InBroadcast - July 2022 - 35

www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 12 - Issue 7 | July 2022
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InStudio
All Mobile Video stays agile with
IP and AMPP SaaS technology
t's another holiday weekend in the
US and All Mobile Video is back
on the road, this time headed to
the East River overlooking Midtown
Manhattan for the Macy's 4th of July
Fireworks Spectacular. This evening
of entertainment will resemble many
of the events AMV has produced in
the past such as Times Square New
Year's Eve, the Grammy®
I
Awards, or
the National Christmas Tree Lighting
Ceremony. Events
such as
these
often call for multiple stages with live
performances across a large area.
Each stage may have its own local
show to produce. Contributing to
pool feeds used by various television
networks that are broadcasting or
streaming coverage of
event may also be required.
the
entire
to the main production center in
Eclipse. Inside Eclipse the engine
room has all but vanished due to the
significant reduction in processing
hardware, leaving ample room for
the production team.
The shift
to IP has
benefitted
AMV far more than shrinking their
footprint.
Set up time is
greatly
reduced. Producing events requires
adapting the entire infrastructure for
each event. Previously that required
a lot of patching and connecting
distribution amplifier networks.
That's down time for expensive
resources. Changing fully redundant
configurations
can now be done
easily from a laptop, either at the
stage or the truck with no physical
changes required.
the multiviewers and routing
agility
to
match each director's preferences
- on-the-fly!
That
to respond to the
situation of the moment was further
demonstrated
during the
Times
Square event when the EIC was
suspected
of being exposed
laptop.
to
Covid-19. Feeling fine, he isolated
himself and continued to run the
show from his
Comms,
audio,
video and
control were
available to him just as if he had
been in the truck. This ability
to
of
has unique
Events like this take a great deal
coordination. Each live stage
requirements for
its
own show, while consolidating
the feeds into usable material for
other productions. In the past, this
type of event may require multiple
trucks
bundles
tied
of
together with large
cable. However, by
shifting from SDI to IP technology,
AMV has streamlined the technical
equipment required for the entire
event down to a single truck.
AMV's
mobile production unit
Eclipse triple expando
IP
uses
equipment, infrastructure
and control from Grass
Valley to reduce its on-site
footprint and simplify
its
workflow. Eclipse supports
up to six " Stage Boxes " - flypack
style kits which allow
everything needed for the
live stage production to
be placed near the stage
and then connected via
lightweight
" Once you step into the world of
IP, all the resources are available to
everyone, " explained Lee Blanco,
Director of Engineering, All Mobile
Video. " There's no such thing as not
being in the router. Now all the DA,
routing and processing are always
ready to be put into action. In the
SDI model, you couldn't do that. "
Changing the configuration is so
unobtrusive that the production
team for Times
Square New
Year's Eve was able to work with
three different
directors, one
after another, and change all
adapt is critical to the company's
success.
" In today's market, you have to
be able to say 'yes' to whatever
the customer wants, but do it in
a way that doesn't take all of your
resources and budget to make it
happen, " said Eric Duke, President,
All Mobile Video. " That's why a
modular approach tied together
with IP makes so much sense for
us. Our teams can be so much more
responsive when they aren't having
to worry about whether we have
enough boxes patched together in
the rack. "
The next
agility
for AMV
step in increasing
using their
is
IP infrastructure in
conjunction with Grass
Valley's
Agile Media
Processing Platform
(AAMP). AMPP allows users
to quickly deploy and scale
SaaS applications
on-prem or in the cloud.
AMV
customers
fiber back
are
enjoying the benefits
of
this new operational
environment. In a recent
example, a single operator is
running a full
production studio,
spinning up whatever resources are
needed at the moment.
" Every day is different for him, "
said Blanco. " But it's no big deal.
Whether it's a podcast,
recording
a Zoom presentation, or in-studio
video shoot, all the tools are running
on AMPP to produce and distribute
the content. "
Connecting AMPP capabilities
to AMV's Eclipse will
allow each
production to scale to whatever size
is
system, it doesn't really matter who
is
primary, "
said
Blanco. " Some
days the studio can support the
truck with extra resources. Other
days you can be feeding the truck
back to a main production from
the studio. Because Grass Valley's
Orbit can control SDI, IP and AMPP
platforms from a single UI, we don't
have to worry about buying a bunch
of extra equipment that's going to sit
idle most of the time. We can match
the system - and our production
budget - to whatever the customer
needs. "
Staying agile through the use of
IP and SaaS platforms allows AMV
to quickly adapt to the needs of the
moment, all while staying within
staffing and equipment budgets.
The new operational
of the technologies
the only
capabilities
ensure that
fireworks related to the
either
production are in the sky outside -
for everyone to enjoy!
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