Latin America. Live production and streaming processes are evolving rapidly, driven by the growing adoption of IP workflows and virtual scenarios and advances in IP, virtualization, and cloud technologies.
To help professionals keep pace with these changes, wTVision, continues to develop and improve its technology offering, with AJA equipment as a fundamental component of its solutions and services.
Developing for a wide range of applications
Founded in 2001, wTVision is part of the audiovisual company GRUPO MEDIAPRO. Headquartered in Lisbon, the company employs more than 350 people worldwide in global offices in Europe, North America, South America, the Middle East and Asia.
It develops cutting-edge solutions for broadcast graphics, automation and playback, data and sports, augmented reality (AR), virtual studio, and media asset management (MAM) that are deployed by broadcasters, sports networks, entertainment channels, and production houses in more than 120 countries. The company's technology and equipment perform more than 15,000 broadcast operations each year, powering sports productions, election coverage, production control room (PCR) and master control room (MCR) operations, broadcast automation, broadcast design, and post-production.
AJA technology under the hood
Many of wTVision's turnkey systems include a combination of AJA Corvid 88, Corvid 44 12G and/or KONA I/O cards to ensure reliable, high-quality live video capture and playback, with the AJA Developer SDK (software development kit) making it easy for wTVision to incorporate the technologies into bespoke solutions. Its graphics servers, for example, include AHA I/O cards to enable the output of synchronized key and fill signals up to UltraHD (2SI or SQD).
According to wTVision's director of innovation and pre-sales, Daniel Gonçalves, the stability of each card ensures that wTVision and its customers can deliver consistent, high-quality video at an affordable price. wTVision's live production kits also include a large number of AJA mini-converters to meet a wide range of conversion, sync generation, and distribution amplification needs. "Our AJA mini-converters are an ideal choice due to their reliability, even in the most adverse production scenarios," explained Gonçalves.
When wTVision is in the field, AJA's mobile IoT solutions support your operators while generating video and graphics over fill and key signals. "The rugged design, reliable performance and portability of AJA's Io tools make them a natural choice for on-the-go production, and they top the list of recommended hardware we share with customers," said Gonçalves.
The AJA team is also extensively integrated into wTVision's headquarters, which houses a data center that houses multiple customer TV channels, an MCR operations center, and a studio with a chroma key set for customers to produce and record live programs. The infrastructure behind this includes several AJA products, including openGear solutions and Ki Pro recorders.
Here they also have an R+D lab, which houses an AJA HDR Image Analyzer 12G HDR waveform, histogram, and vectorscope monitoring solution for HDR-related developments and certifications. Its extensive feature set allows wTVision's R+D team to analyze and monitor HDR content accurately, ensuring compliance with industry standards.
More recently, the wTVision team has started using BRIDGE NDI 3G for HD and UltraHD remote productions. "BRIDGE NDI 3G is revolutionizing our operational efficiency while also allowing us to advance our sustainability efforts," said Gonçalves. "It allows our 3D graphics engine (R3 Space Engine) to generate NDI or NDI HX from cloud environments and deliver synchronized key and fill streams directly from one place. With it, we can minimize the volume of equipment and personnel traveling between locations for greater operational efficiency and flexibility, while reducing our carbon footprint and logistics costs."
