Riedel’s Simplylive Rimotion R8 drives fast-turnaround replay and social media clips for the Savannah Bananas, home and away
he Savannah Bananas, an exhibition baseball team based in Savannah, Georgia, have deployed
The Bananas were able to get the Rimotion R8 up and running quickly, with student workers learning the system in a matter of hours and progressing to more complex operations using either the touchscreen or desktop controller. All camera feeds from the stadium or remote locations return to the Grayson Stadium control room for production, where they are cut, replayed and edited with audio and graphics before being exported to social media via Rimotion R8 as clips. It provides extensive slow-motion capabilities and supports productions with up to eight cameras – two more than the Bananas had before – while keeping delay low. The R8 system enables remote replays and clip creation for away games, meaning the Bananas need only send cameras and flypacks, with
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Riedel’s Simplylive Rimotion R8 instant-replay system within the control room at Grayson Stadium. Since the installation in January, the Bananas have been able to upscale their streaming and social media clips, especially for broadcast on YouTube. Having shown six games on ESPN last season, the Bananas are producing content for NESN and other local networks – and the Rimotion R8 is helping achieve this. A major contributor to the Bananas’ popularity has been instant replays of backflips and trick plays on social media. One such event occurs every game during the third inning, second batter and second pitch – where team members perform TikTok dances.
crew members to carry and operate the equipment.
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