电大的网络 Cloud-Based Video Solutions Enable Live, Remote Table Tennis Tournament for Beijing Sport University Students

电大的网络, the market and technology leader in cloud and IP-based live video solutions, recently provided their technology for remote 体育 proficiency testing and competition at China’s elite Beijing Sport University. The university’s School of Journalism and Communication students produced the collaborative live stream of university table tennis athletes completing their tests. Key products that enabled the proficiency tests were: TVU Anywhere, a mobile live-流媒体 app; the TVU Partyline cloud collaboration solution; and TVU Producer, a live 流媒体 and multi-camera IP video 生产 platform.

More than 50 students completed their tests, each creating an audio-video self-portrait with camera input from their smart phone or tablet. The TVU Anywhere live-流媒体 app allowed each student to transmit using HEVC encoding and cellular bonding technology to aggregate all available cellular connections from their location. They entered TVU Partyline in groups of five to select contestants, 裁判, and timekeepers - each monitoring the action and 合作 live from their own window on the computer screen. The school’s communication and journalism students managed the 生产 using TVU Producer to switch signals for picture-in-picture presentation, 添加图形叠加和文本, and transmit content in HD quality through Bilibili - the Shanghai-based over-the-top 流媒体 platform.

李明傅, 电大的网络 VP of Sales for the APAC Region said, “电大的网络 is pleased to provide the university with our cloud-based solutions for 流媒体, 合作, and producing this first-of-its-kind live virtual event. The students from the Beijing Sports University School of Journalism and Communication gained valuable experience in cloud 生产 and broadcasting with this rare opportunity to practice in a real-world application. We will continue to support the university as they expand their capabilities and TVU technology to new types of applications.”

Maintaining the highest possible live, HD transmission was critical to the university. Frame-accurate synchronization of the live broadcast images with the referee’s whistle was necessary to ensure the competition’s fairness. The TVU cloud service plan was ideal for the Beijing Sports Table Tennis Level Test, making planning and delivering the competition easy and infrastructure-free.

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电大的网络 is a global organization with more than 3,000 customers using its IP and cloud-based workflow solutions across multiple industries including news, 娱乐媒体, 体育, 企业, 流媒体, 礼拜和政府场所. 采用人工智能和自动化驱动技术, TVU helps broadcasters realize an efficient metadata and story-centric workflow through its TVU MediaMind platform for live video content acquisition, 索引, 生产, 分布, 和管理. The company has been on the forefront of developing the tools needed to revolutionize and streamline the Media Supply Chain. TVU is a critical part of the operations of many major media companies worldwide and is a Technology and Engineering Emmy® Award winner.