MRMC and Third-Party Control for Smarter Broadcast Operations
Broadcast workflows are evolving, shifting from rigid automation to flexible, hybrid systems that combine efficiency with creative freedom. Discover how MRMC robotics and software integrate seamlessly with leading automation platforms and unified control systems, enabling broadcasters to reduce costs, streamline operations, and maintain full creative control when it matters most.
Broadcast workflows are evolving: shifting from rigid automation to flexible, hybrid systems that combine efficiency with creative freedom. Discover how MRMC robotics and software integrate seamlessly with leading automation platforms and unified control systems, enabling broadcasters to reduce costs, streamline operations, and maintain full creative control when it matters most.
AUTOMATION AND FLEXIBILITY: DEFINING MODERN BROADCAST CONTROL
The broadcast industry often cycles between paradigms, shifting focus from best-of-breed solutions to unified systems. Over time, evolving demands from diverse broadcast operations and the need to address specific challenges create opportunities for manufacturers to develop progressive workflows—many of which eventually integrate into other parts of a broadcaster’s ecosystem.
Automation is one such development, driven by the desire to reduce costs, improve consistency, and deliver more dependable workflows. Over the past 25+ years, automation has significantly simplified live operations, lowered expenses, and enhanced the overall quality of live productions. Once the domain of large-scale broadcast systems, automation is now accessible across all scales, with highly capable solutions available regardless of budget or system complexity. MRMC robotics and software integrate seamlessly with these automation platforms, further enabling cost savings and elevating production quality.
Despite these advances, live production demands flexibility and creativity, which has led to hybrid workflows. In these setups, automation handles most of the output, while operators retain the ability to take direct control when unplanned events or creative decisions arise. MRMC robotic systems excel in this environment, transitioning effortlessly between automated and manual control- adding operational redundancy and resilience.
Outside Broadcast (OB) workflows have also evolved significantly. Limited control room space has driven the adoption of unified control interfaces that conceal system complexity from operators. At the same time, the push to reduce on-site personnel has accelerated remote operation capabilities. Today, operators located at a broadcast centre can take direct control of camera robotics or perform tasks like camera shading over robust, low-latency IP connections.
On-premise workflows are following a similar trajectory, borrowing efficiencies from OB and remote operations and merging them with established automation-driven processes. Control desks are streamlined, unified control systems are preferred to reduce training and maintenance costs, and automation remains central, while preserving the ability to switch to live control when needed.
In short, these hybrid workflows represent a convergence of unified control of best-of-breed technologies. MRMC robotics and software can work with VizRT MOSART, CUEZ, Dalet, Bitfocus Buttons and more via our open protocols and APIs to help deliver flexibility, efficiency and creative freedom to modern broadcast operations. Speak with our expert team today to learn more about how we can help you future-proof your broadcast workflows.