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IN THE FUTURE, IT WILL ALLOW PRODUCTION OPERATORS TO WORK FROMWHEREVER THEY WANT is possible with 5G. The low latency transmission that 5G offers is a boon for sports and live production, where delays are unacceptable, while the wider available bandwidth delivers less compressed content to the mobile viewer. Sustainable production and lower-tier sports will also benefit, as 5G and cloud-based production negates the need for the expensive OB resources, such as satellite or RF- connected vehicles and infrastructure, deployed by major broadcasters. The 5G trials underlined the possibilities for remote production and new, more efficient, ways of organising live workflows. “We’ve collaborated with Sony for the
RUNNING SPEED The BMW Berlin Marathon was the testing ground for live broadcast using 5G
BMW Berlin Marathon and the set-up that we are implementing enables flexible resource allocation,” says Peer Seitz, head of production at Infront. “In the future, it will allow production operators to work from wherever they want.” Social media has become an essential element for organisers and broadcasters, with exclusive mobile footage boosting the chances for online engagement. Using the XDCAM Pocket App prototype on Sony’s Xperia 5G device, 360 ° coverage of the marathon was streamed live to the cloud to be picked up by Sony’s Virtual Production service prototype, where a virtual switcher took care of professional mixing and
distribution to the testing web environment. 5G promises professional-quality, user- generated content at your fingertips. “There is a growing appetite for personalisation in viewing experience,” says Tiana Trumpa, 5G product manager at Deutsche Telekom. “One way of increasing engagement is by adapting high-quality content created on smartphones into the production. At Deutsche Telekom, we want to enable production companies to achieve this by providing the network capabilities.”
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