Grass Valley has completed a major live production deployment with European sports production company NVP that illustrates the growing convergence of broadcast and pro AV infrastructure. The project underpins coverage of more than 760 matches per season across LALIGA EA Sports and LALIGA HYPERMOTION – Spain’s top two professional football divisions – and is built around a hybrid SDI and IP workflow of the kind increasingly common across both broadcast and large-scale AV installations.
The deployment comprises 144 cameras – LDX 135 and LDX 150 systems – distributed across seven high-end OB trucks for first-division matches and eight trucks optimised for remote production of second-division coverage. All cameras deliver native 4K UHD images, with simultaneous UHD HDR and HD SDR production supported across the full fleet.
The infrastructure combines SDI and NativeIP connectivity, with JPEG XS encoding directly from the camera head used to manage bandwidth in remote production scenarios. The approach reflects a broader shift in live production toward IP-based infrastructures that can flex between traditional OB and remote or distributed workflows — territory increasingly familiar to pro AV professionals working on large-scale venue and broadcast convergence projects.
Ivan Pintabona, CTO at NVP, said: “With the LDX 150 and LDX 135, we are not only investing in cameras, we are investing in the future of live production. These systems allow us to deliver UHD HDR productions with the highest level of reliability, while ensuring we can scale quickly.”
Carlos Ferreira, VP of sales for southern Europe at Grass Valley, added: “This project with NVP highlights the power of close collaboration across the entire production ecosystem. Working alongside Video Progetti, we delivered a solution that combines outstanding image quality with the scalability and reliability required for top-tier football production.”
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