Logo

Pixellot Productions On Rise

September 19, 2018

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

A year ago, Pixellot – the automated production solution for schools wishing to stream live video of their athletic events on the NFHS Network and MHSAA.tv – was in use at six schools across Michigan.

With the new school year underway, nearly two dozen schools are actively streaming events using Pixellot, with half of those schools streaming indoor and outdoor events. Several schools have more than two Pixellot units in place.

“Schools are finding that Pixellot provides a great opportunity to get a lot of their games out to their fans in a way they could never achieve,” said Mark Uyl, executive director of the MHSAA.  “We have some schools which are using a mix of their traditional, student-staffed, School Broadcast Program efforts along with Pixellot to be able to add subvarsity coverage; and schools going exclusively with Pixellot with installations at multiple venues.”

Pixellot units use from two to four High Definition cameras that cover the length of the playing surface and then focus 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 commentary of the public address announcer or the radio style play-by-play of an in-person announcing team also can 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 also can be set up to isolate a camera on a fixed location, which allows for activities like cheer and wrestling to be streamed.

Schools actively engaged in Pixellot productions now include: Ann Arbor Greenhills, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood, Brighton, Calumet, Dollar Bay, Frankenmuth, Freeland, Fremont, Grand Blanc, Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian, Harrison, Howell, Kalamazoo Christian, Macomb Lutheran North, Manchester, Norway, Novi, Otisville-LakeVille, Ovid-Elsie, Plainwell, Saginaw Heritage, Saline, Stevensville Lakeshore, Warren DeLaSalle and Williamston. Schools using indoor and outdoor units include Cranbrook Kingswood, Frankenmuth, Freeland, Grand Blanc, Howell, Manchester, Norway, Novi, Ovid-Elsie, Plainwell, Saginaw Heritage, Saline and Stevensville Lakeshore. Additional schools will have their Pixellot units coming online soon.

More than 70 percent of the programming taking place this week on MHSAA.tv will be Pixellot productions, featuring a football game Friday evening with two of the top-ranked Division 1 teams facing off for the top spot in the Saginaw Valley League’s Red division. Grand Blanc hosts Davison at 7 p.m. Both teams are 4-0 overall and 2-0 in league play, tied with Lapeer for first place.

Here’s this week’s MHSAA.tv schedule of video streams being produced by School Broadcast Program members and the NFHS Network:

Tuesday - Sept. 18

Wednesday - Sept. 19 

Thursday - Sept. 20

Friday - Sept. 21

Saturday - Sept. 22

Monday - Sept. 24

Tuesday - Sept. 25

All sporting events – live or delayed - 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.

NFHS Network subscriptions begin at $9.95 a month. 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. School Broadcast Program participants also will be selling Season and Annual Passes at a discounted rate. A portion of every subscription sold by a school goes to benefit its program. 

Highlights of games broadcast during the past week by MHSAA School Broadcast Program contributors feature a pair of close football contests – Marquette’s 36-35 overtime win over Escanaba and Howell topping Novi, 21-17 – and a volleyball match with Lake Orion defeating Oxford, 3-0.

Highlights can be found each week on the MHSAA.tv website, the home page of the MHSAA Website, and the MHSAASports Channel on YouTube.

A complete list of participating schools can be found on the School Broadcast Program page of the MHSAA website.

MHSAA TV Wraps with Big Fall Finish

November 20, 2019

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

High school sports fans can enjoy a huge weekend of live streaming audio and video of championship action this weekend on the MHSAA.tv, FoxSportsDetroit.com and MHSAANetwork.com websites and FOX Sports GO! app.

The weekend centers on MHSAA.tv wrapping up its Fall coverage with live video streaming of all Semifinals and Finals in Girls Volleyball, the Final round of Lower Peninsula Girls Swimming & Diving and 13 Semifinal games from the MHSAA Football Playoffs. All events will be shown live on a subscription basis.

The 8-Player Football Finals will be played Saturday (Nov. 17) between Suttons Bay and Colon at 11 a.m. in Division 1 and Pickford and Portland St. Patrick at 2 p.m. in Division 2, both at Marquette’s Superior Dome and streamed live on the Prep Zone on the FoxSportsDetroit.com website and FOX Sports GO!  The games also will be shown on FOX Sports Detroit on Tuesday (Nov. 26), with Division 1 at 8 p.m., followed by Division 2 at 11 p.m. This also is the last week of the Prep Zone on FoxSportsDetroit.com, with three 11-Player Football Semifinal games being streamed live. 

The MHSAANetwork.com website will carry live audio of all Volleyball Semifinal and Final matches Thursday through Saturday (Nov. 21-23), as well as the 8-Player Football Finals.

Here is this week's video streaming schedule (all events live online):

Thursday - Girls Volleyball Semifinals - MHSAA.tv & MHSAANetwork.com

  • Mendon v. Southfield Christian, Division 4 – Noon 
  • Rudyard v. Leland, Division 4 – 2 p.m. 
  • Lake Orion v. Lowell, Division 1 – 4:30 p.m. 
  • Ann Arbor Skyline v. Farmington Hills Mercy, Division 1 – 6:30 p.m. 

Friday - Girls Volleyball Semifinals - MHSAA.tv & MHSAANetwork.com

  • Saginaw Valley Lutheran v. Schoolcraft, Division 3 – Noon 
  • Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central v. Beaverton, Division 3 – 2 p.m. 
  • Pontiac Notre Dame Prep v. Lake Odessa Lakewood, Division 2 – 4:30 p.m. 
  • Kingsley v. Grand Rapids Christian, Division 2 – 6:30 p.m.  

Friday - 11-Player Football Semifinals – MHSAA.tv – 7 p.m.

  • Iron Mountain v. Pewamo-Westphalia, Division 7 

Saturday - 8-Player Football Finals – FOXSportsDetroit.com , FOX Sports GO! & MHSAANetwork.com

  • Suttons Bay v. Colon, Division 1, 11 a.m.   
  • Pickford v. Portland St. Patrick, Division 2, 2 p.m. (approx.)
    Delayed cable broadcast on FOX Sports Detroit, Tuesday, Division 1 - 8 p.m.; Division 2 – 11 p.m. Archived at MHSAA.tv.

Saturday - Girls Volleyball Finals - MHSAA.tv & MHSAANetwork.com

  • Class D Final, 10 a.m. 
  • Class C Final, Noon 
  • Class A Final, 2 p.m. 
  • Class B Final, 4 p.m.  

Saturday - L.P. Girls Swimming & Diving Finals - MHSAA.tv

  • Division 1 – Holland Aquatics Center - Noon 
  • Division 2 – Oakland University – 5 p.m. 
  • Division 3 – Oakland University – 10 a.m. 

Saturday - 11-Player Football Semifinals – Prep Zone on FoxSportsDetroit.com – 1 p.m.

  • Brighton v. Belleville, Division 1 
  • Muskegon Mona Shores v. Walled Lake Western, Division 2 
  • Muskegon v. DeWitt, Division 3 

Saturday - 11-Player Football Semifinals on MHSAA.tv - All games 1 p.m. unless noted

  • Davison v. Sterling Heights Stevenson, Division 1 
  • Detroit King v. Birmingham Seaholm, Division 2 – 3 p.m. 
  • Chelsea v. River Rouge, Division 3 
  • Grand Rapids Catholic Central v. Hudsonville Unity Christian, Division 4 
  • Flint Powers Catholic v. Detroit Country Day, Division 4 
  • Kingsley v. Lansing Catholic, Division 5 
  • Almont v. Detroit Denby, Division 5 
  • Maple City Glen Lake v. Montague, Division 6 
  • Onsted v. Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central, Division 6 
  • Jackson Lumen Christi v. Cass City, Division 7 – 11 a.m. 
  • Beal City v. Ubly, Division 8 
  • Fowler v. Reading, Division 8 

A subscription to MHSAA.tv is $10.99 and allows 30 days of viewing live content on the NFHS Network.