Sky Germany produces the handball Bundesliga final with Vizrt in a cloud and 5G environment

The Liqui Moly Handball Bundesliga final was produced in the cloud by Sky Germany with the sports switching, graphing and analysis tools of Vizrt, all of them deployed in AWS through the 5G network O2.

Sky Germany used the live production solution Vizrt, which covers Viz Vectar Plus for switching, Free Viz for sports analysis and Viz Engine y Viz Arc for graphics, all through the cloud. Vizrt tools were provided by IS, specifically because of the function NDI Bridge, which moved the show's feed from the cloud to Sky's headquarters in Munich.

The production setup Sky Germany It also included a live mix of signals from broadcast cameras and mobile phones. For this work, a 5G transmission powered by technology LiveU with “almost zero” latency. It is not the first production of this type, since Sky, O2 and Vizrt promoted a similar experience in 2020. In addition to the classic television broadcast, the match was broadcast free of charge for fans on skysport.de and on YouTube channel Sky Sport in Germany.

This is how he values ​​the initiative Daniel Url, responsable global de gestión de productos de Vizrt: “Por primera vez, alguien está haciendo una producción en directo 5G de principio a fin aprovechando el flamante NDI Bridge y nuestras herramientas de vanguardia de gráficos, análisis y producción, todo en la nube. Estamos muy orgullosos de trabajar con Sky en esta producción que va más allá de los límites”.