Mediacorp’s seamless SEA Games live coverage enabled by TVU solutions
For its recent coverage of the 2023 South-East Asian (SEA) Games, Mediacorp, Singapore’s largest content creator and national media network, deployed TVU Networks solutions to broadcast the 32nd SEA Games across its suite of TV channels, radio stations and digital platforms.
Mediacorp chose the TVU Remote Commentator for the remote production required in its workflow. In addition to the remote commentary setup similar to prior SEA Games, Mediacorp expanded TVU’s role to include the collection and feedback of live scenes, using the TVU One cellular mobile transmitter and TVU Anywhere live streaming app.
TVU One and TVU Anywhere were deployed at multiple SEA Games event sites to capture real-time images and feed back to the International Broadcast Center for live broadcast and commentary production. Commentators in Ireland and Singapore watched the live event video through TVU Remote Commentator, simultaneously conducting remote single-person commentary or multi-commentator, interactive commentary.
The TVU Anywhere streaming app and TVU One mobile transmitter aggregated 3G/4G/LTE /5G connections and available Wi-Fi for HD wireless video transmission using TVU’s patented IS+ technology, as well as forward error correction (FEC) and HEVC intelligent variable bitrate (VBR) encoding to achieve stable feedback of audio and video signals for the live broadcast.
Using TVU’s TimeLock technology, TVU Remote Commentator ensured the precise synchronisation of audio and video signals from different locations, enabling accurate live commentary and interaction between on-air talent. In addition, the TVU cloud-based tuning microservice made audio operations simpler for Mediacorp.
TVU’s flexible microservices provided support for multiple languages, commentators, and viewer distribution platforms, such as broadcast TV, streaming, and social media platforms. The TVU remote production ecosystem provided Mediacorp with a precise and cost-efficient workflow for live video that enabled the broadcaster to enhance its international commentary talent pool.
