ONLINE VIEWERS CAN PICK AND CHOOSE, JUMPING BETWEEN ANY OF THE FOUR SIMULTANEOUS LIVE FEEDS
anniversary, and the landmark was captured by HLSR’s extensive array of broadcast equipment – allowing the show to be streamed live in HDTV quality, using three dual-channel Lightspeed encoding systems from Telestream. “With our mission to promote agriculture, preserve Western heritage, support Texas youth and provide educational support – and with our annual educational commitment exceeding $22 million – we’re committed to making certain everyone interested in our event can watch it live for free,” says director
of broadcast and audio-visual at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, James Davidson. “Lightspeed Live Stream gives us full in-house control over our live streams, with exceptional encoders are dual-channel, each can encode and stream two separate live feeds simultaneously. Two of the three dual-channel encoders are used to broadcast live HD programme content for the organisation’s website, for a total of four feeds. This means that viewers can choose any of the video encoding and quality.” Since all three Lightspeed
four streams to watch a different concurrent HLSR event. While the daytime streaming audience is small, these viewers see a polished, multicamera-switched show enhanced by graphic overlays, such as sponsor logos and CG text. These feeds emanate from one of HLSR’s two on-site production control rooms, each equipped with a large Grass Valley 3 M/E production switcher and a Ross Video XPression. These video signals flow through the house routers to the Lightspeed units in the nearby machine room. Online viewers can pick and choose, jumping
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