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As the founder of #UTV (University of Television), I’ve learned something very simple over the years: I don’t choose people based on how impressive they look when everything runs smoothly. I choose people based on who they become when everything turns into a total mess. Because live broadcast doesn’t test you in the easy moments. It tests you when the chain reaction hits: the plan changes mid-flight, comms get overloaded, something breaks, time is collapsing, and everyone is

Abstract This short reflection argues for a practical mindset in 2026: prefer action over stagnation, experimentation over procrastination, and learning over fear of failure. Drawing on real career decisions—from leaving full-time employment to building the University of Television (#UTV)—it highlights a simple truth: progress rarely comes from certainty; it comes from trying. 1. The 2026 Commitment: Try First One thing is certain: don’t hesitate to take the risk. Try—because

(This applies not only to EVS , but the same “default duration mindset” translates perfectly to RIEDEL SIMPLY LIVE  and other replay systems  like GRASS VALLEY K2 DYNO .) In live replay, time is your most expensive currency. The faster you can create clean, usable clips , the more brainpower you keep for what really matters: storytelling, replay timing, and staying calm when production goes full chaos. One of the most underrated time-savers is simply this: Set a  Default Clip

9 years ago — EVS HQ, Liège. I was sitting there like a kid again, playing with a mini LSM… and honestly, it still feels the same: curiosity, focus, and that “this is the tool” energy. My very first EVS training in EVS HQ happened 15 years ago. Time flies — but the commitment stays. That’s the relationship. If you’re building your EVS skills (or coming back after a break), don’t forget to check our EVS VODs and manuals here: https://www.universityoftelevision.com/broadcast-ac

Want to name your clip before  it’s saved? Go to: Preferences → Clipping → Open Edit Clip when creating a clip → set to “Yes”. Voilà — the Edit Clip  window opens instantly, so you can type the name and confirm. 📚 Broadcast Academy https://www.universityoftelevision.com/broadcast-academy 🎓 Live Broadcast Masterclass with The London School of English (British Council Accredited) https://www.londonschool.com/course-landing-pages/live-broadcast-masterclass/ 📩 Broadcast Pulse

Why SimplyLive Flex is actually flexible: storage is a workflow feature “Flexible” is one of those words that gets overused in broadcast… until you hit day 3 of a tournament, the producer asks for another long-form supercut, and you realize your real bottleneck isn’t the UI — it’s time on disk. That’s why I love this simple thought: Flex is flexible because it can hold your show. Not 2 hours. Not “maybe 6 if we’re careful.” Hundreds of hours — depending on your storage config

Handball doesn’t wait — and that’s exactly why EHF Champions League is one of the toughest (and most addictive) environments for an EVS operator. In this sport, if you don’t react in a split second, you’re already late — because the action has already jumped to the other corner of the field. And it’s not just “do a replay.” It’s: replays on demand (instant, clean, timed) packages / highlight builds emotion moments (the stuff the audience actually remembers) and staying razor-

Riedel SimplyLive: the compact “all-in-one” live production idea that actually makes sense There’s a reason I keep circling back to Riedel SimplyLive when people ask me, “What’s genuinely different in live production right now?” In a world where we usually stack separate boxes for vision mixing, audio, graphics, replay, and (in many environments) VAR, SimplyLive is one of those rare systems that can bring multiple key roles together in a single 4U chassis — without turning th

I took a moment during the SailGP Grand Final in Abu Dhabi and thought: this is not just sport coverage — it’s an industrial-level live production machine running on water, in the air, and across an RF mesh that has to behave like a fiber backbone.   From the spectator side, it looks beautiful: foiling catamarans, perfect framing, dramatic angles, fast cuts. From the broadcast side, it’s almost absurd (in the best possible way): 1) The helicopter isn’t a “nice extra”. It’s a

If you see a popup saying: “There is a conflict between the selected version of Multicam and one of the Multicam version of your servers (Multicam 20.6.35). Please check your server version then go to Configure -> General -> Multicam version to set the right version. Remark: all services must be stopped to change this setting.” it simply means that the Multicam version selected in IPDirector does not match the Multicam version actually running on your XT server(s). Here’s how

If you’ve ever tried to flatten a playlist  or flatten a timeline into a single clip , and then push that flattened clip to another server , you already know the truth: IPDirector can start the process — but XSquare is what makes the workflow real and controllable . This is one of those small setup steps that quietly separates “it should work” from “it works every single time”. Why you’d assign XSquare to IPDirector (the real reason) When you flatten, you’re working across mu

Natural bodybuilding. Zero doping. We ran a single live stream — and the only “supplement” on set was an EVS XT3 (12-channel MAX) server. What came out of it? • 16 hours of live transmission • Hundreds of clips • Dozens of playlists • Non-stop focus — and a lot of fun I’ve put together a new backstage/behind-the-scenes video showing how a TV broadcast like this is actually produced and what an EVS operator really does — from system boot and record-trains, through live clippin

The biggest obstacle in our industry is not the lack of courses. It’s the lack of hands-on practice after the course. You can spend good money on a 3-day EVS training, collect the certificate, post a nice photo on LinkedIn… and still be unable to deliver a clean replay show three weeks later. Why? Because high-pressure live broadcast is muscle memory, not theory. If you don’t touch the buttons right after training, the knowledge fades. In that case, even the best training bec

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