Photography courtesy of JVC
SEAMLESS STREAMING FOR ADMINISTRATION AND ATHLETICS The town of Maple Heights was looking to upgrade the existing streaming infrastructure in both the local high school’s athletic center and board of education facility. Working with Sam Avellone, director of Sales from NPI Audio Visual Solutions, they were able to do exactly that. First, the goal for the Maple Heights Board of Education was to provide a live streaming platform available to both board and community members who are unable to attend meetings and wish to watch online. They also needed the ability to record and archive meetings so people can visit their website to view them at a later time. The upgraded system includes two JVC’s KYPZ200N CONNECTED CAM NDI|HX-enabled PTZ cameras, a RM-LP350G Desktop Control Surface, a RM-LP5G PTZ Camera Controller, and a KM-IPS84 vMix Switcher for streaming board of education council meetings. The
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school district records these meetings using JVC’s KY-PZ200N NDI PTZ cameras. The board of education quickly found the KYPZ200N PTZ cameras’ plug-and-play capabilities to be intuitive, the image quality impressive, and the ability to use multiple presets for the PTZ cameras a big plus. The ability to have individual presets for each council member’s chair, as well as for the podium where speakers present, allows the camera operator to access a variety of scene angles instantaneously and provides viewers with a dynamic viewing experience. Avellone has done multiple installations for schools, houses of worship, and sports facilities using JVC Professional Video, and trusts their products to perform in any environment. “The optics are superior with JVC cameras. I will never compromise the quality of the image because of the name on the camera,” he stated adamantly. “We have worked with other brands
and found with some that the image quality is inferior, pixelated—and when you’re doing broadcast, especially when streaming, you’ve got to have a good-quality image.” Avellone continued, “What’s happened is you now have customers that see the difference between a good stream and a bad stream. There are three things that make a good stream: superior-quality video, high-quality audio, and animated graphics. This is reinforced with the ability to have different camera angles and fly a lower third in and out to keep their attention.” The board of education also can share presentations or documents by bringing them into the KM-IPS84 vMix Switcher easily from a laptop. “The features of the vMix switcher, with the built-in graphics, the ability to build layers, and use lower thirds and graphics over the top—it’s a no brainer from a cost standpoint.”