{"id":185385,"date":"2020-06-11T12:14:30","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T16:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/?p=185385"},"modified":"2020-06-11T13:04:03","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T17:04:03","slug":"texas-ams-12th-man-productions-makes-the-leap-to-ip-with-imagine-communications-cisco-at-kyle-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/2020\/06\/11\/texas-ams-12th-man-productions-makes-the-leap-to-ip-with-imagine-communications-cisco-at-kyle-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas A&M\u2019s 12th Man Productions Makes the Leap to IP With Imagine Communications, Cisco at Kyle Field"},"content":{"rendered":"
Collegiate athletics are currently at a standstill, but, when they make their eventual return, Texas A&M University\u2019s 12th Man Productions will be coming back to a centralized control room that is unlike most. With the help of Imagine Communications and Cisco, the SEC school has progressed from SDI production to a more IP-native model.<\/p>\n
\u201c<\/strong>We’ve always had the existing system as a fallback and as a way to ensure that we have continuity,\u201d says Zack Bacon, chief broadcast engineer, 12th Man Productions<\/strong>. \u201cThis project is driven purely by our own curiosity and desire to be better and to be at the forefront.\u201d<\/p>\n The Vision: Texas A&M Searches for a Reliable Solution
\n<\/strong>Any project or initiative starts with a clear vision of what needs to be done. Bacon and his team had developed a plausible concept but needed to find outside partners willing to do the work.<\/p>\n