CJP Broadcast Service Solutions reports the successful live HD video production of the FA Women’s National League Play-Off Final, deploying a fully transportable solution with assistance from Edge Hill University and Sunderland University students.
Held on Saturday 21 May at Edgeley Park, home of Stockport County FC, the final was played between winner Southampton Women FC and Wolverhampton Wanderers WFC, respective champions of the FA WNL Southern and Northern Premier Divisions. The match was streamed live online globally by the BBC for the first time.
“We were commissioned by the FA to work with the BBC based on our proven experience in the sports sector at every level from tier 1 football to some of the highest-profile matches in the European sports calendar,” said sales and marketing manager Kieran Phillips.
“We deployed a complete transportable solution, including four JVC cameras and a CJP Live Sports Production System. We also received very welcome assistance from Edge Hill University and Sunderland University students, who in return gained experience of working on a live OB project.”
Available in several versions supporting up to eight camera inputs, the CJP Live Sports Production System provides a wide range of production and streaming capabilities. Its facilities include ISO recording, four-layer graphics, transitions, real-time replay, slow-motion replay, on-the-fly highlights creation, advert insertion, clip insertion and audio mixing.
Operation is via a touch screen and keyboard with the option of an external joystick for pan/tilt/zoom camera control. Full multiscreen monitoring facilities are included with the option of a second screen for commentator positions.
An H.264 live stream can be fed directly to a TV station or third-party OB control suite via a 10 megabits per second link or via 4G mobile, with the ability to simulcast to multiple platforms and in-stadium screens. Up to 96 terabytes of RAID5 storage can also be attached.
CJP Broadcast provides a range of services in the broadcast, corporate, education and sports sectors, including systems integration, the design and construction of virtual production studios, live video production and streaming, and video-on-demand platform management with or without paywalls.
Its customers include national and regional broadcasters in the UK and overseas, government organisations, universities, corporate studio operators and sports clubs. In the sports field, CJP works directly with clubs ranging from grassroots through to tier 1, delivering both technology and live sports production.
