Sky Sports Rugby League touchscreen using KZ-VCS to drive EVS playback
Sky Sports have just launched their new video referee touchscreen system. This allows the referees to review footage from multiple cameras after any incident in the match.
The in-house team at Sky designed the touchscreen control system, running inside the Vizrt graphics engine using Kenziko’s Kontact(tm) touch solution. The referees can select video clips, scrub through them and switch between cameras at will, with the footage always reflecting the current timecode.
All the video clips are stored on EVS servers, and the Video Control System connects to them via RS-422, using standard protocols. The clips are fed through video inputs into the Viz engine. Video Control System plug-ins in the graphic scene allow the referees to control the playback, talking directly to the EVS control.