports
action with ultra-smooth
slow-motion."
The
HDC-4800
offers
4K recording at up to 480
fps in 4K or 960 fps at HD
resolution. Teamed with
the BPU-4800 4K UHFR
Baseband Processor Unit,
it's a complete live solution
for 4K Ultra High Frame
Rate (UHFR) recording and
playback.
Although MOMOTV will use
most of the Sony equipment
for its live coverage of the
Chinese Professional Baseball League
and the ASEAN Basketball League, it
has the flexibility to deploy the newly
acquired equipment for events and
studio use.
"Our main goal now is expanding
our 4K sports content, but we will
certainly use our new Sony equipment
for medium and large-scale production
events too. Together with our new OB
van, MOMOTV is ready to map out a
new journey in 4K."
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