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Otisville-LakeVille First SBP Using Pixellot
January 31, 2017
By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director
A challenge to schools wanting to stream live video of their athletic events to their communities is being able to adequately staff those productions.
“We had signed up for the School Broadcast Program over a year ago and we were really excited to get our games out to the community, and when it came to it, we just couldn’t get the manpower to run the equipment,” said Drew Johnson, the athletic director at Otisville-LakeVille High School in Genesee County. “That first day, we had everything lined up, we were ready to go, and two of our three kids missed school that day for being sick. It was just a hassle.
“So when we heard about Pixellot, it was a quick and easy decision.”
Just three weeks ago, LakeVille became the first school in Michigan and one of the first in the country to install a Pixellot unit in its gymnasium, automating the process of streaming live video on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network.
Pixellot is a unit equipped with four High Definition cameras that cover the length of the playing surface and then focus in on the ball and player movement to deliver the action. The unit communicates with the scoreboard to insert a time and score graphic on the screen. Ambient audio is picked up by the device, but the play-by-play of an in-person announce team can also be patched in.
All that has to be done from a school’s perspective is type in the event schedule, and promote the fact that the games are available on MHSAA.tv. Pixellot does the rest. The unit can also be set up to isolate a camera on a fixed location, which allows for activities like wrestling to also be streamed.
“We’re going to do everything that takes place in our gym,” Johnson said. “We’re also excited about being able to record our practices as well.”
Johnson added that the school will look into installing additional Pixellot units at its middle school auditorium for musical events and LakeVille’s outdoor athletic fields in the future.
In its eighth year, the School Broadcast Program gives members an opportunity to showcase excellence in their schools by creating video programming of athletic and non-athletic events, with students gaining skills in announcing, camera operation, directing/producing and graphics.
The program also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions.
All sporting events – Live or On-Demand – are available on a subscription basis only for their first 72 hours online. They become available for free, on-demand viewing approximately 72 hours following their completion.
Here’s the schedule of events School Broadcast Program members plan to stream over the next week for broadcast at MHSAA.tv.
Tuesday, Jan. 31
- JV Girls Basketball - North Branch at Otisville Lakeville, 5:25 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Goodrich at Davison, 6 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - North Branch at Otisville Lakeville, 6:45 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Williamston at East Lansing, 7 p.m. (On Demand)
- Girls Basketball - Hopkins at Plainwell, 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Hudsonville Unity Christian at Cedar Springs, 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Birmingham Seaholm at Lake Orion, 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Negaunee at Calumet, 7:20 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Goodrich at Davison, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 1
- Wrestling – Quad at Cedar Springs, 5:20 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Leroy Pine River at Beal City, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 2
- JV Girls Basketball - Birch Run at Otisville Lakeville, 5:25 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball – Coopersville at Comstock Park, 5:30 p.m.
- JV Girls Basketball - Oscoda at Rogers City, 6 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Birch Run at Otisville Lakeville, 6:45 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Oscoda at Rogers City, 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Gaylord at Alpena, 7, p.m.
Friday, Feb. 3
- Ice Hockey - Grand Rapids Catholic Central vs. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood @ MIHL Showcase, 4 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Lowell at Cedar Springs, 5:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Burton Atherton vs. Montrose, 5:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Allegan at Plainwell, 6 p.m.
- Ice Hockey - Notre Dame De La Baie Academy vs. Detroit Catholic Central @ MIHL Showcase, 6 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Coopersville at Comstock Park, 6 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Lapeer at Davison, 6 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Allegan at Plainwell, 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Burton Atherton vs. Montrose, 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - McBain at Beal City, 7:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Coopersville at Comstock Park, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 4
- Ice Hockey - Notre Dame De La Baie Academy vs. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood @ MIHL Showcase, 12:40 p.m.
- Ice Hockey - Novi vs. Detroit Catholic Central @ MIHL Showcase, 6:50 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 6
- JV Girls Basketball – Hillman at Rogers City, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 7
- JV Girls Basketball - Grand Rapids West Catholic at Comstock Park, 5:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Midland Dow at Mt, Pleasant, 5:30 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Greenville at Cedar Springs, 7 p.m.
- Girls Basketball - Grand Rapids West Catholic at Comstock Park, 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Midland Dow at Mt. Pleasant, 7 p.m.
- Boys Basketball - Chassell at Calumet, 7:20 p.m.
Be sure to check the Upcoming Events page at MHSAA.tv for schedule additions every day.
The NFHS Network has announced new pricing for 2016-17, eliminating the Day Pass and lowering the cost of a Month Pass to $9.95. Subscribers will have access to all live video and streaming statistics across the country. All content becomes available for free, on-demand viewing 72 hours after being shown live. Some schools also will be selling Annual Passes at a discounted rate. A portion of every subscription sold by a school goes to benefit its program.
A complete list of participating schools can be found on the School Broadcast Program page of the MHSAA website.
Fans also can access scores of games in-progress on the NFHS Network website via ScoreStream. Click on the Scores button in the upper right corner.
A weekly staple on the MHSAA.tv website and the MHSAASports Channel on YouTube is back for another year with highlights of selected games last week produced by members of the Association’s School Broadcast Program.
This week’s highlights package consists of clips from last week’s Bark River-Harris at Powers North Central boys basketball game in which the Jets set a state record for consecutive boys hoops victories, an ice hockey game pitting Detroit Catholic Central at Brighton in a battle of two of the top teams in the state and a demonstration of Pixellot in action during a boys basketball game with Millington at Otisville-LakeVille.
Schools interested in becoming a part of the School Broadcast Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.
PHOTOS: (Top) A laptop shows the variety of angles for the Pixellot and the calibration of its four cameras. (Middle) This Pixellot hangs at midcourt at Otisville-LakeVille High School.
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Soccer Tournament Starts on MHSAA TV
October 8, 2019
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
As the Fall sports season rolls on, the first postseason tournament action ramps up this week with Boys Soccer District activity on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network.
Nearly 40 Boys Soccer tournament games will be streamed live, a dozen taking place during first round play, and nearly all being produced by schools using Pixellot – the NFHS Network’s automated streaming solution. The coverage culminates with all four Final games on Nov. 2.
A $9.99 Month Pass enables a subscriber to catch all of the Soccer Tournament action, plus other live Fall sporting events from Michigan and across the country.
Here’s the complete list of varsity-level events to be streamed live during the coming week:
Tuesday - Oct. 8
Girls Volleyball - Coloma v. Watervliet - 5:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Kalamazoo Christian v. Kalamazoo Hackett - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Manchester v. East Jackson - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Montrose v. Durand - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Novi v. Plymouth - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Ovid-Elsie v. Otisville LakeVille - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - South Lyon v. South Lyon East - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Fife Lake Forest Area v. Pellston – 6:45 PM
Girls Volleyball - Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian v. Grand Rapids Covenant Christian - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Morley Stanwood v. Holton - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Saline v. Monroe - 7 PM
Wednesday - Oct. 9
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoffs – DeWitt v. Haslett – 4:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoffs - Lowell v. Cedar Springs - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoffs - Sturgis v. St. Joseph - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoffs - Saline v. Ypsilanti Lincoln - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoffs - Utica Ford v. Troy - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoffs - Freeland v. Saginaw Swan Valley - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoffs – Jackson Northwest v. South Lyon East – 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Corunna v. Goodrich - 6:15 PM
Girls Volleyball - Fenton v. Holly - 6:15 PM
Girls Volleyball - Flushing v. Linden - 6:15 PM
Girls Volleyball – Flint Kearsley v. Swartz Creek - 6:15 PM
Girls Volleyball - Linden v. Flushing - 6:15 PM
Girls Volleyball – Madison Heights Bishop Foley v. Macomb Lutheran North - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Waterford Our Lady v. Royal Oak Shrine - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Flint Powers Catholic v. Highland Milford - 6:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoff – Lansing Eastern v. Lansing Waverly – 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Baraga v. Dollar Bay - 6:50 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoff- Troy v. Utica Ford - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Petoskey v. Cadillac - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - St. Charles v. Hemlock - 7 PM
Thursday - Oct. 10
Girls Volleyball - Ishpeming v. Westwood - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSA Boys Soccer District Playoffs – Temperance Bedford v. Brownstown Woodhaven - 6 PM
2019 MHSA Boys Soccer District Playoffs - Jackson Northwest v. South Lyon East - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoff - Grand Blanc v. Davison - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball – St. Clair Shores Lake Shore v. St. Clair - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Norway v. Crystal Falls Forest Park - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball – Cedar Springs v. Lowell – 6:15 PM
Girls Volleyball – Livonia Clarenceville v. Southfield Christian - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Grand Rapids Christian v. Grand Rapids South Christian - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Grandville v. Holland West Ottawa - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Ann Arbor Greenhills v. Clarkston Everest Collegiate - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – White Lake Lakeland v. Highland Milford - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Otisville LakeVille v. Flint Kearsley - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Auburn Hills Oakland Christian v. Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Middleville Thornapple Kellogg v. East Grand Rapids - 6:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoff – Troy Athens v. Royal Oak - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball – Troy Athens v. Berkley - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Menominee v. Marquette - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - St. Charles v. Breckenridge - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Walled Lake Northern v. South Lyon - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - West Bloomfield v. Troy - 7 PM
2019 MHSA Boys Soccer District Playoffs – Southfield A&T v. Birmingham Seaholm - 7:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys District Soccer Playoff – Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice v. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep - 7:30 PM
Friday - Oct. 11
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoff – Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood v. Auburn Hills Avondale - 4 PM
2019 MHSA Boys Soccer District Playoffs – St. Clair Shores Lakeview v. St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 4:30 PM
Football – Stevensville Lakeshore v. Richland Gull Lake - 5:30 PM
Football - Portage Northern v. Battle Creek Central - 5:30 PM
Football - Durand v. Montrose - 6:45 PM
Football - Canton v. Howell - 6:55 PM
Football – Troy Athens v. Birmingham Seaholm - 7 PM
Football - Cadillac v. Traverse City West - 7 PM
Football – Saginaw Heritage v. Bay City John Glenn - 7 PM
Football - Ishpeming v. West Iron County - 7 PM
Football - Ithaca v. Saginaw Valley Lutheran - 7 PM
Football – White Lake Lakeland v. Waterford Kettering - 7 PM
Football - Manchester v. Hanover-Horton - 7 PM
Football - Munising v. Lake Linden-Hubbell - 7 PM
Football - Ovid-Elsie v. Byron Center Charter - 7 PM
Football - Petoskey v. Gaylord - 7 PM
Football - Rockford v. Hudsonville - 7 PM
Football - West Bloomfield v. Bloomfield Hills - 7 PM
Football – Brownstown Woodhaven v. Dearborn Edsel Ford - 7 PM
Football - Constantine v. Watervliet - 7 PM
Football - Davison v. Warren De La Salle Collegiate - 7 PM
Football - McBain vs Manton - 7 PM
Football - Menominee v. Marquette - 7 PM
Football – Orchard Lake St. Mary’s v. Detroit Catholic Central - 7 PM
Football - Otsego v. Plainwell - 7 PM
Football - Port Huron v. Port Huron Northern - 7 PM
Football - Rochester v. Lake Orion - 7 PM
Football – St. Johns v. Fowlerville - 7 PM
Football - Walled Lake Northern v. South Lyon East - 7 PM
Football - Wyoming Lee vs Ludington - 7 PM
Saturday - Oct. 12
Football - Coopersville v. Comstock Park - 11 AM
Girls Volleyball - Novi v. TBA - 8 AM
Girls Volleyball - Mt Morris v. Oscoda - 9 AM
Monday - Oct. 14
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoff – Semifinal #1 at East Lansing – 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoff – Semifinal #1 at Madison Heights Lamphere – 5:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Norway v. Escanaba - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Byron v. Fowlerville - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Ann Arbor Greenhills v. Belleville - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Otisville LakeVille v. Kearsley - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Morley Stanwood v. Big Rapids - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoff – Semifinal #2 at East Lansing – 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoff – Semifinal #2 at Madison Heights Lamphere – 7 PM
Tuesday - Oct. 15
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoff – Semifinal #1 at Cedar Springs – 3:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoff – Semifinal #1 at Grand Blanc – 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoff – Semifinal #2 at Cedar Springs – 5:15 PM
Girls Volleyball - Ishpeming v. West Iron County - 5:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Grand Rapids Catholic Central v. Grand Rapids West Catholic - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Sparta v. Comstock Park - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Brighton v. Howell - 6:15 PM
Girls Volleyball - Otisville LakeVille v. Chesaning - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Mt. Morris v. Montrose - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Plymouth Christian v. Southfield Christian - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Flint Powers Catholic v. Grand Blanc - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Grand Rapids South Christian v. East Grand Rapids - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - South Lyon East v. Waterford Kettering - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - South Lyon v. Walled Lake Western - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Cedar Springs v. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central – 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Calumet v. Negaunee - 6:45 PM
Girls Volleyball - Big Rapids v. Remus Chippewa Hills - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Freeland v. Essexville Garber - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Fremont v. Howard City Tri County - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Pellston v. Mancelona - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Troy v. TBA - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - West Bloomfield v. Oxford - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Boys Soccer District Playoff – Semifinal #2 at Grand Blanc – 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Bad Axe v. Reese - 7:30 PM
Now in its 11th year, the Scho