Woodbine Entertainment has recently gone on air with RT Software’s Tactic Live for their live world-class horse racing coverage.
They are now able to show a range of virtual graphics which are rendered live over their broadcasts.
The new live virtual graphics include furlong distance markers and sponsor’s logos which are added to enhance the action for Woodbine’s large and dedicated audience around the planet.
Andrew Barnhardt is Woodbine’s Director of Technology Operations, and was heavily involved in the project. He said, “we’re always looking for innovative new ways to showcase our sport and we have a history of developing new technologies and introducing to our sport existing technology used elsewhere to enhance our sports productions. We tried out several different broadcast virtual graphics products over the years, but they could not deliver the quality and consistency that we needed. We had been talking to RT Software for a while, and we were impressed with the performance of their solution. They were focused on demonstrating their value to us and ultimately we selected them as a partner, and we’re happy that we did.”
“We have some unique technical challenges when it comes to adding virtual graphics over our live video; a large outdoor field of play, frequent and large variances in light intensity and shadows, four seasons of weather (including snow and fog) and fast-moving subjects which are often the same colour as the surface they are running on. RT Software impressed us with how well their system coped with all of these challenges. Tactic Live delivered what they said it would and we are very pleased with the results.”
