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Case study · Live broadcast · Nov 1, 2026
Head of the Lake 2026: a full regatta broadcast, live in 4K
A complete live regatta production, delivered on a limited budget from a venue with no internet. Viewers at home watched the whole day on The Rowing Channel's site and YouTube.
- A full crew, kept lean. Two camera operators, an announcer and a director who ran the show remotely from home.
- Not tied to one connection. The stream travelled over three links at once: two long-range wireless links to University of Washington buildings, plus a cellular hotspot.
- Delivered in 4K60 across all devices.
- Views across all platforms
- 20K+ in under 24 hours
- On air
- 5 h 24 min in 4K60
- Clean airtime
- 99.98%
How it was built
- Production: the director mixed the show from home on custom software, while the camera operators and announcer worked on site.
- Connectivity: a custom bonding system merged the three links into one steady stream at a cloud server in Seattle, which passed it to YouTube. Viewers received 2160p60.
- Self-adjusting quality: the picture quality stepped down and back up on its own as the links changed, so the broadcast stayed on air.
Live broadcast production
Drone-based race coverage, custom wireless links for venues with limited internet access, and efficient encoding that keeps the stream clean on any connection. Full live coverage for outdoor regattas and races.
Drone-integrated coverage
Drone feeds go straight into the live broadcast as race cameras. With no fixed rig, camera positions adapt to the course or venue.
Custom wireless bridges
When a venue has no usable internet, a point-to-point wireless bridge gets a signal out from wherever a connection actually exists. It is designed and deployed on-site as needed.
Efficient, broadcast-grade encoding
Fluent across modern codecs and encoding pipelines, tuned to hold up under real event conditions, on whatever hardware and software fit the job.
Timing & graphics integration
Live results, on-screen graphics, and searchable event playback.
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Swiftwater Sprints 2026
Produced, filmed, and directed the live stream for the Swiftwater Sprints rowing regatta on Vashon Island, in partnership with The Rowing Channel. The venue's limited viewing space, ferry access, and parking made the race hard to watch in person. The goal was a high-bitrate 1080p web broadcast that made it accessible to spectators and families anywhere, built entirely around drone cameras instead of a fixed rig.
The bigger challenge was connectivity: neither the boathouse nor Jensen Point Park had high-speed internet. A Ubiquiti point-to-point bridge carried the signal across the harbor from a residential connection on Maury Island, feeding a MacBook running OBS for the encode. The Rowing Channel handled timing integration, on-screen graphics, and searchable event playback.
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Port Angeles Beach Sprints 2026
A proof-of-concept broadcast for beach sprint rowing, a sprint format making its Olympic debut in 2028. This site had no internet at all, not even within line of sight, and no power on location, so the whole setup ran self-contained: on-site power and a custom cellular bonding rig built to carry the stream out.
The picture quality didn't hit the bar set by the Swiftwater Sprints broadcast, but the test proved the format holds up beyond a single fixed event. It is a starting point for covering beach sprints as the discipline grows toward 2028.