NAB News - NewTek Unveils 3Play Mini

The Ultra Portable version of the Complete Sports Production Solution.

NewTek 3Play range adds a new turnkey solution for instant replay, slow motion and audience-engaging effects that fits in a backpack.

BORDEAUX, April 12, 2015–– Breaking news on this first day @NAB 2015, NewTek™ unveiled 3Play Mini, the only sports production system you can carry anywhere. Lightweight portable device, 3Play Mini allows sports video producers to add professional quality instant replay, slow motion, sophisticated transition effects and a wide range of other integrated production capabilities to their shows while optimizing space, location and costs. Anyone using HDMI cameras can produce multiple angle slow motion instant replays, edit highlights, roll stored video packages, create effects and transitions, publish to social media... 3Play Mini can make any event look larger and more professional on screen while feeding scoreboard. It can also be synched with a game clock and be used for official reviews.

Andrew Cross, president and CTO at NewTek, declares "We created 3Play Mini for producers who are at the mercy of their equipment size, budget, and ability to react and move quickly to catch the action.”

3Play Mini can also be controlled with almost any touchscreen wireless mobile device or by an optional 3Play control surface. No other live sports production solution includes a complete range of production tools in such a small, affordable package.

3Play Mini Highlights:

  • Extensive Replay and Review Capabilities—preview and playback any angle, or multiple angles of a recorded event to deliver the best viewing perspective for replay and official verification.
  • Comprehensive Media Publishing—instantly and simultaneously publish content to multiple destinations, including Facebook and Twitter for greater visibility and increased monetization opportunities, as well as YouTube and other websites, dedicated FTP servers, second and third screen platforms.
  • Beautiful Visuals—Include animated, warped visual transition effects for switching and in-program editing such as transitions between replays, stingers, and overlays; create custom animations with included tools, or import your own branded graphic elements to make the show your own.
  • Highlights Editing—Rapid, in-show editing and playlisting of NLE-ready assets with transitions, slow motions, nat sound and a sound track—play from system to scoreboards immediately, or export completed package and use in a post-game show.
  • Tablet Operation—Cue, set playback speed, and manage replays with highly responsive browser-based control you can use on a tablet, to put all game controls right into your hands over the network—in very small spaces.
  • Side-by-Side Playback—Replay the action from two synchronized angles simultaneously, on a single output channel using the DSK overlay. Position, scale and crop the camera angle assigned to the overlay for comprehensive, frame-by-frame analysis of the play under review.
  • Game Clock Overlay—Synchronize the action to actual game time by dedicating a live camera to recording the game clock and assigning the angle to a DSK overlay.
  • Automatic Color Matching—Overcome changing lighting conditions and camera variety in multi-camera sports productions with automatic color correction—and eliminate the need for manual adjustments or a dedicated shading station.
  • Flexible Output—Send your slow motion, replay and highlights sequences to switcher, streaming encoder, scoreboard—even social media platforms—so fans can engage from anywhere.


To see the 3Play Mini in exclusivity, let's meet at NAB on NewTek stand SL3312.

For more information on 3Play Mini, please visit www.3dstorm.com/en/newtek/3play_mini, or contact 3D Storm sales department by phone +33 (5) 57 262 262.

For more information, Please contact:

3D STORM - NewTek Official Distributor
www.3dstorm.com
T: +33(0) 557 262 262