TVU transmitters key to Beijing TV Drama Festival’s multi-camera production

BRTV relied on the TVU mobile broadcast technology to deliver a full multi-camera production of the Beijing TV Drama Festival, an event that spanned five days.

BRTV (Beijing Radio and Television Station) relied on TVU Networks for the real-time transmission and encoding/decoding of this festival to broadcast and social media platforms. BRTV’s technical team used a TVU One 5G mobile transmitter for encoding and transmission of the signal, which was sent from Shougang Park (home of the 2022 Winter Olympics) to a TVU device located in BRTV’s production studio for decoding and output to a broadcast system. The live event was broadcast on BRTV and simultaneously distributed to multiple platforms, including the BRTV app, WeChat and Weibo.

During the China Beijing TV Drama Festival, more than 600 new TV programmes were previewed, including 400 soap operas, more than 60 online series and more than 300 miniseries. The festival featured multiple activities: from ceremonies, to thematic forums and digital exhibitions. The multi-camera production powered by BRTV captured the presenters, artists, audience and atmosphere of the event from all angles. TVU crews sent the signal once the video and audio mix was completed on-site, as well as the insertion of promotional video, subtitles and graphics.

TVU One can simultaneously aggregate up to 12 data connections: 3G/4G/5G LTE mobile, WiFi, Starlink, ethernet, Ka- and Ku-band satellite, microwave and BGAN. It provides high-quality live video over a 5G cellular link infrastructure. Similarly, the mobile transmitter provides the ability to transfer UHD quality live video with sub-second latency and transmit at 100 Mbps.

Paul Shen, CEO of TVU Networks, highlights the value of its partnership with the Chinese broadcaster: “BRTV is a valued customer with an incredible history of driving innovation and new production techniques. We’re honored that our solutions are in regular use at BRTV for remote production. We’ve been told by network staff that they appreciate being able to use existing EFP (electronic field production) tools while taking advantage of the increased bandwidth 5G networks provide. And as broadcasters migrate to cloud production, making the transition to a cloud native infrastructure in place of physical equipment, is very easy with our intuitive ecosystem.”