The Surrey, U.K.-based company — an early adopter of remote production — said Calrec’s modular, IP-first approach is central to meeting varying budget and workflow needs across galleries and client sites.
“Flexibility has to be at the heart of any remote production setup, and our investment in Calrec really supports this,” said Francis Cousins, Vivid Broadcast head of technical innovation. “It was vital for us to have a range of solutions that gave each gallery or production the tools they need to do the job while working within budget.”
Barra is currently deployed on Sky Sports’ Women’s Super League, feeding audio directly to Sky’s galleries in Osterley. Vivid uses AES67 audio interfaces in stadiums with traditional backups, combining local I/O on the surface with AoIP links to the main network stack and enabling Dante, MADI and analog cards via Calrec’s modular I/O for third-party baseband integration. Fixed Format I/O is used to keep as much of the path in the digital domain as possible.
The RPC integrates with Vivid’s four-camera remote vans, the 20-camera Barra unit, cloud production platforms and third-party broadcast centers. Vivid also uses Calrec Assist for browser-based remote control and Calrec Connect to manage AoIP streams.
Designed for multi-gallery flexibility, the RPC places a 36-fader Argo M in Sound Control Room 1 alongside four virtual mixers across two compact Type R control surfaces. “Type Rs can be driven by our Bitfocus Buttons automation, enabling a single supervising engineer to sit across all galleries and make fine adjustments,” said Simon Cox, Vivid Broadcast sound guarantee. “For more ambitious projects, the Type Rs can be driven from the main Argo surface via True Control 2.0, giving engineers powerful control and easy access to the wider facility.”
Vivid’s setup is built to scale across traditional, cloud or hybrid workflows. “We aimed to create a scalable environment to offer the same gallery experience whether all signals return to the RPC, run in the cloud or operate as a hybrid,” Cousins said. The remote sound area can run efficiently with a single guarantee or support a dedicated sound supervisor. Argo M supports on-site mixing plus comprehensive embedding and distribution, while True Control 2.0 and integrated I/O enable seamless sync whether feeding a client gallery, such as Sky, or returning to the RPC, with off-site supervisors able to control gain structure in real time.
“Calrec’s infrastructure sits at the core of all our WSL productions, whether that’s the larger productions for Sky, the remote workflow with Aurora Media Worldwide, or the BBC’s Women’s Football Show,” said Rory Springthorpe, Vivid Broadcast co-founder and director. “We know Calrec is committed to developing the right remote workflows and delivering a range of solutions depending on the requirements, while ensuring redundancy and consistent operation.”
“Vivid Broadcast is a prime example of how the industry is evolving,” said Anthony Harrison, Calrec regional sales manager. “Productions are no longer defined by physical location, and the demand for flexible, distributed workflows is only accelerating.”
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