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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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Conference Leads on the Line - Online
October 1, 2019
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
As the high school football season starts to see teams qualify for this year’s playoffs, a number of games with regular-season title implications highlight the fare available this week on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network.
Frankenmuth will attempt to qualify for the postseason and get some separation atop the Tri-Valley Conference East when the Eagles (5-0 overall, 4-0 league) host Essexville Garber (4-1, 3-1). The Oakland Activities Association Red could get a clear-cut leader or a logjam at the top when West Bloomfield (4-1, 3-0) entertains Rochester Adams (4-1, 2-1) – an Adams win could create a four-way tie in the Red with two weeks to go. To the west, Grand Rapids Catholic Central (4-1, 2-0) and Allendale (3-2, 2-0) battle for the top spot in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue.
These games are part of a week’s schedule with 120 varsity and 135 sub-varsity events on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network. Here’s the complete list of varsity-level events to be streamed live during the coming week:
Tuesday - Oct. 1
Girls Volleyball - Troy Athens v. TBA - 5 PM
Boys Soccer - Ithaca v. Saginaw Valley Lutheran - 5:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Grand Rapids Christian v. TBA - 5:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Ishpeming v. Calumet - 5:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Grand Rapids Catholic Central v. Coopersville - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - St. Clair Shores Lake Shore v. Warren Cousino - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Novi v. Howell - 6:15 PM
Girls Volleyball - Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood v. Pontiac - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Grand Rapids Christian v. Hudsonville - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Otisville-LakeVille v. Mt Morris - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Manchester v. Grass Lake - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Montrose v. Chesaning - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Ovid-Elsie v. New Lothrop - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Southfield Christian v. Oakland Christian - 6:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Petoskey v. Traverse City Central - 6:45 PM
Girls Volleyball - North Muskegon v. Hart - 6:45 PM
Girls Volleyball - Ontonagon v. Dollar Bay - 6:50 PM
Boys Soccer - Brighton v. Hartland - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - White Lake Lakeland v. South Lyon East - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Birmingham Seaholm v. Farmington - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - South Lyon East v. TBA - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - South Lyon v. TBA - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Big Rapids v. Central Montcalm - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Brethren v. Baldwin - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Fremont v. Newaygo - 7 PM
Wednesday - Oct. 2
Boys Soccer - Sault Ste. Marie v. Marquette - 5 PM
Boys Soccer - Manchester v. Hanover-Horton - 5:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Coloma v. Watervliet - 6:20 PM
Girls Volleyball - Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood v. Macomb Lutheran North - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Stevensville Lakeshore v. Portage Central - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Cadillac v. Gaylord - 6:45 PM
Boys Soccer – Temperance Bedford v. Saline - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Freeland v. Standish-Sterling Central - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - South Lyon v. TBA - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Frankenmuth v. Bridgeport - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Freeland v. Alma - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Fulton v. Pewamo-Westphalia - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Hemlock v. Midland Bullock Creek - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - St. Charles v. Saginaw Valley Lutheran - 7 PM
Thursday - Oct. 3
Boys Soccer - Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood v. TBA - 5 PM
Boys Soccer - Cedar Springs v. TBA - 5:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Livonia Churchill v. Howell - 6:15 PM
Boys Soccer - Stevensville Lakeshore v. TBA - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Brighton Charyl Stockwell v. Southfield Christian - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Milford v. Waterford Kettering - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Novi v. Belleville - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - South Lyon East v. Walled Lake Northern - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - South Lyon v. Walled Lake Central - 6:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Troy Athens v. Melvindale - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - White Lake Lakeland v. Holly - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Bear Lake v. Baldwin - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Harrison v. Vestaburg - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball – Bloomfield Hills Marian v. Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - West Bloomfield v. Lake Orion - 7 PM
Friday - Oct. 4
Football - Cedar Springs v. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central - 5 PM
Boys Soccer – Madison Heights Lamphere v. Macomb L'Anse Creuse - 5:30 PM
Football - Otisville-LakeVille v. Montrose - 6:45 PM
Football - Salem v. Howell - 6:55 PM
Boys Football - Bad Axe v. Cass City - 7 PM
Boys Football - Brighton v. Northville - 7 PM
Boys Football - Calumet v. Iron Mountain - 7 PM
Boys Football - Caro v. Reese - 7 PM
Boys Football - Clare v. Pinconning - 7 PM
Boys Football - Frankenmuth v. Garber - 7 PM
Boys Football - Freeland v. Birch Run - 7 PM
Boys Football - Maple City Glen Lake v. Elk Rapids - 7 PM
Boys Football - Grand Rapids Catholic Central v. Allendale - 5 PM
Boys Football - Ishpeming v. Gwinn - 7 PM
Boys Football - White Lake Lakeland v. Dearborn Divine Child - 7 PM
Boys Football - Norway v. Bark River-Harris - 7 PM
Boys Football - Petoskey v. Traverse City Central - 7 PM
Boys Football - Portage Central v. St. Joseph - 5:30 PM
Boys Football - South Lyon v. Waterford Mott - 7 PM
Boys Football - Troy v. Birmingham Groves - 7 PM
Boys Football - West Bloomfield v. Rochester Adams - 7 PM
Boys Football - Woodhaven v. Southgate Anderson - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Armada v. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep - 7 PM
Football - Alpena v. Marquette - 7 PM
Football – Detroit Catholic Central v. Warren De La Salle Collegiate - 7 PM
Football - Lapeer v. Grand Blanc - 7 PM
Football - Mason v. Fowlerville - 7 PM
Football - Muskegon Orchard View vs Ludington - 7 PM
Football - Pine River vs McBain - 7 PM
Football - Warren Cousino v. Port Huron - 7 PM
Saturday - Oct. 5
Boys Soccer - Grand Blanc v. Detroit Catholic Central - 1 PM
Boys Soccer - Birmingham Seaholm v. Royal Oak - 11 AM
Girls Volleyball - Brethren v. Marion - 12:01 AM
Girls Volleyball - East Grand Rapids v. Rockford - 8:30 AM
Girls Volleyball - Ovid-Elsie v. Essexville Garber - 9 AM
Monday - Oct. 7
Boys Soccer – St. Clair Shores Lakeview v. St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball – Ann Arbor Greenhills v. Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Flint Powers Catholic v. Saginaw Arthur Hill - 6:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Cedar Springs v. TBA - 6:45 PM
Boys Soccer - Petoskey v. Traverse City West - 6:45 PM
Boys Soccer - Clare v. TBA - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Saline v. Monroe - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Birmingham Seaholm v. Troy - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Troy Athens v. Berkley - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Lake Orion v. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep - 7:30 PM
Tuesday - Oct. 8
Boys Soccer - Stevensville Lakeshore v. TBA - 6:30 PM