JVC Professional Provides Full Streaming Solutions for Ohio Athletic Center and Board of Education

JVC Professional Provides Full Streaming Solutions for Ohio Athletic Center and Board of Education

By Jennifer P 0 Comment December 18, 2024 Board of Education, case study, edu, Education, JVC, JVC Professional, KM-IP8S4, KY-PZ200N, ndi, NDI|HX, PTZ Camera, RM-LP350G, RM-LP5G, vMix Studio Switcher

Maple Heights High School Extends their Board of Education and Athletic Centers Reach with JVC CONNECTED CAM™ PTZ Cameras and IP Streaming Switchers

Maple Heights High School, a public high school located in Maple Heights, Ohio expands their athletic center and Board of Education remote production platforms with a complete JVC Professional Video workflow.

The town of Maple Heights was looking to upgrade the existing streaming infrastructure in both the local high school’s athletic center and the Board of Education facility. Working with Sam Avellone, director of sales from NPI Audio Visual Solutions, they were able to do exactly that.

First, the goal for the Maple Heights Board of Education was to provide a live streaming platform that was available to both board and community members who are unable to attend the meeting and wish to watch online. They also needed the ability to record and archive their meetings so people can visit their website view them at a later time.

The upgraded system includes two JVC’s KYPZ200N CONNECTED CAM NDI®|HX enabled PTZ cameras, a RM-LP350G Desktop Control Surface, a RM-LP5G PTZ Camera Controller and a KM-IPS84 vMix Switcher for streaming the board of education council meetings.

The Board of Education quickly found the KY-PZ200N PTZ cameras plug-and-play capabilities to be intuitive, the image quality impressive, and the ability to use multiple presets for the PTZ cameras a big plus. The ability to have individual presets for each of the council member’s chairs and podium where speakers present to the council allows for the camera operator to access a variety of scene angles instantaneously, providing viewers with a dynamic viewing experience.

“The optics are superior with JVC cameras, I will never compromise the quality of the image because of the name on the camera. We have worked with other brands and found with some the image quality is inferior, pixelated, and when you’re doing broadcast, especially when streaming, you’ve got to have a good quality image.”
Sam Avellone, Director of Sales from NPI Audio Visual Solutions

“What’s happened is you now have customers that see the difference between a good stream and a bad stream. There are three things that make a good stream: superior quality video, high quality audio and animated graphics. This is reinforced with the ability of having different camera angles and the ability of flying a lower third in and out to keep their attention.”
Sam Avellone, Director of Sales from NPI Audio Visual Solutions

Avellone finds the biggest compliment to a customer’s satisfaction is repeated business. He has done multiple installations for schools, house of worships, and sports facilities using JVC Professional Video.

The Board of Education also can share their presentations or documents by bringing them into the KM-IPS84 vMix Switcher easily from a laptop.

“The features of the vMix switcher with the built-in graphics, the ability to build layers and use lower thirds and graphics over the top, it’s a no-brainer from a cost standpoint.”
Sam Avellone, Director of Sales from NPI Audio Visual Solutions

Next on the upgrade agenda was Maple Heights’ athletic center. The athletic center AV system installation is also powered by JVC PTZ cameras, camera controller and CONNECTED CAM™ IP streaming switchers. The integration included providing the program out of JVC’s KM-IPS84 video switcher to the facility’s new video boards as well as the athletic center’s video control console for streaming to the web.

The KY-PZ200N CONNECTED CAM™ NDI®|HX enabled PTZ cameras, combined with the additional JVC Professional Video affordable workflow tools were chosen with the idea to be used to capture a variety of sports as their seasons change. The center also uses the PTZ cameras to capture events such as assemblies and presentations.

Included among the JVC equipment installed was the multi-award-winning KM-IP8S4 CONNECTED CAM™ vMix Studio Switcher, which can manage a minimum of eight NDI inputs at 1080 60P using vMix 4K licensed software. The 2RU device is optimized for switching live programming in SD up to full HD 1080 60P and offers several output options, including one 3G-SDI, one HDMI, four DisplayPort and a Gigabit Ethernet network port.

The installation also includes the RM-LP350G CONNECTED CAM™ vMix Control Surface, a desktop controller for vMix that works with the JVC KM-IP8 systems to enable traditional-style switching, and the RM-LP100 Advanced Remote Camera Controller with joystick, rocker switch, and a seven-inch touchscreen panel that provides remote control of PTZ operation, position presets, and image painting capability for up to ninety-nine cameras.