Nevion's Contribution Solution For TATA IPL'23
Sony provided assistance to Viacom18 for coverage of TATA IPL cricket.
Nevion assists Viacom18 in covering TATA IPL cricket. Viacom18 is a media company in India. Nevion provides contribution solution for live coverage. IPL is a popular cricket tournament in India. Network18 Group is the parent company of Viacom18.
Viacom18 has the rights to TATA IPL on JioCinema. Nevion helped Viacom18 connect 12 stadiums to its studios for remote production. They need to transfer pre-produced feeds and camera feeds in both HD and UHD/4K over a distance as far as 2,000km or 1,200 miles. It must be done securely and in real-time.
S. Venkatraman, head of C&D at Network18 said they wanted to give cricket fans a great UHD experience. They wanted the league to have special regional adaptation, with different languages and focuses for the games. To do this, they needed to make new infrastructure quickly. They're happy with the result and so are their viewers.
Nigam said they wanted to give Indians a great cricket experience with live matches in UHD/4K and VR360. They made a video network with Nevion for no problems and a lot of people use it daily, some at the same time.
Nevion's chief commercial officer, Hans Hasselback, said that this project shows how important media networks are for meeting business goals. He's happy they finished it quickly and that everyone worked together well.
