Arlington Esports Stadium Deploys TSL Control
Esports Stadium Arlington is the largest dedicated esports facility in North America. The facility serves as a turnkey solution for esports events and productions and was built to serve the unique needs and demands of the esports community. Recent events held at the facility include Esports Championship Series – Season 6, the Super Smash Bros. ULTIMATUM regional tournament, the 2018 Collegiate Rocket League National Championship and the Guns of Boom Pro Series – Season 2. Esports Stadium Arlington has integrated TSL’s advanced control system into its workflow.
“We needed an advanced and user-friendly system to transition between live hosts and various player cameras to help organise who should be live at each point of the event.” – Corey Dunn, VP of Broadcast, Arlington Esports Stadium.
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The stadium uses TSL’s advanced control to improve its workflow, especially with the multitude of camera angles required in esports productions. In addition to the sheer volume of inputs and potential places that the technical director needs to locate and select for preview/programme, the fast-paced and ever-changing “action movie” nature of the environment also lends itself to a dedicated advanced control system. Additionally, many esports workflows require interfacing with both traditional broadcast as well as IT and COTS equipment to run properly.
“Operating with TSL’s advanced control system benefits both the production crew and on-camera talent. From the hosts at the desk transitioning from camera to camera to our production crew knowing who is live and when – the integration of TSL into our workflow doesn’t just impact camera operators, but the entire production.”– Corey Dunn, VP of Broadcast, Arlington Esports Stadium.
Using Soft Panel Interfaces, the stadium can create an easily configurable process to customise these operations with intuitive, drag-and-drop controls.
TSL’s Unified Control Layer
TSL’s intuitive control interface enables users to establish seamless broadcast communication on a single, unified layer. The system was initially built as a tally system and therefore had to be independent, universal, configurable and infinitely scalable. With over 2,000 installations worldwide, TSL can now manage complex control tasks, such as router control, studio failover and delegation.
With TSL, customers can achieve interoperability between equipment routed through analogue, IP or hybrid networks, regardless of differing manufacturers and format specifications. TSL’s TallyMan control system is a globally trusted and road-tested broadcast production control solution that bridges the gap between IP framework components and any broadcast or live presentation technical equipment.
“In traditional sports, the production has gameplay cameras – our gameplay cameras are our in-game observers,” Dunn added. “This could be a console, PC and even a mobile observer. We even have tally lights for our observers. TSL has allowed us to expand our storytelling capabilities with its ability to control and interface with third-party devices, which in this case is mainly Grass Valley cameras and multi-viewers.”
Managing Esports Live Event Control
For esports applications, the observer needs to have an advanced tally and control system because it helps to tie in the entire production ecosystem. Esports productions are very similar to traditional sports, but the potential for exponentially more inputs and sources to choose from in the production control room creates an even greater need for advanced control. In addition, there is an additional workflow challenge when working with game servers and video game consoles acting as inputs. Advanced control and tally systems, such as TSL’s solutions, can help bridge the gap for production personnel to achieve a smooth broadcast or live stream.
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