From track and field to pickleball, traditionally niche sports are drawing dedicated online followings, driving production demands that rival those of major sports leagues. For Steve Banta, founder of Bantaray Mobile Sports Production, and freelance camera operator Jeff Highbaugh, every venue brings challenges, from extending cable runs to navigating unpredictable layouts, and preventing signal failure. To keep productions running smoothly, Bantaray has built a mobile pipeline around AJA FiDO fiber Mini-Converters, SDI/HDMI Mini-Converters, and Ki Pro recorders. With 24 FiDOs in their kit, the team converts SDI to fiber and back, running signals over a thousand feet of tactical fiber – through rain, extreme heat, and constant travel – without missing a beat. The gear has supported dozens of broadcasts and over a hundred remote baseball productions without a single failure. Read the full story to see how Bantaray Mobile Sports Production uses AJA to deliver reliable, broadcast-quality niche sports coverage from any venue.
Curated by Taleb Kabbara · Source: www.aja.com