LiveU has launched its Lightweight Sports Production solution, making professional live sports production accessible and affordable for events of all sizes. This new solution opens up opportunities for diverse and minority sports that have been hindered by budget constraints. Built on a remote production model with broadcast-grade video performance, Lightweight Sports Production offers a cost-effective alternative to traditional production methods.
LiveU's solution provides a complete capture-mix-share experience, streamlining live video capture, program production, and distribution. By eliminating the need for extensive on-site equipment and personnel, Lightweight Sports Production can be deployed for a technology cost of as little as $500 per event, giving producers full control over costs.
Seamlessly integrating LiveU's portable 5G bonded video encoders with LiveU Studio, the company's cloud-native video production service, the solution offers a quick and easy way to get multi-cam sources into the cloud and out to digital and linear audiences.
LiveU Studio features a range of sports-centric capabilities and a new user interface, designed to be lightweight in operation but powerful in fan engagement. The solution can be controlled from a single screen, enabling one operator to handle live switching, instant replays, ISO recording, SCTE-35 ad insertion, guest management, and distribution. LiveU has also partnered with third-party vendors to offer integrated HTML-based graphics and AI video editor tools for an immersive audience experience.
Steve Wind-Mozley, CMO of LiveU, said, "On this, LiveU’s 18th birthday, we wanted to honor the passion, dedication and enthusiasm of every player and storyteller involved in the world of sport. We are proud to introduce LiveU Lightweight Sports Production’s turnkey solutions that are designed to make producing high-quality, multi-angle live sports content simple, fast and cost-efficient and attainable for any event size. Fans of niche and developing sports, who were underserved can now be reached, offering fresh monetization possibilities for forward-thinking storytellers. Broadcasters, production teams, leagues, and content creators can easily ‘right-size’ their production costs, allowing them to produce far more content, more sustainably than before.”
LiveU's Lightweight Sports Production includes third-party solutions for a comprehensive sports production experience. Partners featured on LiveU's IBC stand (7.C19) include:
Matt Zajicek, LiveU’s Senior Director of Product Management, explained, “With the flexibility and scalability of our new solution, live sports content can be produced from virtually any location, whether it’s a grassroots event in a remote region or a specialized sport with a passionate fanbase, accelerating audience growth and value creation. Additionally, the cloud-based REMI or remote approach reduces the environmental impact of live production, supporting increasingly important sustainability goals by minimizing the need for on-site personnel and equipment. This inherent efficiency, combined with our leading video-over-bonded-IP technologies, means our customers can drastically reduce their per-event production costs, while increasing their high-quality, professional output.”
LiveU's Lightweight Sports Production will be showcased at IBC 2024, Hall 7, Stand 7.C19, as part of the LiveU EcoSystem IP-video workflow.