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The BRIT Awards: A Showcase of Collaborative Power with Atomos C2C Workflow

Jennifer P — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 19:00:00 +0000

The article from Atomos dives into Bauer Media’s innovative approach to content creation during the prestigious BRIT Awards, held at the O2 Arena in London on March 2nd, 2024. As one of the event’s official broadcast partners, Bauer Media faced the unique challenge of capturing exclusive social media content featuring renowned celebrities like Dua Lipa, Kylie, Charlie XCX, Calvin Harris, and the night’s big winner, Raye. Navigating the fast-paced environment of the red carpet and backstage areas, they needed a solution that would allow them to capture, edit, and distribute content swiftly and seamlessly.

To meet this challenge, Bauer Media turned to the Atomos Shogun C2C workflow. Leveraging the Shogun’s advanced camera-to-cloud capabilities, they were able to transform their content creation process. The Shogun’s onboard recording capabilities allowed them to capture high-quality footage of video interviews with celebrities, unleashing the full potential of their cameras. Additionally, the direct upload functionality enabled real-time transmission of 1080p proxies directly to the cloud, eliminating delays in content delivery.

The benefits of implementing the Atomos C2C workflow were manifold. Bauer Media experienced significantly faster turnaround times, with their first social media video published online a mere 10 minutes after each interview—an exceptional achievement in the fast-paced world of live events. This rapid content delivery ensured enhanced engagement with their audience, keeping them excited and connected throughout the event. Moreover, the streamlined workflow facilitated by the C2C technology eliminated the need for manual file transfers, saving valuable time and resources for editors and social media teams.

Perhaps most importantly, the Atomos C2C workflow enabled real-time collaboration between camera operators, editors, and social media teams. This seamless collaboration allowed for more efficient coordination and decision-making, ultimately resulting in higher-quality content delivered to the audience in record time.

The article underscores the transformative impact of the Atomos C2C workflow on event and broadcast production. By enabling real-time content delivery, immediate editing, and seamless collaboration, it represents a significant leap forward in the industry. Bauer Media’s success at the BRIT Awards serves as a testament to the efficacy of this technology, setting a new standard for collaboration and efficiency in content creation for live events. Through their innovative use of the Atomos Connect range products, Bauer Media has not only achieved record-breaking efficiency but also demonstrated the immense potential for collaboration in the modern media landscape.

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Panasonic: The Future of Video Production Live Event

Adam Noyes — Fri, 01 May 2020 18:26:30 +0000

Panasonic is holding a live Virtual event covering the future of video production. The stream will go live on May 6th, 2020 It’s going to be a great show with a ton of awesome information, so we wanted to spread the word.

Check out Panasonic’s info about the show, below.

While it is unfortunate we won’t see you in person at this year’s NAB 2020 event, Panasonic is excited to showcase the future of video production at our Pro Video Broadcast, a virtual experience for customers, partners, media and analysts.

With rising expectations around the quality of video and streaming content, production teams are looking for ways to broadcast with flexible and cost-effective operation. Join us as we introduce new products and technologies to help customers succeed today and prepare for the challenges and possibilities ahead.

Hear conversations around industry trends & challenges impacting live, remote and news production
Learn about Panasonic’s latest announcements to solve for these challenges
Engage in a Q&A with Panasonic experts

We hope you can join us and we look forward to when we can all safely gather at events again.

Register HERE.

Learn more about Panasonic HERE.

Using 4K video for live event capture with Epiphan Video

Jim Bask — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 17:11:49 +0000

Using 4K video for live event capture

by: Epiphan Video

4K video isn’t just the latest fad, it’s becoming the new standard. In the near future, any live video production is going to need to use 4K video (or UHD Video, as the 3840×2160 resolution is often referred to) in order to remain competitive. This isn’t just because it’s a new novelty, either – there are genuine benefits that come from the format, ranging from greater display range, to better behind-the-scenes editing.

The benefits are huge, but computers are having trouble keeping up, since the amount of information captured by a 4K camera can sometimes tax even the best processors. These technical barriers have made a lot of live production operations that might benefit from 4K out it off until later, waiting for improvements to processors and USB host controllers. The hesitation is understandable – it can be difficult to be on the cutting edge of technology. Here’s why overcoming the tech barrier and making the leap into the 4K generation immediately is worth it.

Using 4K video technology right

The best argument for working to overcome the technical impediments is that it is not as difficult to do as it first appears. Certainly, you’ll need a powerful processor, such as an Intel i7, and a recent USB 3.0 controller. You’ll also need to find a hardware or software that will actually accept a 4K input. The best hardware to use is an HDMI to USB video grabber like AV.io 4K, a 4K capture card that uses HDMITM and USB 3.0 cables to accept a 4K video source. Accompanied by a 4K-capable encoding software, such as OBS, the video grabber allows you to process the signal and capture or stream the 4K video. Keep a lookout on our blog for an upcoming post that describes the best software to use for capturing 4K!

Still, even using the right hardware and software, to get the best results you might need to change how you capture the video. You’ll need to make changes to your software’s settings such as:

setting custom resolution to 3840×2160,
using the YUY2 color space,
encoding in x264,
allowing max bitrate of 20,000 kb/s (for lots of headroom!),
limit frame rate to maximum 20 fps.

These sort of adjustments allow our computer to keep pace with 4K, and use 4K correctly to its full effect. With this setup, the technological problems aren’t as much of a barrier, so you can concentrate on what 4K video will help you accomplish.

The current state of 4K video

With the increasing popularity of 4K video cameras there’s now lots of video producers, from large corporations to single-person setups, who are finding it helpful. Certainly television is using it, both for shows and journalism, but it’s also very common among live video producers online or at conferences and business presentations. The reason for this is that the biggest advantage UHD has over HD is how great 4K looks on a big screen. At large conferences or public demos, having the ability to use an attention-grabbing 100-inch TV and still have it look good is a huge benefit. It dominates the area with the sheer size and quality of the video, and always draws people to the booth. Likewise, there’s lots of 4K videos online that draw attention and acclaim for their beautiful 4K quality, and creating them is easy using a video grabber like the AV.io 4K. But currently, despite the advantages of UHD and the increasing number of videos using it, there’s still a huge amount of untapped potential consumption. The audience hoping to see UHD is much greater than the number of videos produced by current 4K content creators. It’s a perfect time for a streamed or recorded video to stand out purely by producing a video that fills that void and draws people to it with its impressive quality! But there’s even better reasons for using UHD beyond the improvement in resolution.

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