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
- JV Girls Volleyball - Northville at Howell - 4:55 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Hanover-Horton at Manchester - 5 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Byron at Ovid-Elsie - 5:30 PM
- Boys Soccer - Fowlerville at Williamston - 5:30 PM
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Byron at Ovid-Elsie - 5:30 PM
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Bay City at Saginaw Heritage - 5:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Bay City at Saginaw Heritage - 5:30 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Northville at Howell - 6:25 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Byron at Ovid-Elsie - 6:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Hanover-Horton at Manchester - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Bay City at Saginaw Heritage - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball – Breckenridge at Vestaburg – 7 PM
Wednesday - Sept. 19
- Freshman Girls Volleyball – Parchment at Kalamazoo Christian – 4:30 PM
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Birch Run at Freeland - 5 PM
- JV Field Hockey - Hartland at Saline - 5:30 PM
- Boys Soccer - Vicksburg at Plainwell - 5:45 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Birch Run at Freeland - 6 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Birch Run at Freeland - 7 PM
- Field Hockey - Hartland at Saline - 7 PM
Thursday - Sept. 20
- Freshman Football – Dowagiac at Plainwell – 4:15 PM
- JV Football – Portage Central at Stevensville Lakeshore – 4:20 PM
- Freshman Football - Plymouth at Novi - 4:30 PM
- Freshman Football - Midland Dow at Saginaw Heritage - 4:30 PM
- Freshman Football - Belleville at Saline - 4:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball – Grand Rapids West Catholic at Comstock Park - 5 PM
- Girls Volleyball – Quad with Michigan Center, Hudson, Whitmore at Manchester - 5 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Belleville at Ann Arbor Greenhills - 5:30 PM
- JV Boys Soccer – Temperance Bedford at Saline - 5:30 PM
- JV Football - New Lothrop at Ovid-Elsie - 6 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Ishpeming at Norway - 6 PM
- Girls Volleyball – Grand Rapids West Catholic at Comstock Park - 6 PM
- JV Football - Dowagiac at Plainwell - 6 PM
- JV Football - Calumet at Norway - 6:30 PM
- JV Football - Plymouth at Novi - 6:30 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Belleville at Ann Arbor Greenhills - 6:30 PM
- JV Football - Midland Dow at Saginaw Heritage - 6:30 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Birmingham Seaholm at Lake Orion - 7 PM
- Boys Soccer - Temperance Bedford at Saline - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Birmingham Seaholm at Lake Orion - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Ishpeming at Norway - 7:15 PM
Friday - Sept. 21
- Freshman Boys Soccer - Plymouth at Saline - 4 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Baraga at Dollar Bay - 4:45 PM
- Football - Hartland at Howell - 6:55 PM
- Football – Coleman at Vestaburg – 7 PM
- Football - Davison at Grand Blanc - 7 PM
- Football - Lansing Eastern at Fowlerville - 7 PM
- Football - Lake Orion at West Bloomfield - 7 PM
- Football - Napoleon at Manchester - 7 PM
- Football – Standish-Sterling at Freeland - 7 PM
- Football - Carrollton at Frankenmuth - 7 PM
- Football - Spring Lake at Comstock Park - 7 PM
- Football - Canton at Brighton - 7 PM
- Football – Ann Arbor Skyline at Saline - 7 PM
- Football - Norway at Calumet - 7 PM
- Football - Orchard Lake St. Mary’s at Warren DeLaSalle - 7 PM
- Football - Petoskey at Marquette - 7 PM
Saturday - Sept. 22
- Girls Volleyball – Novi Invitational - 8 AM
- JV Girls Volleyball – TBA at Ovid-Elsie - 8:30 AM
- Girls Volleyball - Saginaw Heritage - 8:30 AM
- Girls Volleyball - Frankenmuth Invitational - 8:30 AM
- JV Boys Soccer - Mattawan at Plainwell - 8:45 AM
- Football - Walled Lake Central at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 1 PM
- Boys Soccer - Mattawan at Plainwell - 10:15 PM
Monday - Sept. 24
- Middle School Girls Volleyball - Wyoming Lee at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 4:15 PM
- Field Hockey - Dexter at Novi - 4:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Goodrich at Grand Blanc - 5:30 PM
- Middle School Girls Volleyball - Wyoming Lee at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 5:30 PM
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Goodrich at Grand Blanc - 5:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Saginaw Valley Lutheran at Frankenmuth - 5:30 PM
- Freshman Girls Volleyball – Saginaw Valley Lutheran at Frankenmuth - 5:30 PM
- JV Field Hockey - Dexter at Novi - 6 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball – Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 6:30 PM
- Girls Volleyball – Saginaw Valley Lutheran at Frankenmuth - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Goodrich at Grand Blanc - 7 PM
Tuesday - Sept. 25
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Lawton at Kalamazoo Christian - 4:15 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Howell at Novi - 5 PM
- Freshman Girls Volleyball - Howell at Novi - 5 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball – Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian - 5 PM
- JV Field Hockey – Bloomfield Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart at Saline - 5:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball - Lawton at Kalamazoo Christian - 5:30 PM
- JV Girls Volleyball – Bark River-Harris at Norway - 6 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Howell at Novi - 6:30 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Bloomfield Hills at Lake Orion - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball - Lawton at Kalamazoo Christian - 7 PM
- Field Hockey - Bloomfield Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart at Saline - 7 PM
- Girls Volleyball – Bark River-Harris at Norway - 7:15 PM
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.
Football, Volleyball Districts Streaming
November 5, 2019
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
More than 100 volleyball matches in the MHSAA District Tournament will take place on MHSAA.tv and the NFHS Network this week, joining a group of District Championship Football Playoff games – plus three Prep Zone events on FOXSportsDetroit.com.
The Volleyball action will be streamed from 25 tournament centers, most coverage being provided by Pixellot, the NFHS Network’s automated production solution. Wednesday (Nov. 6) will be the biggest night of streaming, with 40 matching being shown.
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. on Friday (Nov. 8):
- East Kentwood at Brighton (Div. 1)
- Detroit Cass Tech at Dearborn Fordson (Div. 1)
- Fenton at Walled Lake Western (Div. 2)
MHSAA.tv will play host to 30 District Football Playoff games over the weekend, most produced by participants in the School Broadcast Program. The NFHS Network is again providing bonus coverage of two additional games Friday – Davison at Lapeer in Division 1 and Edwardsburg at Zeeland West in Division 3.
Here’s the complete schedule of upcoming events on MHSAA.tv:
Tuesday - Nov. 5
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 48 Volleyball First Round - Comstock v. Vicksburg - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 39 Volleyball Semifinals - Bridgeport v. Birch Run - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 68 Volleyball First Round– Maple City Glen Lake v. Traverse City St. Francis - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 District 121 Volleyball Semis - Huron Valley vs Plymouth Christian - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 42 Volleyball First Round - South Christian v. MI Aviation - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 District 125 Volleyball Semis – Clarkston Everest Collegiate v. Waterford Our Lady - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 11 Volleyball First Round - East Grand Rapids v. Byron Center - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 68 Volleyball First Round - Suttons Bay v. Grand Traverse Academy - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 48 Volleyball First Round - Plainwell vs Three Rivers - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 District 125 Volleyball Semis - Auburn Hills Christian v. Auburn Hills Oakland Christian - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 District 121 Volleyball Semis - Novi Christian Academy vs Southfield Christian - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 42 Volleyball First Round - Grand River Prep vs Grand Rapids Christian - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Division 2 District 39 Volleyball Semis - Carrollton v. Frankenmuth - 7 PM
Wednesday - Nov. 6
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 38 Volleyball Semis - Essexville Garber v. Saginaw Swan Valley - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 73 Volleyball Semis - Shelby v. Holton - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 48 Volleyball Semis - Parchment v. Vicksburg - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 12 Volleyball Semis – Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central v. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 80 Volleyball Semis – Vermontville Maple Valley v. Schoolcraft - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 26 Volleyball Semis - Southfield A&T vs Birmingham Groves - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 8 Volleyball Semis – White Lake Lakeland v. Walled Lake Central - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 1 Volleyball Semis - Traverse City West v. Traverse City Central - 5 PM
2019 MHSAA Div. 2 District 61 Volleyball Semis - Pontiac Notre Dame Prep v. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 40 Volleyball Semis - Clio v. Chesaning - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 5 Volleyball – Waterford Kettering v. Oxford - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 35 Volleyball Semifinals - Benzie Central v. Reed City - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 7 Volleyball Semifinal - Waterford Mott vs Bloomfield Hills - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 District 123 Volleyball Semis - TBA vs TBA - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 77 Volleyball Semis - Hartford v. Bloomingdale - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div. 3 District 95 Volleyball Semis - St. Charles v. Montrose - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 District 103 Volleyball Semis – Harbor Springs Harbor Light Christian v. Burt Lake Northern Michigan Christian - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 44 Volleyball Semis - Wyoming Kelloggsville v. Grand Rapids South Christian - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 19 Volleyball Semis – Howell v. Pinckney – 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 76 Volleyball Semis - Kent City vs Ravenna - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 96 Volleyball Semis - Cass City v. Bad Axe - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div. 1 District 1 - Marquette v. Petoskey - 6:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 12 Volleyball Semis- Lowell v. Rockford - 6:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 80 Volleyball Semis - Kalamazoo Christian v. Galesburg-Augusta - 6:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 48 Volleyball Semis - Otsego v. Plainwell - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 26 Volleyball Semi – Bloomfield Hills Marian v. Birmingham Seaholm - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 5 Volleyball Semi - Holly v. Lake Orion - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 77 Volleyball Semi - Gobles v. Bangor - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 61 Volleyball Semi - Clawson v. Detroit Country Day - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 District 103 Volleyball Semi - Mackinaw City v. Pellston - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div. 2 District 45 Volleyball Semi - Holland Christian v. Hopkins - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 35 Volleyball Semi - Cadillac v. Ludington - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 8 Volleyball Semi - West Bloomfield v. Walled Lake Western - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 40 Volleyball Semis - Owosso v. Mt. Morris - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div. 1 District 19 Volleyball Semi - South Lyon v. Brighton - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div. 2 District 44 Volleyball Semi - Grand Rapids Christian v. Wyoming Godwin Heights - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 38 Volleyball Semifinals – Bay City John Glenn v. Freeland - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 73 Volleyball Semis - Mason County Central v. Hesperia - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 District 123 Volleyball Semis – Warren MI Math & Science v. Bloomfield Hills Roeper - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 7 Volleyball First Round - Pontiac v. Troy - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 76 Volleyball Semis - White Cloud v. Morley Stanwood - 7:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 96 Volleyball Semis – Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker v. Unionville-Sebewaing - 7:30 PM
Thursday - Nov. 7
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 48 Volleyball Finals - 11 AM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 42 Volleyball Finals - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 11 Volleyball Semifinals - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 68 Volleyball Semi – Mancelona v. TBA - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 12 Volleyball Finals - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 35 Volleyball Finals - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Division 2 District 39 Volleyball Finals - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 40 Volleyball Finals - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 District 103 Volleyball Finals - 6 PM
V2019 MHSAA Div. 1 District 1 Volleyball Finals - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 73 Volleyball Finals - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 District 123 Volleyball Finals - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 77 Volleyball Finals - 6:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 80 Volleyball Finals - 6:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 4 District 121 Volleyball Finals - 6:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 38 Volleyball Finals - 6:50 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 68 Volleyball Semi – Elk Rapids v. TBA - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 Volleyball District Semi - TBA v. Wyoming - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 5 Volleyball Finals - 7 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 3 District 96 Volleyball Finals - 7 PM
Friday - Nov. 8
2019 MHSAA Div 2 District 61 Volleyball Finals - 5:30 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 26 Volleyball Finals - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 8 Volleyball Finals - 6 PM
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 7 Volleyball Final - 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
Saturday - Nov. 9
2019 MHSAA Div 1 District 11 Volleyball Finals - 11 AM