The high school activities department purchased the Pixellot automated video streaming system to live stream more events on the broadcast programs National Federation of High Schools’ Network (NFHS Network) webpage. 

The pixallot system uses a multi-camera array to capture the whole court or field to broadcast directly into the viewers home. Broadcasting Teacher Mr. Benjamin Merithew believes this will benefit the school’s fans that are wanting to watch their athlete play a sport. 

“If you are a volleyball player, a basketball player, a wrestler, soccer player, track or football player, anything at the stadium or varsity gym, those fans are going to be able to watch home games the entire season,” Mr. Merithew said.

The athletic department feels like the Pixallot system will make athletic events more accessible to viewers at home. To watch the Pixellot games the cost is $10.99 a month or $69.99 a year. Typically it is around $5 a person to enter a game, so if fans went to every game it is actually cheaper to watch it through the broadcast program’s website. Sophomore Christen Penamon feels this system is going to aid their family at home. 

“During the cold weather, it will affect me because I have little siblings so they can stay at home and watch the game,” Penamon said.

The improved Artificial Intelligence-powered algorithms are calibrated per sports type to ensure a realistic and high-quality viewing experience for every environment. The Pixellot system not only allows viewers to watch live games, but they can also go back and watch them on demand as well. There is an On-demand section with all of the events that have been streamed. If someone missed a game, they can go back and watch it later. Freshman Hailey Miller believes the Pixellot will have an impact on the community. 

“It won’t impact me directly, but more people will be able to watch sports and events so athletes will have more spectators as well as raise more money for our athletics,” Miller said.

The school’s broadcast program has been producing manual broadcasts for the past six years and plans to continue offering them. With the addition of the Pixellot system the school will be able to live stream every single game played at the school’s main gymnasium and stadium, whether it’s a high school game or middle school game. District patrons can see the full schedule by navigating their browser to the high school broadcasting programs NFHS Network webpage. Pixellot has produced over 500,000 games and close to 90,000 hours per month for schools and athletic programs around the world.