Intro
Introduction
Nueva Economía Fórum (NEF) stands as a prominent organization dedicated to promoting dialogue and debate on pressing social issues. With a longstanding commitment to encouraging open discussion, NEF has established itself as a leading platform for democratic exchange in Spain and beyond. Hosting more than 200 events each year across major Spanish cities, the organization brings together influential leaders, policymakers, and thought leaders to tackle diverse topics affecting society. NEF’s tireless work has fostered a rich tradition of facilitating meaningful conversations that help shape public discourse and drive positive change.
Challenge
The Challenge
For Nueva Economía Fórum (NEF), a leading organization promoting dialogue on key social issues, the COVID-19 pandemic presented an unprecedented challenge. Before the pandemic, NEF conducted over 200 face-to-face events annually, in six Spanish cities. Live broadcasting was not part of their strategy, largely due to concerns about its potential impact on physical attendance. Suddenly, with restrictions in place, they were faced with the possibility of cessation. To sustain their operations and fulfill their role as a crucial forum for dialogue, NEF had to transition into the unfamiliar realm of online broadcasting – swiftly and effectively.
This shift posed significant hurdles. NEF needed a reliable solution capable of maintaining the high production standards their audience expected while accommodating remote participation and collaboration. Balancing technology demands with their existing workflow and ensuring scalability across venues further complicated the transformation.
Solution
The Solution
Faced with these challenges, they turned to Vizrt for solutions and began their journey with the adoption of the TriCaster TC1. Supported by two PTZ cameras and TriCaster’s remote contribution capabilities, this setup offered the reliability required for simultaneous live connections with up to four guests. This foundational step was crucial to maintaining operations early in the pandemic when in-person events were impossible.
NEF quickly progressed to a TriCaster 2 Elite, attracted by its greater capabilities across the board. This included the introduction of virtual sets, a greater number of inputs and outputs, external connections, and NDI connectivity. As the pandemic restrictions were lifted, this enabled the organization to turn hotel conference rooms into virtual television studios, allowing it to provide visual continuity for viewers despite the different locations that events were held in.
As its production requirements have evolved, NEF has purchased more equipment. The organization now owns two TriCaster Minis and six Vizrt PTZ cameras and, towards the end of the last year, became the first company in Spain to purchase the TriCaster Vizion.
By making TriCaster Vizion the heart of its production strategy, NEF unlocked unprecedented flexibility and scalability. The organization empowered its events with capabilities that rivaled professional television productions while maintaining a high degree of visual and technical consistency.
Outcome
The Outcome
The results of NEF’s investment in Vizrt solutions speak volumes about the power of TriCaster Vizion. With this advanced platform at their core, NEF drastically elevated its production quality and efficiency. Their ability to bring together remote and in-person audiences in large-scale hybrid events has transformed the way the organization operates.
Reflecting on their journey, Diego Rodriguez, General Director at Nueva Economía Fórum, shared:
And now we accept the technological challenge that Vizrt’s launch of the TriCaster Vizion represents, with innovations such as Flowics, for signage with special effects; the increase in its input and output capacity; remote connections: gaze correction, and more. In short, we are determined to evolve at the same time as Vizrt and its TriCaster products, adapting them to our needs.
At the end of last year, NEF put TriCaster Vizion to the test in its most ambitious project yet, as Diego Rodriguez shares:
“In December we used TriCaster Vizion to produce an eight-camera broadcast of an award ceremony given by our organization to the President of the European Parliament at the Teatro Real in Madrid, with the presence of top-level authorities and over 1,400 guests in attendance.”
NEF has come a long way in a short space of time, and, with the advanced and future-proofed capabilities of TriCaster Vizion, it has a platform that can keep pace with its ambitions whatever it decides to explore in the future too.
