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BREAKING INTO BROADCAST
Thoroughly established among videographers, Atomos is increasing its presence in the broadcast sphere after recently kitting out Livestream Facilities’ OB van
ATOMOS’ MOTTO IS ‘helping video professionals’, with cinematographers and other videographers constituting its central client base. But due to the accelerated incline of live streaming, the company has been increasing its reach to those within the broadcast and streaming stratospheres. Livestream Facilities is a prime example. Based in the Netherlands, the company specialises in live event production and streaming, and is also highly active in the corporate and entertainment sectors. “We work on festivals, sports, LED-screen projections, exhibitions and town halls... but above all online television,” introduces Rodney de Graaff, project manager at Livestream Facilities. READY-MADE OB Livestream Facilities has to tackle a wide variety of projects, and so versatility is a must. Its outside broadcasting (OB) van has a mobile, preconfigured studio complete with the Atomos Shogun Studio 2. This
rack-mounted, eight-channel monitor- recorder-switcher combines Atomos’ multichannel recording capabilities with two HDR monitors. “Our productions mainly take place at the customer’s location or another high- profile place,” explains de Graaff. “Since we have our OB van, it is wonderful to provide our crew with a well-known home base that is the same everywhere.” He continues: “It’s much nicer to sit in a ready-made OB van than to build a technical set-up in the middle of a zoo, on a farm, next to a football field or even a Boeing 747 – all of which we’ve done before.” Plus, instead of taking hours, the OB van reduces installation time to a minimum. “It’s up and running within ten minutes.” OUTDOOR ADVENTURES An OB van is not immediately where you’d expect to find a tool from Atomos’ diverse product portfolio, but as de Graaff notes: “There has been a shift from traditional broadcast manufacturers to newcomers who can do it just as well.” Livestream Facilities streamed the Loveland Festival in Amsterdam: “An event with six stages, which we operated from a central location on the site where we had built six MCRs (master control rooms),” says de Graaff. “One of these is the OB van, fitted with the Shogun Studio 2, where all of our fibres, switchers and encoders are running. “We record and stream absolutely everything centrally,” de Graaff goes on. “With the Atomos Shogun Studio 2, we “With Atomos Shogun Studio 2, we can host all feeds on one recorder”
are able to host all feeds (eight channels) on just one recorder. With a 2TB disk per drive, we can easily record the whole day.” Livestream Facilities also employs the Atomos Shogun as an on-camera monitor. “In this way, camera operators can switch between the OUTSIDE THE BOX Livestream Facilities’ OB van is fitted with the Atomos Shogun Studio 2 (right), centralising its recording capabilities into one mobile set-up
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program signal and their own camera signal – or even both signals in a split screen,” suggests de Graaff. The company doesn’t currently use the Shogun as a recorder, but as he continues: “in any case, the possibility is there!” KNOWN QUANTITY For the Livestream Facilities team, the decision to use Atomos was a no-brainer. The aforementioned shift towards live has led to networks and operators looking to fresh faces and industry trailblazers such as Atomos for equipment that ensures
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