Advertisment

Endemol India : Bigg Boss — Season 2

author-image
PCQ Bureau
New Update

Innovative usage of IT in media is not new. We often come across

entertainment channels using IT to populate their shows, for example SMS

polling, live bidding etc. With a splurge of reality serials, dependence on IT

has increased many fold and 'Bigg Boss' is a perfect example of the same. Setup

was built which could accommodate a lot of video footage for this show. The

requirement was also to feed on the fly, live video across 4 streams. Single

custom solution was built to make sure that there was no video loss in terms of

quality and shoot. This was done for a period of 100 days which meant creation

of a huge data storage / retrieval system for creating an on AIR shoot episode.

Key challenge in his project iwas the design. The project was implemented in 1.5

months. As the location was outside Mumbai, certain issues such as tech manpower

/ replacement hardware was not easily available. Timing of the project was

during rainy season — intense humidity was the crippling factor since memory

modules etc were at risk. Power redundancy outside the city was another major

concern since power surges would damage expensive hardware.

Project Specs
  • Project Head: Sameer Mahuli, Supervising Producer
  • Deployment Location: Mumbai
  • Team Size: 4 employees
  • Tech Used: FCP Edit, Picture Ready Ingest
  • Expected life: NA
Implementation Partner
RSG Infotech & Inhouse Team
Advertisment