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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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MHSAA TV: 1,000 Live Events & Growing
September 24, 2019
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
Less than two months into the 2019-20 school year, MHSAA.tv is topping the 1,000 mark for live streamed video of interscholastic athletic events on the NFHS Network.
Just a year ago, just under 300 live streams had been produced by a combined 34 schools. This week began with MHSAA.tv having streamed 986 events originated at 84 schools.
The surge in events is powered by the addition of Pixellot, the NFHS Network’s automated production solution at a growing number of MHSAA member schools. Since this time last year, units at more than 50 schools have been activated. In all, 108 schools have launched or will be launching more than 180 Pixellots at gymnasiums and outdoor athletic facilities around the state.
Here’s a breakdown of the MHSAA member schools utilizing Pixellot:
Active Indoor & Outdoor Units – Auburn Hills Oakland Christian, Bad Axe, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood, Birmingham Seaholm, Brighton, Brownstown Woodhaven, Cadillac, Chesaning, Clare, Calumet, Cedar Springs, Corunna, East Grand Rapids, Frankenmuth, Freeland, Grand Blanc, Grand Rapids Catholic Central, Howell, Ishpeming, Manchester, Maple City Glen Lake, Montrose, Norway, Novi, Ovid-Elsie, Petoskey, Plainwell, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, Rockford, Saginaw Heritage, Saline, South Lyon, South Lyon East, St. Clair Shores Lake Shore, St. Joseph, Stevensville Lakeshore, Troy, Troy Athens. Watervliet, West Bloomfield, White Lake Lakeland.
Active Outdoor Units – Ithaca, Portage Northern.
Active Gymnasium Units – Ann Arbor Greenhills, Big Rapids, Bear Lake, Brethren, Bloomfield Hills Marian, Dollar Bay, Fenton, Flint Kearsley, Flint Powers Catholic, Fremont, Grand Rapids Christian, Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian, Grandville, Harbor Beach, Harrison, Hart, Hemlock, Highland Milford, Kalamazoo Christian, Linden, Madison Heights Lamphere, Morley-Stanwood, Mt. Morris, New Lothrop, Otisville-LakeVille, Pellston, Southfield Christian, St. Charles, Waterford Our Lady.
Schools With Pending Installations – Armada, Birmingham Groves, Bloomfield Hills, Bloomfield Hills Roeper, Burton Bendle, Caro, Clinton Township Chippewa Valley, Detroit Catholic Central, East Kentwood, Flushing, Grand Ledge, Holly, Livonia Clarenceville, Macomb Dakota, Macomb L’Anse Creuse North, Munising, Niles, Painesdale Jeffers, Plymouth Christian, Portage Central, Riverview Gabriel Richard, Saginaw Swan Valley, St. Ignace, Sterling Heights Stevenson+, Sturgis, Traverse City Central*, Traverse City West*, Utica+, Utica Eisenhower+, Utica Ford+, Vicksburg, Walled Lake Central, Walled Lake Northern, Walled Lake Western, Waterford Kettering, Waterford Mott, Williamston. (* Includes installation at Thirlby Field.) (+ Includes installations at Swinehart and Runkel Fields.)
The Pixellot schools join the following traditional School Broadcast Programs – Bay City John Glenn, Calumet, Cedar Springs, Charlevoix, Comstock Park, East Lansing, Fowlerville, Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett, Lake Orion, Marquette, Midland Dow, Montrose Mt. Pleasant, Negaunee, Onsted, Pewamo-Westphalia, Rockford, Rogers City, Vestaburg, Warren De La Salle Collegiate.
Here’s the complete list of varsity-level events to be streamed live in the coming week on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network:
Tuesday – Sept. 24
Boys Soccer - Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood Kingswood v. Hamtramck - 4:30 PM
Girls Field Hockey - West Bloomfield v. Pinckney - 4:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Buchanan v. Watervliet - 5 PM
Boys Soccer - Ovid-Elsie v. Mt. Morris - 5 PM
Girls Volleyball - Gobles v. Watervliet - 5 PM
Boys Soccer - Iron Mountain v. Marquette - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Norway v. Superior Central - 6 PM
Boys Soccer - Stevensville Lakeshore v. Mattawan - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Bellaire v. Pellston - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Grand Rapids Christian v. East Grand Rapids - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Kalamazoo Christian v. Galesburg-Augusta - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – White Lake Lakeland v. Walled Lake Western - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Otisville LakeVille v. New Lothrop - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Lutheran Westland v. Southfield Christian - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Milford v. Walled Lake Northern - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Mt. Morris v. Durand - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Novi v. Brighton - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Oakland Christian v. Plymouth Christian Academy - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Flint Powers Catholic v. Davison - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - South Lyon East v. South Lyon - 6:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Troy Athens v. TBA - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Novi v. Canton - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Brethren v. Marion - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Cadillac v. Traverse City Central - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball – Flint Carman-Ainsworth v. Grand Blanc - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Fremont v. Central Montcalm - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Lake Orion v. Oxford - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball – Bloomfield Hills Marian v. Farmington Hills Mercy - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Petoskey v. Gaylord - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Saline v. Temperance Bedford - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Saline v. Temperance Bedford - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Bad Axe v. Vassar - 7:30 PM
Wednesday - Sept. 25
Boys Soccer - Ithaca v. Hemlock - 5:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Manchester v. Clinton - 5:30 PM
Boys Soccer - St. Clair Shores Lake Shore v. Marysville - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball - Fenton v. Flushing - 6:15 PM
Girls Volleyball - Kearsley v. Linden - 6:15 PM
Boys Soccer - Traverse City Central v. Traverse City West - 6:20 PM
Girls Volleyball – Ann Arbor Greenhills v. Marine City Cardinal Mooney Catholic - 6:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Cedar Springs v. TBA - 6:45 PM
Boys Soccer – Birmingham Seaholm v. Detroit Country Day - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - South Lyon East v. TBA - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - South Lyon v. TBA - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - South Lyon v. TBA - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Suttons Bay v. Maple City Glen Lake - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Fowlerville v. St. Johns - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Frankenmuth v. Saginaw Swan Valley - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Morley Stanwood v. Hesperia - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball – Waterford Our Lady v. Madison Heights Bishop Foley - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Harrison v. Sanford Meridian - 7:30 PM
Thursday - Sept. 26
Boys Soccer - Bangor v. Watervliet - 5:25 PM
Boys Soccer – Madison Heights Lamphere v. St. Clair - 5:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Portage Northern v. Kalamazoo Central - 5:30 PM
Boys Soccer - Clare v. TBA - 6 PM
Girls Volleyball – Flint Kearsley v. Flint Carman-Ainsworth - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – White Lake Lakeland v. South Lyon East - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball – Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest v. Southfield Christian - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - Wayland Union v. East Grand Rapids - 6:30 PM
Girls Volleyball - White Cloud v. Hart - 6:30 PM
Boys Soccer – Troy Athens v. Grand Blanc - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Novi v. Brighton - 7 PM
Boys Soccer - Troy v. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep - 7 PM
Girls Field Hockey - Saline v. Chelsea - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Bear Lake v. Brethren - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian v. Wyoming Lee - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Grandville v. East Kentwood - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball – Bloomfield Hills Marian v. Wixom St. Catherine - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - Troy v. Rochester Adams - 7 PM
Girls Volleyball - West Bloomfield v. Clarkston - 7 PM
Friday - Sept. 27
Boys Soccer – Brownstown Woodhaven v. Dearborn Divine Child - 4:30 PM
Football - Stevensville Lakeshore v. Portage Central - 5:30 PM
Football - Portage Northern v. Mattawan - 5:30 PM
Football - Wayland Union v. East Grand Rapids - 6:30 PM
Football - Cadillac v. Lake Odessa Lakewood - 7 PM
Football - Calumet v. Norway - 7 PM
Football - Caro v. Elkton Pigeon Bay Port Laker - 7 PM
Football - Clare v. Sanford Meridian - 7 PM
Football - Frankenmuth v. Saginaw Swan Valley - 7 PM
Football – Maple City Glen Lake v. Gladstone - 7 PM
Football – Saginaw Heritage v. Midland Dow - 7 PM
Football - Ithaca v. Carrollton - 7 PM
Football - St. Clair Shores Lake Shore v. St. Clair Shores South Lake - 7 PM
Football – Madison Heights Lamphere v. Clawson - 7 PM
Football - Manchester v. Vandercook Lake - 7 PM
Football - Norway v. Calumet - 7 PM
Football – Pontiac Notre Dame Prep v. TBA - 7 PM
Football - Novi v. Plymouth - 7 PM
Football - Ovid-Elsie v. New Lothrop - 7 PM
Football - Petoskey v. Marquette - 7 PM
Football - Rockford v. Grand Haven - 7 PM
Football - South Lyon East v. White Lake Lakeland - 7 PM
Football - South Lyon v. Walled Lake Northern - 7 PM
Football - Dowagiac v. Plainwell - 7 PM
Football – Grosse Pointe North v. Port Huron Northern - 7 PM
Football - Ishpeming v. Negaunee - 7 PM
Football - Kalamazoo Christian v. Watervliet - 7 PM
Football - Laingsburg v. Pewamo-Westphalia - 7 PM
Football - Lansing Eastern v. Fowlervi