WATERLOO — When Toronto-based production company OPC recently shot a new Subaru commercial on a secluded mountainside in Banff National Park, it relied on video transport specialist Dejero’s CellSat connectivity service to enable the remote production.
CellSat uses Dejero’s patented “smart blending technology” which “intelligently blends cellular connectivity from multiple mobile network providers with Ku-band IP satellite connectivity from Intelsat — reliably delivering the bandwidth needed to transmit broadcast-quality video in real time,” says a press release from Waterloo, Ont.-based Dejero.
To avoid the challenges presented by limited cellular connectivity in the remote location or having to set up traditional satellite technology, integrated connectivity expert First Mile Technologies set up a portable production workflow system based around the Dejero CellSat service to allow the creative team to collaborate in real-time using live streaming video, without interruption.
“CellSat service streamlined every single aspect of critical communication and feedback for this job, by delivering resilient connectivity from a remote mountainside where usually the delivery of only a handful of stills would have been possible,” said Brandon Cooper, president of film and new media at First Mile Technologies, in the press release. “This time… the team on set was able to receive real-time feedback, approvals, and general collaboration which isn’t normally feasible or affordable in extreme locations like this one.”
For the commercial shoot, First Mile Technologies set up an infrastructure that transported the camera feed over the Dejero CellSat service to a receiver at headquarters, where the stream was then sent to various platforms, including Zoom and First Mile’s own Web RTC platform for real-time, virtual collaboration, explains the press release.
The system also provided enough bandwidth to support VoIP phone connectivity for the six people who were on set in Banff.
“From a snow-covered mountain top we were able to stream live to our offsite client with a low latency and rock-solid connection. This technology allowed us to have a real-time conversation with our client and work as though they were on set with us,” said John Scarth, line producer at OPC.
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