Corporate Events Go Multi-Screen and Remote with Riverview Systems Group’s Use of ATEM Television Studio HD

The days of simple corporate events and two screen multimedia
presentations are long gone. Most people don’t want to sit through
presentations that they could see at home on their TV, and with the
availability of affordable high quality 4K switchers and converters, AV
companies are now creating impressive, dynamic AV setups at corporate events.

One such company is Milpitas, CA-based Riverview Systems Group,
Inc, an award winning, full service technical event production company.
Riverview Systems Group provides Event Staging, Trade Show, Creative Services
and Systems Integration support for their clients world wide.

Using the right AV tools, Riverview Systems Group turns event
spaces into complex corporate events complete with keynotes, product launches,
sales presentations, breakout rooms, and more. With a large warehouse of equipment,
Riverview Systems Group supplies sound, lighting, video, and staging equipment
for their client’s events.

At the heart of many of their projects are Blackmagic Design’s
ATEM production switchers, which include ATEM Television Studio Pro HD and ATEM
Television Studio HD switchers as part of the setup for breakout rooms and
presentation environments.

Building a Better Breakout Room

One of the requests that Riverview Systems Group constantly
receives from their clients is how to effectively display multiple sources of
dynamic content on various screens in a production environment. Clients have
also increasingly requested the option to have two screens show different
sources in a presenter operated environment.

Presenter operated environments have traditionally been straight
forward and limited systems. But now more than ever, presenters expect the
ability to hot switch between several sources during their presentation. What
would have previously been a significant hurdle, requiring an operator and costly
switching, is now easy with Riverview Systems Group.

Having been longtime users of Blackmagic Design Mini and Micro
Converters for general SDI to HDMI workflow needs, Riverview’s team started to
look at Blackmagic Design’s ATEM line and selected the ATEM Television Studio
HD for its ease of operation, fast HDMI switching, and ability to function as a
two output matrix to build these new multi-content workflows.

Blackmagic Design’s ATEM switchers and Mini Converters are
designed to be small and portable, which allowed Riverview Systems Group to
build a set of mobile AV systems. Because the products are affordable,
Riverview Systems Group has been able to take the unique approach of owning
their equipment, rather than renting it. According to Johnathan Regnier,
director of design and marketing at Riverview Systems Group, the team does not
install the products into a fixed installation, but rather uses the equipment
as a touring solution that can easily flex to meet each shows’s specific needs.

“The products are not being installed into a studio or into an
office. Instead it’s all on location, and we ship the gear for most of our
shows in tractor trailers,” said Johnathan. “Every show is different and suited
for our specific clients and their markets. The equipment is on the go with us
all the time. We use the ATEMs for both breakout rooms and general session
environments. It’s our secret weapon for quick, point-to-point source
switching.”

Using the ATEM switchers as tabletop video switchers, Riverview
Systems Group and their clients have the ability to have two screens show
different sources in breakout rooms. They selected the ATEMs for their ability
to do HDMI at 1080p, store logos,
and have a switchable aux output. The team also currently uses a sizable
inventory of Blackmagic Design Mini and Micro Converters of various
configurations, as well as Teranex Mini SDI Distribution 12Gs with Teranex Mini
Smart Panels.

“Our team utilizes Blackmagic technology in a variety of scales
on shows around the world.” said Johnathan. “We deploy fully integrated video
systems with fiber racks, etc. To accompany that, we need our switchers to have
a small footprint and be agile, easy to use, powerful and reliable. The ATEMs
do everything we need in a small, user friendly form factor. We keep them
packaged up and ready for deployment in our warehouse. We love that they are
easy to set up and have a configurable multiviewer.”

Riverview Systems Group recently put the system to work when they
provided fully integrated production services for data science and analytics
technology company Alteryx, Inc. Developing an AV system for the company’s
annual “Inspire 2018” user conference, which was attended by more than 3,000
analytics and business leaders, Riverview Systems Group was tasked with
providing full production services for the main general session, but also had
to support more than 12 breakout training and meeting spaces, using all ATEM
units within all of the setups.