To date, the law school has used the FSN to produce and disseminate programming of high-profile events, including a 2010 debate between candidates for California Attorney General, a hearing of the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, a panel discussion regarding a 2010 gubernatorial debate on the UC Davis campus, and the school's own Law Review panel.
"With the FSN, we can broadcast our events 'live' to all of our trial practice and appellate class courtrooms and lecture halls, beam content to on-campus digital signage, and stream programs 'live' over the internet, with built-in interactivity," commented Jamie Butler, director of information technology for the UC Davis School of Law. "The system also enables us to capture events with on-demand recording and archive programs for playback anytime and anywhere. With the FSN system, we are able to establish a fully networked AV footprint that we can grow into as our needs expand."
The FSN enables the law school to alternate between cameras while employing numerous effects - blends, dissolves, picture-in-picture, luminance and chroma keying - to create a clean, highly professional program. All of this can be done in real time, and requires limited post-production processing to enhance the quality of the production.
(Jim Evans)
