Liga Venezolana de Beisbol Professional (LVBP), is South America's largest professional baseball league and Promar TV (Venezula's largest production company and television station) will be covering every single game using the Blackmagic ATEM 2 M/E Production Studio 4K, Universal Videohub and Teranex 2D Processors as the backbone of Promar Tv's new OB truck!
In order to manage the multitude of deliverable, Promar TV relies on the ATEM 2 M/E Production Studio 4K, which sits at the heart of the OB truck. “The ATEM was the first choice for us. Its versatility provides exactly what we require. The aux busses allow us to easily separate the broadcasts for different stations, and the ease of changes between different transitions, like stingers, DVE wipes and so on, give each station control over the look they want for their broadcast,” Jorge Santiago Kossowski, engineering manager at Promar TV, explained: . “This season, we expect to work with eight directors, all with their own style and all who like to arrange the cameras, VTRs, Multiviewer and such, to fit that style. The ATEM gives us the flexibility to do this without compromising the workflow or the quality of the broadcast.”
To accommodate the number of feeds coming in and out of the new truck, Promar TV uses the Universal Videohub. “It’s very compact, which makes it ergonomically ideal for our new OB truck. But the main reason for purchasing the Videohub was that we were able to put all 216 cables through one piece of equipment, making cabling a lot easier. Before, we had cables running everywhere. When there was a hiccup and we didn’t know what caused it, we’d have to troubleshoot 144 cables. That’s like trying to find a needle in a haystack. With the Universal Videohub, everything is centralized, and if we need to find something, we know it’s going to be there,” said Jorge.