Vizrt just launched a cloud-based broadcast solution dubbed Viz Now, a tool for automating deployments of live production tools in the cloud.
According to Vizrt, with Viz Now non-technical production staff can create end-to-end, fully pre-configured live productions in the cloud at the click of a button, including 4K switching, broadcast-quality graphics, studio automation, replay/slow-motion, dedicated audio mixing, sports analysis and intercom.
Offering what the company calls an “intuitive user interface,” Viz Now claims to make it easy to select Vizrt and third-party broadcast software solutions needed for production, then automatically deploy them into the customer’s own Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud account in under 15 minutes.
Once deployed, Viz Now includes a portal for creative operators to access the deployed applications securely and easily from anywhere. Automating the deployment process saves significant IT engineering time, ensures security best practices, and means new production capacity can be created — and deleted — as and when needed, significantly reducing IT costs and carbon footprint.
Also, by automatically integrating NDI and NDI tools such as NDI Bridge, Viz Now connects your cloud-based live production tools with the on-screen talent and cameras that are still on the ground, either in a studio or on-location.
At launch, Viz Now supports Viz Vectar Plus for 4K switching, Viz Trio and Viz Engine for broadcast-quality graphics, Viz Mosart for studio automation, Telos Infinity VIP for intercom, Harrison Mixbus VBM for audio mixing and 3Play by Viz Now for replay and slow-motion and Viz Libero for sports analysis.
Viz Now is software-as-a-service (SaaS) hosted and maintained by Vizrt, which then automatically deploys the live production tools you select into your own AWS account. In short — Vizrt manages Viz Now, and the customer operates and manages the deployed products. Viz Now is free to use for Vizrt customers with a subscription and currently supports the automated deployment of the Vizrt Live Production Solution and selected third-party products into AWS. More Vizrt and third party products will be supported in future releases, as will other cloud providers.
