NAB. A suite of sports productions that can be transported anywhere easily was presented by Newtek with its 3Play Mini. This portable and lightweight device allows sports video producers to add instant replays, slow motion, sophisticated transition effects, and a wide variety of other built-in, professional-quality production capabilities to their shows without being constrained by space, location, or cost.
3Play Mini allows you to carry out a complete show. Anyone using up to four HDMI cameras can produce instant replays at multiple angles and slow motion, edit featured plays, play stored video, create effects and transitions, post to social media, and much more.
Ready to use, operators can control 3Play Mini with almost any wireless touchscreen mobile device or use an optional 3Play control panel.
"NewTek's 3Play products are already a hit with stadium sports producers because of their ability to generate audience-engaged programs, to project and stream them from a mobile unit or video booth," said Dr. Andrew Cross, President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of NewTek.
He added that "However, there are countless other events that are too far apart or have no structure for larger teams – and frankly the opportunity to consider some system, may never have occurred to those who try to produce small shows with modest budgets."
Some special features
- Extensive Repeat and Review Capability—Preview and play from any angle or from multiple angles of a recorded event.
- Comprehensive Media Posts—Publish content instantly and simultaneously across multiple destinations, including Facebook and Twitter for greater visibility and increased monetization opportunities.
- Beautiful Visuals—Include animated transition effects for switching and editing within the program, such as transitions between repetitions and overlays; in addition to being able to create custom animations with included tools.
- Featured Play Editing—Quickly edit and play Ready Nonlinear Effects (NLE), with transitions, slow motion, native sound, and sound track.
- Operation from a Tablet— Dial, set playback speed, and manage highly controlled replays from a browser that can be used on a Tablet.
- Side-by-Side Playback—Repeat the action from two synchronized angles, simultaneously, on a single output channel, using the DSK overlay.
- Game Clock Overlay—Synchronize the action with the actual game time by dedicating a live camera to the recording of the game clock and assigning the angle to an overlay of DSK layers.
- Automatic Color Matching—Overcome light change conditions and camera variety in multi-camera sports productions with automatic color correction.
