In the world of sports broadcasting, keeping fans engaged means delivering high-quality visuals, real-time score updates, and exciting replays—all in a seamless, professional production. With NewBlue Captivate,broadcasters can create dynamic graphics, manage scoreboards, and trigger instant replays with ease, giving viewers the polished experience they expect from professional sports coverage.
Paired with PTZOptics cameras and the Hive remote production platform, Captivate becomes an essential tool for sports productions of any size. From student-run high school broadcasts to professional multi-venue events, this powerful combination enables broadcasters to deliver network-quality content with ease.
Captivate: The Heart of Sports Broadcast Graphics
At the core of every great sports production is the ability to present real-time, data-driven graphics. NewBlue Captivate is designed to simplify the creation and integration of these graphics, allowing broadcasters to focus on what really matters—the game.
Key Features of Captivate:
- Dynamic Scoreboards and Stats: Captivate integrates directly with popular scoreboard systems like Daktronics, Fair-Play, OES, Stat Crew, Scorebird, and Sportzcast, allowing you to easily pull live data from your scoreboard and display it on-screen in real time. No more manual entry—just real-time updates that keep your broadcast in sync with the game.
- Instant Replay Integration: In sports, nothing excites fans more than reliving the most exciting moments. Captivate’s instant replay capabilities allow you to quickly trigger replays, paired with customized graphics, to give your broadcast a polished, professional look.
- Customizable Graphics: Whether you’re creating lower thirds, player stats, or dynamic overlays, Captivate offers customizable templates that make it easy to match your broadcast’s branding. Quickly adjust colors, fonts, and styles to deliver a consistent look across all your graphics.
With Captivate, broadcasters can create network-quality graphics and manage them in real-time, ensuring that every scoreboard, stat update, and replay enhances the viewer experience.
PTZOptics: High-Resolution NDI Cameras for Crisp Replays
Capturing the action in high definition is crucial for delivering a professional sports broadcast, and PTZOptics cameras are built for just that. These cameras offer 4K 60fps and 1080p 60fps output, making them perfect for capturing fast-paced sports action. Whether you need smooth, high-frame-rate footage for instant replays or detailed coverage of the entire game, PTZOptics cameras are up to the task.
Why PTZOptics is Perfect for Sports Production:
- High-Quality Video Output: With the ability to output in 4K 60fps and 1080p 60fps, PTZOptics cameras provide crystal-clear video that’s ideal for replays. Whether you’re zooming in on the game-winning shot or capturing an important play, the high resolution ensures that every detail is visibl
- NDI Integration: PTZOptics cameras feature NDI (Network Device Interface) technology, allowing you to stream high-quality video over your local network withminimal latency. This makes them easy to integrate with Captivate and other production tools, creating a seamless workflow.
- Remote Camera Control: PTZOptics cameras can be controlled remotely, allowing you to pan, tilt, and zoom across the field or court without needing an on-site operator. Pairing PTZOptics cameras with the SuperJoy joystick or other IP controllers ensures precise, real-time control of your shots.
Hive: Cloud-Based Remote Production at Your Fingertips
For larger sports productions or venues with multiple fields or courts, the ability to manage your entire production remotely is crucial. That’s where PTZOptics Hive comes in. Hive allows broadcasters to remotely control PTZOptics cameras and manage video feeds through a cloud-based interface, streamlining production workflows across multiple locations.
How Hive Enhances Sports Production:
- Remote Camera Control: Hive’s cloud-based platform allows you to control PTZOptics cameras from anywhere, giving you the ability to manage multiple venues or fields from one centralized location. This is especially useful for large-scale sports events or schools with multiple athletic facilities.
- NDI Integration with Captivate: Hive works seamlessly with NDI to deliver video feeds from PTZOptics cameras directly into Captivate, allowing you to manage graphics and video inputs without any delays or complicated setups.
- Scalability: Whether you’re covering a single game or multiple sporting events simultaneously, Hive makes it easy to scale your production. The flexibility to remotely manage cameras and video feeds ensures you can handle productions of any size.
With Hive, you can simplify even the most complex sports productions, bringing multiple video feeds and cameras together in one place and integrating them smoothly with NewBlue Captivate for real-time graphics and instant replays.
Salesianum School Case Study: Captivate and PTZOptics in Action
One shining example of how NewBlue Captivate and PTZOptics cameras work together to enhance sports production can be found at Salesianum School in Wilmington, Delaware. Salesianum’s student-run production team uses PTZOptics cameras, Captivate, and Hive to deliver professional-quality broadcasts of their sporting events, including football, basketball, and more.
Using PTZOptics’ high-resolution NDI output, Salesianum streams video in 4K 60fps and 1080p 60fps, ensuring that every moment is captured in stunning detail—perfect for their instant replays. With Captivate, they manage real-time scoreboards and dynamic lower thirds that are automatically updated through integration with the school’s scoreboard system.
Through Hive, Salesianum’s production team can remotely manage camera feeds from multiple venues, making it easy to produce broadcasts from any location on campus. The seamless combination of Captivate, PTZOptics, and Hive allows Salesianum to produce broadcasts that rival those of professional sports networks, all with a student-led team.
Create a Buzz with Captivate, PTZOptics, and Hive
For sports broadcasters looking to elevate their productions, NewBlue Captivate, PTZOptics cameras, and Hive offer a complete, scalable solution that’s built for real-time performance. From dynamic scoreboards and instant replays to remote camera management, this powerful combination provides the tools needed to deliver high-quality sports broadcasts that fans will love.
Whether you’re running a student-led production or managing a professional sports network, Captivate allows you to easily create graphics that enhance the viewer experience. With PTZOptics and Hive, you’ll have the flexibility to scale your production, manage remote cameras, and capture the action in stunning detail.
With NewBlue Captivate, PTZOptics cameras, and Hive, sports broadcasters can create a workflow that delivers dynamic graphics, real-time stats, and instant replays with ease. Whether you’re covering high school sports or larger events, this combination of tools offers the flexibility and power to elevate any sports production to professional standards.
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