STREAMPUNK 10 NewTek
Esports is just what NewTek has been waiting for. The company’s IP-based production tools are a hit with gamers streaming from one-room flats or from world stages TOOLS FOR YOUR ESPORTS EMPIRE
he meteoric rise of esports, now a billion-dollar entertainment sensation drawing hundreds of millions of viewers, seemingly
a royalty-free IP technology for sharing live video, audio, and data between compatible systems and software across Ethernet networks. With its long-standing investment in computers, software, and networks as the future of video production, NewTek has tried to position itself as a solutions provider for game streamers and esports producers at every level. NDI is now integrated into prominent game streaming software like XSplit, Open Broadcaster Software (OBS), and GameShow. The technology streamlines the process of capturing gameplay for live streaming or on-demand viewing, eliminating the need for supplemental hardware and workaround cabling, as well as unpredictable signal conversion that can interrupt both the viewer experience and the competitive aspect of gameplay. NewTek’s software-driven solutions are being widely adopted for esports event coverage and studio-style content creation. Natively accommodating the IP output signals from gaming rigs via NDI, while offering the functionality to incorporate conventional broadcast SDI video sources, IP
UPPING ITS GAME NewTek’s flexible IP-based solutions have been adopted by big esports events
happened out of nowhere. But considering human competitiveness and the power of connected technology, it’s easy to see how gaming quickly evolved from head-to-head encounters between family and friends, to high-intensity online showdowns with team-based tournaments selling out arenas worldwide. Today the phenomenon is burning up record bandwidth on game streaming platforms like Twitch, Mixer and YouTube Gaming, captivating viewers in arenas and on connected devices with professionally produced live events,which are even crossing over into mainstream broadcast. With this ongoing venture into spaces more commonly occupied by traditional A/V and broadcast technologies, synergy between multi-camera production and high-performance PC gaming is essential. Enter NewTek, a company which accelerated the desktop video revolution with products like its popular Tricaster vision mixer. At IBC2015, the company introduced NDI,
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