Portable Live Production and NewTek – The 2012 NAB Show

Here at The Pulse Network, we’re constantly searching for new ways to maximize professional video production, both in our Canton, MA studios and on the road at events.

TPN On the NewTek Tricaster at the 2012 NAB Show

We’ve used plenty of different solutions here trying to maximize the power of our equipment in a minimal amount of space.  The goal is to pack the punch of a full-scale TV Studio without filling four full rooms with equipment and staff.  One of the solutions that we’ve found great success with is the NewTek Tricaster.

We used the TriCaster, along with a litany of other products, to help broadcast live from the South Lobby of the 2012 NAB Show.  In a small space, we were able to set up and execute a high-definition multiple camera shoot, complete with multiple outside production machines feeding our broadcast, and send it back out, fully produced, to our live stream over embedded SDI.

NewTek also created a fair amount of buzz on their own at The NAB Show, debuting a new product that they hope will change the game for portable live production.

NewTek at the 2012 NAB Show

We had a chance to sit down with Philip Nelson, SVP of Artist & Media Relations at NewTek to discuss NewTek’s newest products, and why they find the NAB Show so valuable.

 

 

 

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For more content from the 2012 NAB Show, be sure to check out The Pulse on NAB show.

Digital Video Production and Shifting Technologies: An Overview

Digital content creation has become a whole new ballgame thanks to changes in professional video production technology.

What once took weeks or months to execute now takes hours, and what once cost millions now costs thousands.  The entire scope of video production has shifted to allow greater flexibility at a much lower cost.  Products like the TriCaster from Newtek shrink a traditional TV studio into a box at a fraction of the cost.  In this video post, I explain how the shift in technology has truly changed the way we think about professional video production.

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For more on the discussion about Shifts in Technology, click here to watch the whole series.  You can find Tyler Pyburn and Nick Saber on Twitter.