EventDV Live

The Spring 2011 edition of EventDVLive includes features on producing sports event films, corporate meeting highlight reels, conference webcasts, and the 53rd Grammys broadcast, as well as a look inside an innovative event video sales and distribution model, a tutorial on Adobe’s Flash Live Media Encoder, and reviews of the Roland VR-5 AV Mixer and Panasonic’s shouldermount AG-HMC80.

The addition of the optical version of Thunderbolt to an iMac or Mac Pro could make it possible to connect multiple cameras to a single machine, perhaps through a breakout box containing 3G-SDI allowing for live video mixing of multiple streams.

New sets allow TriCaster TCXD850 and TriCaster TCXD300 users to customize TriCaster high definition (HD) virtual sets to fit live their production needs

It’s up to those of us who do live event videography to propose good alternative broadcast uses. Local civic events, graduations, even weddings, are prime examples of how your local broadcaster could use these events as leverage for the relevance of local OTA broadcasts.

Top Vancouver event shooter Shawn Lam critiques the live coverage of the Winter Olympics opening ceremonies, pitting U.S. juggernaut NBC against Canadian home team CTV.