Up until now, a huge infrastructure of video switching and broadcast hardware was needed to produce decent live broadcasting. Sony’s new Virtual Production Service eliminates the need for all these expensive and delicate devices. All you need is a couple of cameras and a web browser. Welcome to the future of live broadcasting. Sony wants to close the gap between big-budget live productions which require giant broadcasting vans, loads of equipment and therefore personnel and live productions with limited budget such as lower-league sports, music gigs or other live events. The new virtual Production Service relocates all the necessary hardware into the cloud, providing all the features of a fully-fledged video switcher for everybody. Just add a laptop and some cameras and you’re all set. Sony Virtual Production Service This new service lives exclusively in the cloud. It’s powerd by AWS (Amazon Web Services) to be exact. With it, multi-camera live broadcasting becomes a reality for everyone. Sony’s service bypasses the need for huge arrays of equipment and provides an easy-to-use interface within your browser. The system can handle up to six simultaneous camera streams, the only necessity are wifi- or 4G-equipped cameras. For now, the capabilities of the system might be limited in comparison to full-blown broadcast vans but, and this is important, you don’t need anything but a laptop in order to pull off a serious multi-cam live broadcast. All the complicated (and expensive) stuff is taken from you and put into the cloud. You just need the...
Published By: CineD - Tuesday, 24 July, 2018