HOLLEYVIDEO BEYOND THE SIGNAL
ON AIR

IP VIDEO & DISTRIBUTION

Anywhere to air.

Live feeds over IP with Bitfire, and distribution to the world with ALP Worldwide. One workflow, tried and true for six years.

IP VIDEO · WITH BITFIRE

Six years. One workflow.

HOLLEYVIDEO×Bitfire

For six years we've moved live shows over IP with Bitfire. Our flypack builds the show at the venue, Bitfire carries it across the internet, and it lands in the control room, the network or the stream. The return comes right back.

VENUECAMERAS · AUDIO HOLLEY FLYPACKSWITCH · ROUTE ENGINEENCODE BITFIRE NETWORKBFtx · PUBLIC INTERNET ENGINEDECODE CONTROL ROOMSDI HAND-OFF AIR · STREAMNETWORK · VIEWERS RETURN FEEDS · PROGRAM · COMMS
THE HOLLEY VIDEO × BITFIRE PATH · LIVE
  • 6YEARS

    Running shows together over IP.

  • <0.5sGLASS TO GLASS

    Bitfire's stated latency on its transport.

  • 0PUBLIC IPs

    No public IPs or inbound firewall rules needed at the site.

  • 24/7NOC

    Bitfire's network operations center watches every feed.

THE IP TRANSFER WORKFLOW

How a feed gets there.

  1. 01

    Scope & test

    We map every site and destination, then test each connection well before show day.

  2. 02

    Build & patch

    The Holley flypack takes in the venue: program, clean feeds and ISOs, routed to the Bitfire engines.

  3. 03

    Encode & send

    Bitfire engines encode the video with its audio and data, and send it across Bitfire's network.

  4. 04

    Return & comms

    Program returns and comms go back to the venue and remote talent, so everyone sees and hears the show.

  5. 05

    Watch every hop

    Our multiviewers and Bitfire's 24/7 NOC watch every feed from the venue to the destination.

  6. 06

    Hand off

    Decoded back to SDI for the control room, the recorders, or distribution with ALP Worldwide.

THE IP RACKS

A rack full of red Bitfire IP video engines with a Holley Video sticker
BITFIRE ENGINESRacked, labeled, ready to encode
Road racks on site with Bitfire engines, routing and a pull-out monitor
ON SITEEngines, routing and scopes in one rig
A remote control room with walls of multiview monitors lit blue and magenta
THE OTHER ENDFeeds landing in the control room

ON THE JOB

Remote viewing kits lit on a dark stage

AMERICAN IDOL · SEASON 20 · ABC

Families in the room, from home.

Contestants' families joined from their own devices through Bitfire. Their feeds ran through Holley Video routing onto the screens of the studio's "180 Room", with the contestants' cameras sent back to them.

SPORTS VIDEO GROUP · MARCH 2022 ↗
Sports Video Group coverage of the American Song Contest finale

AMERICAN SONG CONTEST · FINALE · NBC

IP infrastructure for a live finale.

Holley Video and Bitfire provided IP infrastructure for the finale of NBC's American Song Contest.

SPORTS VIDEO GROUP · MAY 2022 → PRESS

VIDEO DISTRIBUTION · WITH ALP WORLDWIDE

One feed. Everywhere.

When a show needs to reach more than one control room, we hand it to ALP Worldwide. From its 24/7 broadcast facility in Marina del Rey, ALP distributes worldwide by satellite, fiber and IP.

  • 24/7Broadcast facility + NOC
  • 8Control rooms
  • 9-dayDiesel backup behind a 500 kVA UPS
ALP WorldwideMARINA DEL REY · NASHVILLE · LONDON
PROGRAMONE FEED SATELLITEFIBERIP NETWORKSSTREAMSVENUES

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