ImageGwangju eSports chooses Ross as center of workflow in its new Arena

A Carbonite switcher, a Mira server, a Tria storage system and the Ultrix AV processing platform play their key role in managing the video content of this Arena in the South Korean city of Gwangju.

Perhaps the e-sports sector (eSports) has its roots on the Internet, but its growing popularity has given rise to a series of physical events that have filled auditoriums and stadiums around the world.

Until 2020, leagues' and tournaments' end-of-season events regularly drew tens of thousands of people to venues, complementing the millions watching online. While the pandemic has obviously forced eSports to return to an online world, many have been planning for a future that sees the return of physical events.

South Korea has always been a hotbed of eSports, and the government has wanted to support the construction of new venues dedicated to eSports to reflect the popularity of the sector. The city of Gwangju, in the southwest of the country, has recently completed construction of its own esports stadium (ImageGwangju eSports), y Ross Video sits at the center of the production workflow.

a mixer Carbonite, a server for replays Mira and a storage system Tria play their key role in managing the video content of this Arena. For its part, the AV processing platform Vengeance y Ross OpenGear They take care of all the routing and signal processing.

Sungwon Shin, Project Manager at CJ Olivenetworks, the company awarded this project, highlights that "We had already tested Ross equipment as part of our work on other esports and corporate projects, and were already familiar with the efficient Ross workflow. We had no hesitation in proposing the Ross eSports solution through the public tender process, and the experience has been extremely positive. Ross equipment offers very impressive levels of functionality at a very reasonable and accessible price. The customer objective has always been “It has been to pull off visually stunning productions with a modest number of people, and Ross is helping us meet the goal with technical support and operational training.”

Mark Cooke, sales director for Asia, acknowledges that "the pandemic may be a bump in the road for esports, but there is little doubt that its impressive popularity will continue to grow once live events return to our calendars. The city of Gwangju is showing great ambition and foresight in investing in this new venue, and we are delighted that Ross solutions have been chosen to power the stadium productions. The challenges faced by eSports content producers are often different to the problems faced. those customers face in more traditional broadcast or live event environments, but the impressive list of international esports brands that have partnered with Ross clearly demonstrates that we have the innovation, knowledge and experience to help the esports industry reach an even wider audience with even more exciting content.”