McMURRAY, PA — South Hills Bible Chapel uses the Broadcast Pix Slate 3016 integrated production system to provide a live feed of worship services around its facility, including I-Mag for its congregation, and to produce DVDs for broadcast on local access cable channels in the Pittsburgh area. Located in the production control room beneath its 1,400-seat Worship Center, the 1 M/E Slate 3016 enables SHBC’s technical director to cut between cameras, add lower-third graphics and on-screen text and produce a video presentation to enhance the worship experience.
Three Panasonic P2 HD cameras, which are operator-controlled from fixed tripod positions around the Worship Center, are used to capture the entire service and provide I-Mag of the senior pastor and others as they lead the congregation.
The Broadcast Pix Slate 3016 includes a 16×16 integrated router that handles a mix of HD-SDI and SD-SDI signals. The Slate’s auxiliary outputs feed a DVD recorder and hard drive, plus provide a live feed of worship services on a large-screen display on the stage and other monitors around the facility.
“After looking at many of the switcher brands and models on the market, we chose the Slate 3016 because it was best suited to our needs and budget,” said Simon James, SHBC technical arts director. “It was very intuitive and easy for our volunteers to pick up and use,” he added. “Unlike the 10-year-old production equipment we replaced, the new Broadcast Pix switcher enables us to offer more polished, HD-quality video within our Worship Center and on community cable–and eventually on video podcasts we plan to offer in the future.”
While all aspects of the video production can be managed by a single operator, the technical arts crew includes a video producer and volunteers who manage the theatrical lighting and sound systems for both the video production and house sound. The SHBC regularly utilizes the Slate’s built-in Inscriber CG, video clips server, and multi-viewer during production.
“Because of this high-quality video capability, our congregants are more engaged and attentive during worship,” said James. “We really like our Slate switcher and definitely recommend it to others. It’s a powerful, flexible, intuitive system that will enable us to build and expand our use of video well into the future.”
For more information, go to www.broadcastpix.com.
