TelVue Users Group

Showcasing the latest innovations from TelVue across playout & automation, streaming & apps, captioning & accessibility, government meeting workflows, social media distribution, and monetization. Learn about powerful new services and features, including SmartDescribe™ AI audio description, fully automated scheduling in HyperCaster 9.0, enhanced series scheduling, YouTube Live Events & export automation, multi-language captioning, and AI meeting agendas & summaries. Explore how to incorporate modern streaming workflows with NDI and SRT, and discover best practices to take your automation to the next level across on-air graphics, OTT and social media publishing, archiving, and content sharing. Get a preview of what’s coming next on the TelVue roadmap—all designed to save you time, expand your audience, increase accessibility, and grow revenue. Bring your questions, feedback, and feature requests. Ideal for current users looking to get more out of their TelVue systems, as well as organizations ready to upgrade from outdated, unsupported, or insecure playout solutions.

Exhibit Hall Open

Exhibit Hall closed 12:30pm - 2pm - LUNCH

TriCaster, NDI & Live Production User Group

Join Varto Technologies for an interactive user group session focused on TriCaster, NDI, 3Play, Flowics, and practical live production workflows for PEG and community media organizations. This session is designed for current users, new operators, and anyone interested in getting more out of modern IP-based production tools. We’ll discuss current workflow trends, common production challenges, new feature opportunities, and practical ways stations are using TriCaster and NDI for meetings, live events, studio productions, streaming, graphics, replay, and remote contribution. Attendees are encouraged to bring questions, share real-world workflows, and learn from both the presenter and other users in the room.

Booth Product Presentation - DeSisti Lighting

DeSisti

Lighting a Two-Person Interview with Two Lights For producers working with limited time, crew, and budgets, achieving professional-looking interviews can seem like a challenge. In this presentation, we’ll demonstrate how to light a two-person interview with just two affordable lights using the technique of cross-keying. By utilizing DeSisti’s SoftLED1-LITE-VW+RGB lights, softboxes, lightweight stands with gobo arms, and a bounce card, you’ll learn how to create a balanced, flattering look in minimal time—perfect for solo operators or small crews. This practical approach is tailored for PEG access producers who need efficient, high-quality results without relying on a large setup or significant equipment investment. Whether you’re shooting in a studio or on location, this session will give you the tools to light interviews effectively and professionally, all while saving time and resources.

Booth Presentation - TelVue

Save Time With 100% Automated Scheduling in TelVue HyperCaster™ 9.0 Learn how to save significant time by fully automating your channel scheduling with HyperCaster 9.0. Discover powerful new scheduling rules—including Auto Fill, Block Copy, Bumpers, Padding, and Never-Ending Series—for 100% hands-off, perfectly aligned schedules (e.g., top and bottom of the hour). Scheduling becomes as simple as uploading or automatically recording new episodes. See live demos of HyperCaster’s fully automated workflow across cable, streaming, and social media, including YouTube Live Events and exports. Save time, reduce programming effort, and deliver professional 24/7 channel playout.

Booth Product Presentations - Switchboard Live

Switchboard

Strengthen Your Connections with the Community. Meeting citizens on the platforms they are currently consuming content is the name of the game. It’s all about connecting with your audience where they already are. We’d like to show you just how simple and effective it can be to achieve this without disrupting your current workflow or processes.

Technology Lunch

Technology Forum Discussion - Advances in Production Technology and AI Use at the PEG Level

Learn about innovative solutions using the latest technology to help create better productions, on a budget friendly level. In addition, we will discuss the use of AI in post production and at the office level. You do not need to be a Hollywood Studio to have access to and reap the benefits of AI and AI Tools.

Booth Presentation - LiveU for PEG & Public Safety: Reliable Field Contribution, LU900Q & LiveU IQ

See the latest from LiveU, including the LU900Q and LiveU IQ, with a focus on how these tools support real PEG, community media, and public safety workflows. This presentation will cover practical use cases for field contribution, remote production, public meetings, press conferences, parades, school events, sports, emergency communications, drone-related workflows, and live streaming from challenging locations. Varto Technologies and LiveU will show how reliable live video from the field can support both production and situational awareness needs, while becoming part of a larger station or agency workflow. The focus is not only on getting a signal from the field, but on making that signal usable, reliable, and integrated into production systems, monitoring, recording, streaming, and control environments.

Booth Product Presentations - TelVue

TelVue

Affordable Audio Description with TelVue SmartDescribe™ for Accessibility & Compliance Learn how to easily and affordably add audio descriptions to your online programming to get ahead of current and future ADA/WCAG compliance requirements. SmartDescribe is an AI-powered solution built directly into TelVue Connect & CloudCast that also works with other platforms, including YouTube. Automatically create high-quality audio descriptions to better serve blind and low-vision audiences—and see demos of SmartDescribe in action. Discover how it fits seamlessly into your existing workflow with scalable automation and optional editing tools, helping you expand your reach and deliver more inclusive community media across every platform.

Booth Product Presentations: Swtichboard Live and DeSisti Lighting

Switchboard

Strengthen Your Connections with the Community. Meeting citizens on the platforms they are currently consuming content is the name of the game. It’s all about connecting with your audience where they already are. We’d like to show you just how simple and effective it can be to achieve this without disrupting your current workflow or processes. DeSisti

Lighting a Two-Person Interview with Two Lights For producers working with limited time, crew, and budgets, achieving professional-looking interviews can seem like a challenge. In this presentation, we’ll demonstrate how to light a two-person interview with just two affordable lights using the technique of cross-keying. By utilizing DeSisti’s SoftLED1-LITE-VW+RGB lights, softboxes, lightweight stands with gobo arms, and a bounce card, you’ll learn how to create a balanced, flattering look in minimal time—perfect for solo operators or small crews. This practical approach is tailored for PEG access producers who need efficient, high-quality results without relying on a large setup or significant equipment investment. Whether you’re shooting in a studio or on location, this session will give you the tools to light interviews effectively and professionally, all while saving time and resources.

Booth Presentations: Beyond the Council Meeting: Expanding What PEG Can Produce

Varto Technologies will demonstrate how PEG and community media organizations can expand beyond traditional meeting coverage with more flexible live production workflows. Using a booth setup with switching, PTZ cameras, field contribution, graphics, remote guests, streaming, recording, and operator control, this presentation will show how one flexible production workflow can support meetings, live events, public-information updates, sports, and community programming.

Exhibit Hall Closes - Networking Cocktail Hour

JAG awards banquet