DutchView Infostrada launches cloud-based video production


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Michelle Clancy

| 25 November 2015




DutchView Infostrada has launched the Cloud Production IP-based video production platform.



On 22 November, the TV show Carlo's TV Café was broadcast on RTL4, the leading Dutch commercial TV channel, using remote-controlled Cloud Production. This was the first live broadcast to be televised using cloud-based technology. On 23 November, Voetbal Inside was broadcast on RTL7, becoming the second live broadcast to air using cloud-based technology.

Cloud Production centralises resources, so that they can be shared more efficiently and used sustainably across productions.

The studio location and all essential parts of Cloud Production are connected via IP network connections. All connections use DutchView Infostrada’s own fibre optic network to connect to its data centre, where all technology is housed. From the new Cloud Production suite there is complete control over the production process – just as there is with traditional productions. Depending on the type of production, the director can either direct from a location near the studio or from the new central directing, audio and shading suites.

“While many media companies and broadcasters are working on remote production and video over IP, we have made a leap to a cloud platform on which resources are available on demand,” said Peter Bruggink, CTO of DutchView Infostrada. “The foundation of Cloud Production has been proven and is based on years of experience, including our forerunners LiveCenter, and our cloud video montage platform. All of these rely on our own technical infrastructure including our data centres, and a 100% uptime dark fibre fibreglass network. The entire infrastructure is monitored and supported by a 24/7 expert service desk.”