Terrible Productions: sports streaming with Blackmagic Design

A selection of components Blackmagic Design structure the workflow Terrible Productions, a company specialized in sports streaming.

Terrible Productions uses a standardized workflow for all the matches it covers, except during basketball and rugby matches, in which wireless cameras are used to achieve greater flexibility and freedom of movement. Up to six units URSA Broadcast They are strategically placed on the walkways of sports venues, equipped with devices URSA Studio Viewfinder and objectives B4 ENG of Canon. On the other hand, Blackmagic equipment is used Camera Fiber Converter to transmit the live signals to a mobile unit, through a fiber optic connection.

The Valladolid production company creates, in this way, content for organizations such as LaLiga SmartBank, the ASOBAL League, the Rugby Honor Division and the Royal Spanish Handball Federation. The coverage, which includes pre- and post-match interviews, the match itself and replays, is broadcast on channels such as LaLiga Sports TV, tvg o RTPA. Likewise, Terrible Producciones provides content to the respective sports federations, which add their own comments before transmitting them.

FHD production

The workflow Blackmagic Design from Terrible Producciones is complete with a mixer ATEM 2 M/E Production Studio 4K, various recorders HyperDeck Studio Mini and a device ATEM Camera Control Panel. In turn, a repetition system is used vMix connected to the mixer. The contents are produced in format 1080p50, in order to meet broadcasters' transmission requirements.

The main person in charge of Terrible Producciones, David Garcia Rodriguez, highlights the “flexibility and high degree of control” that Blackmagic solutions offer for your multi-camera productions. This versatility allows you to cover all types of sporting events with a basic team of four people, made up of a director, a producer, an operator for the camera control unit and a person specialized in graphics and replays.