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in front of her. When we’re ready to stream, we turn WFIE Taps JVC’s 4000S for on the equipment and load any still im- ages or graphics into the 4000S using a flash drive. (The 4000S has a built- One-Person Production in CG, but we import our own station graphics.) We make sure the mic is BY JASON GRAVENS off and a slate appears on the screen. News Operations Manager When Beth is ready and the stream is WFIE live, she opens the mic, switches to the camera and begins the webcast. Once EVANSVILLE, Ind.—WFIE is the NBC the update is complete, she returns to affiliate serving southwestern , the slate, kills the mic and ends the northwestern and southeast- stream. ern . In the summer of 2018, we We successfully tested the system with a Facebook Live stream for our USER REPORT “River City Weekend” Facebook page took ownership of a JVC ProHD Stu- and app, provided by our marketing dio 4000S live sports production and department that highlights events and streaming studio, in time for the high activities in the area. The segment pro- school football season. We had been moted the Evansville Police Department considering streaming live high school Foundation SWAT Challenge, a local 5K sports online, and JVC’s studio-in-a-box run in early May. River City Weekend re- solution seemed like an affordable way porter Ally Tsimekles interviewed a po- to consolidate the equipment needed for lice officer, rolled a video package and multicamera productions. even included graphics. The 4000S gave us the basics of ev- The built-in multiview has been very erything needed to produce a ballgame. handy for training—in fact, the whole We rackmounted the system into one of WFIE Evening Anchor Beth Sweeney uses the JVC ProHD 4000S live sports production and streaming system is very user friendly for someone our live trucks to anchor a three-cam- studio to produce breaking news content for the station’s website and other social media platforms. who’s not necessarily a trained TD. Our era shoot, with one camera providing sports directors tend to use the touch- wide coverage from the stands and two using a two-camera setup. Although woman band for streaming live news screen for switching, but others prefer others gathering footage from the side- only available online, we had up to updates to the WFIE website and other the keyboard and mouse. That flexibility lines. 1,000 fans watching the live action si- social media platforms. is a big positive, because the 4000S op- If you’re a sports fan, you want to multaneously. Our setup includes one of our older erator can use whatever interface works see replays—without it, the production ENG cameras on a tripod, along with a for them. is missing a key element. The built-in ONE-WOMAN SHOW basic three-point lighting system and a replay feature in the 4000S is fantastic, With our sports coverage such a suc- mic positioned above our anchor on a Jason Gravens is the news operation especially compared to how we used to cess, we decided to use the system to C-stand. The backdrop is an extra piece manager for WFIE, the NBC affiliate in do replays. Just having it included in the stream breaking news. We converted from our current news set mounted to Evansville, Ind. (DMA #103), owned unit itself is great. part of an old conference room into a the wall. Generally, we shoot a medium by . Contact him at After successfully covering five foot- small studio, moved the 4000S out of the close-up to avoid showing the 4000S and [email protected]. ball games, we streamed three high truck and began training our evening audio board, which Beth operates dur- For more information, visit jvc.com or school basketball games in the winter anchor, Beth Sweeney, to become a one- ing the updates from a table positioned call 310-639-9000. BUYERS BRIEFS

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