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KPS Studios takes live sports productions remote with AJA Bridge Live

IP (internet protocol) and remote production are transforming how live sports coverage reaches fans worldwide. Recognizing the potential of both, broadcast production and equipment rental company Kaleidoscope Production and Services LLP (KPS Studios) helped facilitate the first remote production of the Durand Cup, one of India’s biggest annual football tournaments, last summer.

Since then, it’s continued to refine its multi-camera IP and remote production pipeline to deliver the fast-paced action of several other live sports events to fans across the Asia Pacific region. To ensure low-latency viewer experiences in multiple languages across a range of destinations and device types, the company built AJA Video Systems’ IP video solution Bridge Live and 16-channel OpenGear audio embedder/disembedder OG-12G-AMA into its workflow.

Production of the Durand Cup, one of Asia’s most storied football events, assembled a team of more than 150 crew, including producers, directors, camera operators, sound engineers, and broadcast engineers, spread across six tournament venues throughout India. Leveraging multiple cameras in each venue, KPS transmitted HD feeds to a master control room in Kolkata, where its team processed the footage, and added in slow-motion replays, graphics, and commentary. Then, it distributed the feeds to Sony TV via traditional broadcast, streaming apps Sony LIV and SSEN for over-the-top (OTT) delivery, and social platforms. By using Bridge Live, the KPS team was able to move between SRT (secure reliable transport) and H.265 and support low-latency streaming demands.

Given the team had to produce the feed for distribution in multiple languages, they also used AJA’s 16-channel OG-12G-AMA OpenGear analog audio embedder/disembedder card. “We can embed eight channels of audio with OG-12G-AMA, which is increasingly important as we’re tasked with embedding more languages into an SDI feed”, says KPS Studios Technical and Managing Director Rajiv Mehra, who tapped AJA distributor ARK InfoSolutions to ensure seamless integration of Bridge Live and OG-12G-AMA into KPS Studios’ workflow.

“Remote production is clearly the future and can provide tremendous cost savings, while also reducing a production’s carbon footprint", he adds. "And 4K workflow adoption is on the rise, which means SMPTE ST 2110 IP video will soon become necessary. While we’re transmitting today in HD, we understand we’ll need to move to 4K, and coaxial cable can’t provide the bandwidth like an IP network can. We’re actively exploring how we can build SMPTE 2110 into our pipeline this year.”

(Photo: AJA Video Systems/KPS Studios)

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