Cerberus Tech has announced the launch of Livelink Studio, a cloud-based production and master control environment.
Built on the Livelink control plane for live broadcast and Matrox ORIGIN asynchronous media framework, the solution features intuitive control surfaces for production engines with frame-accurate switching, audio-video synchronisation, low latency, uncompressed transport, and built-in scalability and redundancy. Designed to enable broadcasters, rights holders, and others to expand live event production, Livelink Studio’s pay-as-you-go model allows users to launch a complete production on-demand, shut it down at the end of the event and rapidly relaunch the same model to meet the needs of subsequent events.
Chris Clarke, CRO and co-founder at Cerberus Tech, said, “Extending proven provisioning, orchestration, and automation into the realm of live production, Livelink Studio makes reliable, broadcast-grade production practical for all the sports, events, and channels that don’t need a flagship-scale system. Provisioning builds each production the same way every time, with template-based configuration improving both accuracy and time to air. Orchestration ties together all the systems behind a live production so they work as one. And automation does the heavy lifting in the background. The result: Broadcasters can do more with less.”
Livelink Studio;s control surfaces natively handle switching, audio and graphics. Live programme and preview monitoring feature cut, auto, mix, dip, and wipe transition controls; audio includes native mixing, per-channel fader control, VU metering, full digital signal processing, and lip-sync adjustment; and graphics support overlays, lower thirds, tickers, and downstream keying, with automation that can pull live data feeds directly into on-air graphics, said the company. Working remotely or on site, the tools can be run either by a single operator or split across teams according to role, with dedicated views and controls. Full API control and external panel support allows operators to choose how they work.
Vital elements include an integrated multiviewer, a media library with local and Amazon S3 storage, and recording, routing, salvos, test signal generation, and project format management for day-to-day operation; real-time SRT telemetry, stream diagnostics, and Grafana integration for visibility into every feed; and operator control locking and guarded deletion to protect against accidental on-air disruption. Native Livelink and SRT ingest come with automated workflow provisioning, and support for NDI inputs allows Livelink Studio to integrate with existing workflows, said the company.
The solution can run either as a standalone module or as part of a broader Livelink system. Sources can arrive directly via Livelink with programme output flowing back for transport, repackaging, scheduling and distribution. Linked A and B Livelink instances run simultaneously with failover and independent control, with Livelink able to feed both from a single source.
“Cerberus Tech has brought together the production tools, orchestration, and operator controls that broadcasters need to make on-demand live production practical,” said Daniel Robinson, product manager at Matrox Video. “We’re pleased that Matrox ORIGIN provides the media processing foundation for Livelink Studio, supporting Cerberus Tech’s vision of production resources that can scale with each event.”
