Platinum White Paper: More of Everything: How Broadcasters are Changing Their Approach to Meet Rises in Consumer Demand with Calrec

The media landscape is evolving as viewing habits change. Broadcasters and content owners are having to prioritise efficient, agile, and sustainable workflows while continuing to deliver premium content at scale. Hybrid production environments are becoming essential, allowing producers to balance economics, business models and quality requirements.

By decoupling audio and video from hardware, broadcasters can scale production dynamically, orchestrate thousands of audio channels across distributed DSP environments and virtualise entire workflows. Remote, distributed and hybrid production models are nothing new, but they are advancing. Truck operators are shifting their resources into new-build hybrid trucks that can work autonomously or be completely remote-controlled, while smaller units that pair powerful processing cores with more compact, yet flexible control surfaces are also emerging. Remote Operation Centres are commonplace, and the move to agile, virtualised infrastructures allows broadcasters to add processing resources for specific productions when needed.

Calrec’s True Control 2.0 foreshadowed this shift, enabling distributed DSP and control across multiple locations and products. This white paper explores how True Control 2.0 provides the flexibility broadcasters need to maximise resources and embrace adaptable workflows. Looking ahead, the key for broadcasters is selecting the appropriate acquisition model to suit the commercial realities for any production.

CLICK HERE to check out the full white paper, which is part of SVG’s new Platinum White Papers platform. This curated collection of White Papers is authored by leading technologists from the companies that are powering sports production. These thought leaders—representing the leading innovators in the field—offer their insights into the tools, workflows, and breakthroughs which are driving the future of live sports television.