Teradek Ranger at the annual Indy Airstrip Attack
By Jamie G
Last August, the Marion Municipal Airport in Indiana set the stage for the 8th annual Indy Airstrip Attack. The Indy Airstrip Attack features more than 300 high-performance supercars competing in drag races. Award-winning directors and video engineers Jeffrey Hart and Ryan Randels were tasked with producing the live broadcast of the event.
Hard & Randels challenge was ensuring the seamless transmission of car footage across a substantial distance with minimal latency. That’s when they turned to the Teradek Ranger & Bolt systems to simplify their workflows.
“The starting line camera transmitted its feed from a Bolt 6 to a receiver located 300 ft away, which was then connected to a Ranger 4K via a 300 ft SDI cable,” Teradek says. “This Ranger subsequently transmitted the footage an impressive 2000 ft further to its receiver alongside the broadcasting van, covering a total distance of 2,600 ft. The camera at the midway point utilized a Ranger 4K to transmit its footage to a receiver positioned 2,000 ft away. Both receivers were then connected via SDI to the production switcher within the broadcast van, where the cameras were masterfully directed in time to the fast-paced action before adding graphics and final audio mixdown.”
With this new workflow, the live stream was a succues with over 2.1 mullion unique live viewers with a total of 8 million total views across Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch.
“Ranger and Bolt worked flawlessly,” said Jeffrey, as he reflected on the impeccable performance of the two systems. “We relied on both systems for two full days in the field, and the absence of noticeable delay was truly remarkable.” He emphasized that previous races had posed significant challenges in achieving low latency over such vast distances, but this time, the results were pleasantly swift.
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