US Patent:
20120320196, Dec 20, 2012
Inventors:
Kenneth J. Overton - Burbank CA, US
Alcuin D. Fong - Burbank CA, US
Gaines S. Johnson - Burbank CA, US
Frank C. Guida - Burbank CA, US
International Classification:
H04N 7/18
Abstract:
According to some embodiments, methods, systems, apparatus, means and computer program products are provided which allow the remote production of live events by capturing, at a remote event site, event video data in a first time horizon. The event video data is compressed to a proxy of the event video data, and the proxy event video data is transmitted to a remote production facility. A switcher at the production facility is operated to generate commands to produce a proxy program using the proxy event video data. The commands are associated with a second time horizon delayed from the first time horizon. The commands are then transmitted to the remote event site to cause a shadow switcher to produce a cut program in third time horizon delayed from the second time horizon, where the cut program is produced using the event video data. The cut program is transmitted to the production facility, where additional data may be keyed into the cut program in a fourth time horizon, where the fourth time horizon delayed from the first, second and third time horizons. The resulting program is the broadcast program that can be broadcast and distributed.