Sportzcast Joins NewTek Developer Network to Release Universal Scoreboard Interface
Winter Springs, FL(04 Apr 2014)
Sportzcast today announced a collaboration with NewTek, a leader in live multi-camera video production systems and slow-motion instant replay servers. Sportzcast supplies a direct scoreboard interface for over a dozen scoreboard manufactures covering more than 14 sports. Sportzcast’s enhanced scoring workflow coupled with NewTek TriCaster™ multi-camera live video production systems allow for live, totally automated and customized scoreboard graphics insertion. The “plug-in-play” solution eliminates the previously tedious task of live scoreboard integration.
Sportzcast LiveSportzCG application provides real-time custom graphic overlays for live video production. Graphics may be inserted at the venue or into the cloud during program distribution. Sportzcast also provides automated accurate commercial queue points for sports events with no operator interaction. Sportzcast’s services coupled with TriCaster produces multi-layered content for most any sport or scoreboard.
“We are very excited about integrating with TriCaster to ease the process of live scoreboard insertion during sporting events,” said Michael Connell, president of Sportzcast. “By using NewTek’s software development kit (SDK) to integrate with TriCaster, our LiveSportzCG system can instantly link TriCaster directly to every Sportzcast equipped scoreboard in use today.”
The Sportzcast system provides professional, customizable scoreboard graphics at a fraction of the cost of other complicated systems. This integration puts incredible flexibility at the fingertips of any sports producer, helping to streamline and automate scoreboard overlay tasks while efficiently delivering a high-quality sports viewing experience.
“It’s great to have Sportzcast as a new member of the NewTek Developer Network,” said Michael Kornet, executive vice president of Business Development for NewTek. “LiveSportzCG integration with TriCaster enables sports productions to have an easy solution for capturing live scoreboard data and displaying it with the look of a major sports network at a fraction of the traditional cost.”
About Sportzcast
Sportzcast provides automated tools to sports venues to enable high quality media production. Automated scoreboard overlays or “bugs” are created in real time and made available for immediate insertion into sporting events. The graphics may be inserted live in the production system or in the “cloud” during distribution. From sporting events, webinars, live entertainment, to classrooms and corporate communications, Sportzcast gives customers the power to grow their audiences, brands and businesses, faster than ever before in virtually any venue.
Current clients include: Colleges, high schools, production companies, parks and recreation departments, amateur sports organizations, and sports streaming networks.
Sportzcast is privately owned and based in Winter Springs, Florida. For more information on Sportzcast please visit www.sportzcast.net, Twitter, Facebook or contact us at 321-888-3800.