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Proof of Concept

Production Hub Finnish Ice Hockey

The Challenge

Swedish/Finnish Telecom company Telia acquired the content rights for the Finnish Ice Hockey League from 2018-2019 season onwards.

Telia chose Streamteam as the technical production provider for the Ice Hockey League. The task was to built a remote production facility in Helsinki that is capable for handling both UHD and HD signals simultaneously and use the signals of all 14 venues located all over Finland, using a 10Gbit connection between the hub and the venues. The hub also houses a virtual studio for producing the program.

The Solution

Building a centralised remote production facility in Helsinki were all signals come together and are being processed.

The new facility contains eight production rooms, an audio control room, five off-tube rooms and an MCR connected to seven remote sets. The project includes also a new virtual studio in Helsinki for pre- and after game panel discussions. Video refereeing is also done in the central production hub by four video referees. There are seven (7) simultaneous games once a week. The Finnish Ice Hockey League consists of 14 clubs, located around Finland. All teams play 60 matches during the regular season. There are 7 simultaneous games per week.

The Benefits

With the new remote production facility, that uses the latest technology innovations and workflows, Telia/ Streamteam operates the most modern broadcast infrastructure in Finland.

With the Remote Production Hub they are able to produce in HD and UHD simultaneously. They have access to all signals coming from the venues plus producing in a virtual studio capable of landmark real- time virtual reality production, including live signals from the venues. Remote production has already shown its benefit in terms of operability and flexibility.