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.
Lacrosse Dominates MHSAA TV Schedule
April 23, 2019
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
Here is the schedule for Spring sporting events to be streamed live on MHSAA.tv from April 23-May 7:
Tuesday - April 23
JV Softball – Niles at Stevensville Lakeshore – 3:55 PM
JV Boys Lacrosse - Canton at Novi - 5 PM
Boys Lacrosse - Canton at Novi - 6:30 PM
Wednesday - April 24
JV Girls Lacrosse - Northville at Novi - 5 PM
Freshman Boys Lacrosse - Plymouth at Brighton - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Lacrosse - Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood at Saline - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Lacrosse - Fenton at Saginaw Heritage - 6 PM
Girls Lacrosse - Northville at Novi - 6:30 PM
Boys Lacrosse - Plymouth at Brighton - 7 PM
Girls Lacrosse - Temperance Bedford at Saline - 7 PM
Girls Lacrosse - Fenton at Saginaw Heritage - 7:30 PM
Thursday - April 25
Girls Soccer - Clare at Ithaca - 5:30 PM
Girls Soccer - Adrian Lenawee Christian at Manchester - 5:30 PM
JV Boys Lacrosse - Midland at Grand Blanc - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Soccer - Jackson at Saline - 5:30 PM
JV Boys Lacrosse - Flint Powers Catholic at Saginaw Heritage - 6 PM
Girls Soccer - Jackson at Saline - 7 PM
Boys Lacrosse - Midland at Grand Blanc - 7 PM
Boys Lacrosse - Rochester Adams at Lake Orion - 7 PM
Boys Lacrosse - Flint Powers Catholic at Saginaw Heritage - 7:30 PM
Friday - April 26
JV Girls Lacrosse - Lake Orion at Novi - 5 PM
Girls Lacrosse - Lake Orion at Novi - 6:30 PM
Boys Lacrosse - Madison Heights Bishop Foley at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 7 PM
Saturday - April 27
JV Boys Lacrosse - Rochester Hills Stoney Creek at Grand Blanc - 10AM
Boys Lacrosse - Rochester Hills Stoney Creek at Grand Blanc - 12PM
Monday - April 29
JV Girls Soccer - Macomb L'Anse Creuse North at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 4:30 PM
JV Boys Lacrosse - Howell at Novi - 5 PM
Girls Soccer - Saginaw Nouvel at Ithaca - 5:30 PM
JV Boys Lacrosse - Ann Arbor Skyline at Saline - 5:30 PM
Girls Soccer - Macomb L'Anse Creuse North at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 6 PM
JV Boys Lacrosse - Grand Blanc at Saginaw Heritage - 6 PM
Girls Soccer - Mason at Fowlerville - 6:30 PM
Boys Lacrosse - Howell at Novi - 6:30 PM
Girls Soccer - Saginaw Valley Lutheran at Freeland - 7 PM
Boys Lacrosse - Ann Arbor Skyline at Saline - 7 PM
Boys Lacrosse - Grand Blanc at Saginaw Heritage - 7:30 PM
Tuesday - April 30
Softball – St. Joseph at Stevensville Lakeshore – 3:55 PM
Girls Lacrosse - Temperance Bedford at Toledo Clay - 5 PM
Girls Lacrosse - Flint Powers Catholic at Grand Blanc - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Soccer - Ann Arbor Pioneer at Saline - 5:30 PM
Boys Lacrosse - Northville at Brighton - 6 PM
Girls Soccer - Ann Arbor Pioneer at Saline - 7 PM
Girls Lacrosse - Flint Powers Catholic at Grand Blanc - 7 PM
Boys Lacrosse - Clarkston at Lake Orion - 7 PM
Wednesday - May 1
JV Girls Lacrosse - Brighton at Novi - 5 PM
Freshman Boys Lacrosse - Novi at Brighton - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Lacrosse - White Lake Lakeland - 5:30 PM
Girls Soccer - Vicksburg at Plainwell - 6 PM
Girls Lacrosse - Brighton at Novi - 6:30 PM
Girls Lacrosse - White Lake Lakeland - 7 PM
Boys Lacrosse - Novi at Brighton - 7 PM
Thursday - May 2
Softball – Portage Central at Stevensville Lakeshore – 3:55 PM
Girls Soccer - Blissfield at Manchester - 5:30 PM
JV Boys Lacrosse - Lapeer at Saginaw Heritage - 6 PM
Boys Lacrosse - Davison at Brighton - 6 PM
Boys Lacrosse - Detroit Cass Tech at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 7 PM
Boys Lacrosse - Lapeer at Saginaw Heritage - 7:30 PM
Friday - May 3
JV Girls Lacrosse - Grand Blanc at White Lake Lakeland - 5:30 PM
Boys Lacrosse - Hudsonville at Brighton - 6 PM
Boys Lacrosse - Ann Arbor Huron at Saline - 7 PM
Girls Lacrosse - Grand Blanc at White Lake Lakeland - 7 PM
Monday - May 6
JV Girls Soccer - Sterling Heights Stevenson at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 4:30 PM
JV Boys Lacrosse - Northville at Novi - 5 PM
Girls Soccer - Grass Lake at Manchester - 5:30 PM
Girls Soccer - Sterling Heights Stevenson at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 6 PM
Boys Lacrosse - Northville at Novi - 6:30 PM
Girls Lacrosse - Ann Arbor Huron at Saline - 7 PM
Girls Lacrosse - Wixom St. Catherine at White Lake Lakeland - 7 PM
Tuesday - May 7
Softball - Oxford at Lake Orion - 4:30 PM
JV Girls Lacrosse - Midland at Grand Blanc - 5:30 PM
JV Girls Soccer - South Lyon East at White Lake Lakeland - 5:30 PM
Boys Lacrosse - Auburn Hills Avondale at St. Clair Shores Lake Shore - 7 PM
Girls Soccer - South Lyon East at White Lake Lakeland - 7 PM
Girls Lacrosse - Midland at Grand Blanc - 7 PM
In its 10th 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. Pixellot – the NFHS Network’s automated streaming solution – is used by schools wishing to live stream games but lacking the ability to staff events. The SBP also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions.
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 are selling Season and 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.