MAKING AN EXHIBITION The Savannah Bananas have deployed the Simplylive Rimotion R8 from Riedel
SINCE THEN, THEIR PRODUCTIONS HAVE TAKEN OFF! IT’S BEEN EXCITING TO SEE since then, their productions have taken off! It’s been exciting to see.” In September 2022, Riedel announced the acquisition of Simplylive. Founded in 2016, it provides software-based products for multicamera production, including all- in-one production suite, replay/slomo, venue gateways and multiviewers, for demanding sports video and broadcast applications. With this step, Riedel extended its hardware-centric portfolio for video transport and processing with COTS- and cloud-based solutions, while gaining expertise and resources to offer new services and deployment models to customers. At the same time, Simplylive can benefit from Riedel’s global sales and support infrastructure, allowing its product portfolio to reach a wider audience. “With this acquisition, we deliver on our strategy to move into the heart of live production, offering new workflows, deployment types and business models, and answering the fast-changing needs of our sports, media and entertainment clients,” asserts Rik Hoerée, CEO product division at Riedel Communications. “Offering simplified, distributed production workflows deployed in the cloud, data centre or on-premises is key for answering the need for more content, while assuring sustainable production business models for our customers. Simplylive brings great products and a combined 200+ years of live TV production expertise. “Together with Riedel’s portfolio of intercom and video-infrastructure products, our global sales, marketing and customer success presence, it opens up new perspectives for our customer base,” concludes Hoerée.
such as the Kansas City Monarchs or the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association. “It’s been such a huge benefit to get into clips quickly and easily, post them to social media and have the ability to grow our presence as we turn around content,” says Griffin Ellis, broadcast engineer, Savannah Bananas. “Being able to create those clips without ripping them from our YouTube stream – instead, it’s a clean feed with no bugs or anything – is big with the way the social media team at the Savannah Bananas turns around content. The goal is; you see
something live, and there will be a clip on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook very quickly.” “The Savannah Bananas reached out to us after speaking with ESPN, looking for a reliable, flexible and growth-enabled system that’s cost- effective and easy to use,” explains Gregory Macchia, VP business development, live production tools. “After working with our team, they discovered how powerful our replay system was and the range of replays we offered with the Rimotion line. They were delighted we were able to bundle it for an affordable price and
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