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THE MOST SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT HAS BEEN THE SCALABILITY OF THE STREAMING SOLUTION AND NOT NEEDING TO WORRY ABOUT THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING OR HOW THEY WATCH
Ravensbourne is able to take advantage of a comprehensive set of services for media processing and distribution as well as monitoring and management. Powered by AWS Elemental media services, he infrastructure’s flexible adaptive bitrate video processing and integrated content delivery network has allowed Ravensbourne and RSC to easily stream live productions free of charge to nearly any school in the country – even those in remote locations with inconsistent bandwidth accessibility – and to open up a whole new world of discovery and learning for its students. INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE As well as benefiting schools across the UK and beyond, the collaboration is of great benefit to Ravensbourne students. It gives them the opportunity to work on a live, professional standard broadcast with an audience of 20,000-30,000 students. They are also given the chance to partner with their peers in the broadcast and
entertainment industries. Ravensbourne works with leading broadcast technology organisations giving students the chance to use the latest technology. The Department of Production have involved Vizrt, for example, to enhance the graphics system of the Schools’ Broadcast series. “It’s a fantastic resource to have at our disposal on so many levels,” says Manning. “Our students are able to dive deep into the workflow to get real-world experience, and we can give them a more holistic understanding of production processes and technologies in theory as well as in practice. Furthermore, by bringing these exceptional performances directly to students across the UK we’re able to draw new interest to both Ravensbourne and RSC. “We aim to expand our use of the service for our Ravensbourne University London Degree Show, which takes place in June each year. Our students are also planning to run their own channel from Ravensbourne in the future.”
YONDER CLOUD Ravensbourne’s productions help viewers to develop their English language and literature skills, while also enabling its students to get hands-on with the latest broadcast technology
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