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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.

4 Football Games Added to Weekend Broadcasts

November 8, 2019

By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

Four additional football games have been added to the live streaming video schedule on the MHSAA.tv and FOXSportsDetroit.com websites this weekend.
 
Games added to the schedule are: McBain at Traverse City St. Francis, Constantine at Hillsdale, Fowlerville at Flint Powers Catholic and Cassopolis at Reading.
 
This weekend’s coverage starts tonight with a number of District Finals in Girls Volleyball before Football Playoff action begins with three featured games on the FOX Sports Detroit Prep Zone.  The Prep Zone games can be seen on FoxSportsDetroit.com and on FOX Sports Go! for handheld and streaming devices like Roku.  Here are this weekend games, all at 7 p.m. Friday:

  • East Kentwood at Brighton (Div. 1)
  • Detroit Cass Tech at Dearborn Fordson (Div. 1)
  • Fenton at Walled Lake Western (Div. 2)

Here’s the remaining schedule of events Friday and Saturday on MHSAA.tv:
 
Friday - Nov. 8
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 61 Volleyball Finals – Pontiac Notre Dame Prep v. Detroit Country Day - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 26 Volleyball Finals  - Birmingham Groves v. Bloomfield Hills Marian - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 8 Volleyball Finals  - West Bloomfield v. Walled Lake Central - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 7 Volleyball Final  - Troy v. Bloomfield Hills - 6:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 7 Volleyball Final  - 6:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District Football Final - Belleville v. Brownstown Woodhaven  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 5 District Football Final - Freeland  v. Ogemaw Heights   - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 8 District Football Final – Lake Linden-Hubbell v. Ishpeming  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 76 Volleyball Final - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 7 District Football Final - Kent City v. Pewamo-Westphalia  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 7 District Football Final - Beaverton v. New Lothrop  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District Football Final – Utica Eisenhower v. Lake Orion  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District Football Final - Portage Northern  v. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central   - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 6 District Football Final - Harrison v. Maple City Glen Lake  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 5 District Football Final - Frankenmuth  v. Swan Valley   - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 6 District Football Final - Menominee v. Calumet  - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 District Football Final – Pontiac Notre Dame Prep v. Ortonville Brandon   - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District Football Final – Plymouth v. West Bloomfield – 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District Football Final – Edwardsburg v. Zeeland West – 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 District Football Final – Sparta v. Grand Rapids Catholic Central – 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District Football Final – Davison v. Lapeer – 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 6 District Football Final – Constantine v. Hillsdale – 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 8 District Football Final – Cassopolis v. Reading – 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 District Football Final – Fowlerville v. Flint Powers Catholic – 7 PM
 
Saturday - Nov. 9
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 11 Volleyball Finals  - Byron Center v. East Kentwood - 11 AM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 68 Volleyball Finals  - Traverse City St. Francis v. Elk Rapids - 12 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 48 Volleyball Finals – Plainwell v. Vicksburg – 11 AM
2019 MHSAA Div 6 District Football Final - Calumet  v. Menominee   - 1 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 8 District Football Final – Lake Linden-Hubbell v. Ishpeming  - 1 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 7 District Football Final – McBain at Traverse City St. Francis – 1 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 6 District Football Final - Millington v. Montrose  - 1:45 PM