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EuroBasket 2025 - one of the biggest basketball events of the year. I had the honor of working there as an EVS operator. The workload was intense, and there was enormous pressure to deliver every moment in the best possible way. In this episode, I’ll show you how keywords in EVS IPDirector helped us during the production. Keyword is a simple, powerful word you attach to a video clip. Think of it like a digital sticky note or a label you put on a box. Instead of scrolling for

(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

In the fast-paced world of live broadcast, technology is shifting beneath our feet. We are moving from a hardware-centric industry to a software-defined one. As we navigate this transition, I have been reflecting deeply on what it means to be a true expert—and more importantly, a true educator—in 2025. As the founder of the University of Television, my primary loyalty is not to a specific logo or a manufacturer’s stock price. My loyalty is to the operator in the truck, the st

I remember my first weeks on EVS IPDirector. My mouse hand was constantly flying around clicking through menus, opening panels, trying to keep up. Then one of the senior EVS operators advised me: “Forget the mouse. Learn your shortcuts”. He was right. In this episode I will show you how to modify and use shortcuts in EVS IPDirector.  In EVS IP Director, shortcuts are simply keyboard combinations that trigger functions instantly. Instead of clicking through menus, you hit a ke

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

Imagine sitting in the news control room in front of a huge database filled with thousands of clips, playlists, and media files. You know that somewhere in there is the one clip you need, but you don’t have time to scroll through everything. At that moment, the stress kicks in because you just can’t find it. That’s exactly why EVS IPDirector has Quick Text Search. In this episode, I’ll show you how to use it efficiently and how to “speak its language.” Quick Text Search is bu

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

Global production, hundreds of clips to roll, and a ruthless clock while producers and editors look you in the eye and ask, “Are you ready?” In moments like these, EVS IPDirector earns its keep: the Group function in the Playlist panel turns a messy list into clean, named blocks you can cue and play with a single click. In this episode, I’ll show you what the Group function does, when to use it, and exactly how to make it work for you. Let’s explain what the Group function in

Worldwide production - During rehearsals, a friend came to me and asked, “Can you help me with the EVS IPDirector?” “Sure,” I said, and took a seat at the workstation, but something felt off. Something was missing. I asked, “Where’s the Shuttle Pad Pro?” He looked at me and said, “That’s the problem.” And honestly? That made everything more difficult than it needed to be. Shuttle Pad Pro v2 in EVS IPDirector As an EVS IPDirector operator, I can’t imagine my daily work without

Today in my EVS IPDirector series I'm going to show you how to significantly improve and simplify your playout management, using the...

In this episode, I’ll show you how to easily merge playlists in EVS IPDirector. It’s far simpler than in the EVS LSM and EVS LSM VIA,...

The work of an EVS IPDirector operator extends beyond simply creating clips and playlists and managing On Air playout. EVS operators are...