Evertz opens DreamCatcher Training Center in Munich

Evertz has opened a newly equipped DreamCatcher Training Center (DCTC) in Munich, Germany, offering broadcasters and content providers a new resource to assist in the creation of high-quality content at speed.

“We understand that moving to a new live production platform not only requires technical excellence, but is also based on operators who know the platform inside and out and feel confident to operate it in a very fast and efficient way,” said Sebastian Ruchti, sales engineer DACH at Evertz. “Therefore we decided to set up a DreamCatcher ecosystem in Munich that can host multiple operators that not only allows operators to come in and familiarise themselves with the system locally, but also allows customers to discover our Bravo Studio workflow remotely from anywhere.”

Located in Munich’s SpaceNet Building, DCTC has connectivity to perform full remote production workflow-based demonstrations of Evertz’ XPS RealTime UHD/3G/HD streaming platform and Bravo Studio platforms.

XPS uses SRT, RIST and Zixi for secure and reliable contribution over IP networks with ultra-low latency. It is a software-defined HEVC and H.264 real-time encoding/decoding platform that is suitable for live or cloud-based applications where security, high quality and low-latency is essential. This provides customers with the ability to send broadcast-quality video feeds over public internet from a venue to DCTC Munich, while also having the DreamCatcher output streamed back to the venue via SRT, or have the video feed published directly to social media via RTMPS.

The DreamCatcher operational interface can be accessed via a VPN connection over the internet with DreamCatcher-Anywhere technology, which is said to make venue set up and production easy by giving remote producers and operators full control of the system through a web browser.

“While DCTC Munich operates DreamCatcher hardware on-premises, Evertz has deployed similar workflows for fully virtualised remote production in the cloud,” said Mo Goyal, senior director, international business development, live media production for Evertz. “Being able to access Bravo Studio remotely and integrate its full feature set on-scale is a real game changer for how live content production can be done today, but it is also a great tool for our European customers to learn how DreamCatcher and Bravo can be used in a traditional way.”