Remotes by Smartphone
The VCC powers the world’s 4 billion smartphones, laptops and iPads to become reliable, high-quality live remote sources for TV programs for broadcast, cable, the web and Facebook Live.
VCC’s patented technology & services open the world to television producers, enabling remotes from almost anyone, anywhere using their own devices and bandwidth. Without crews, travel, or remote equipment. Every remote contributor receives a hyper-low latency video return feed and IFB mix-minus, to permit real-time back & forth discussion with the studio.
Today’s television programmers need to find innovative approaches to interact with their audiences. At the same time, viewers increasingly want their opinions to be part of the story. The VCC’s tools leverage the growing power of smartphones to put reporters, experts, stars and regular audience members on the air – with the editorial controls and quality that professional producers expect.
“…our data confirms that those networks that can successfully pivot to an increasing blend of live content have the potential to out-perform those that can’t.”
— Moffett-Nathanson Research, February 2018
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Experience: Hundreds of live programs, thousands of callers — makes The Video Call Center the expert in live contribution via IP.
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The VCC has created a suite of tools to permit program producers to marry the benefits of video over IP so reporters, experts, celebrities and fans can participate in live and live to tape programming.
Leveraging to power of smartphones, laptops and pads, VCC permits producers to add live remote contributors at high quality from anywhere, without remote crews, travel time, or field equipment.
From single-camera remotes by smartphone to full call-in audience participation shows, VCC has the tools to expand the canvas for producers, creating new content and saving cost.
The VCC believes that everyone is walking around with the worlds best ENG devices already in their pockets. Smartphones contain high-quality cameras, fast processors and connectivity to permit high-quality remotes from anywhere. The VCC provides tools and services to increase the performance from these devices providing new options for production teams.
The VCC suite of tools are available in a number of ways to match your business and program
requirements:
The VCC has extensive experience in IP remote services and has developed a suite of tools to support the new genre. Whether used from our NY-based incubator, or installed in a customer’s facility, these systems enable producers to screen and air dozens of live smart-phone callers efficiently and safely.
The VCC’s systems can be connected to an existing production control room, or controlled by a program’s host without a control room. The host is empowered by a state of the art automated “brain” call HAT (Host Automation Tool) which switches the show on their behalf, leaving them free to focus on content.
Sports, News, or Entertainment. With VCC, remote participants in programming is limited only by the depth of a contact list. Anyone, anywhere can be a participant. Producers are freed from needing desk resources and travel time constraints.
With fragmenting revenues the challenge is cost averaging down. Whether trying to reduce the average cost per remote, or per show, VCC’s flat rate, all you can eat approach controls costs to make your operation more efficient. Eliminating crew and travel costs are just the beginning. The need for field equipment is eliminated, and services are available without capital outlays.
Think a fiber line from everywhere. Terminal equipment, staffing, QC not for one remote, but many, all in one flat rate booking. AND it is on the right side of the 5G transition.
In this era of limited resources, VCC lets you put your crews where you really need them, where their creativity will shine. Let VCC set up the interviews for live shots or pre-recorded inserts. And when news breaks and you’re out of position, VCC gets people who are there on the air before the crew can show up.
Need sound from a person in China, or Australia, or Europe, or Africa, or Latin America, or across town to round out your story? Get it fast with VCC. Do the interview yourself, or have your reporter do it even from the road, then cut it into your package. No crew, just you.
With VCC Host Automation Technology HAT® not only do you save on remote operations, you save on the traditional in-studio production process. With hosts or producers running the show, even from remote locations, you don’t need either control rooms or studios.
VCC allows you to overcome the inertia of a half century of embedded production approaches for news, sports, and entertainment. Ask yourself why the organization continues to operate with the same production workflows, same field staffing needs, and the same arguments that bigger budgets are needed even when the revenues don’t allow them. VCC has answers to accomplish high-quality production significantly more efficiently than what has been done before.
VCC takes reliable smartphone remotes to air from anybody, anywhere. The results are a game changer for the industry and reflect differening benefits for everyone.
Wherever your role, VCC offers the coverage options, speed, efficiency, and reliability essential for the real-world of tomorrow.
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VCC’s full production workflow can bring remote contributors and even audience members into a production through traditional, or automated methods. The systems work with existing control rooms, or can be used for production groups without a control room at all, while always providing full editorial control and high quality.
The Video Call Center has a suite of tools to enable live remote participants to be received, aggregated, editorially screened and prepared for air. The tools can be used individually or as a group to create a complete end-to-end workflow.
The tools work with native applications found on IP devices, so they do not require downloads on the part of the contributors. VCC’s patented call retention systems, along with application choice, permits VCC’s Call Producers to optimize app selection to be perfect for the device and location, producing significantly better results than available through any other means.
