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Val Ries
Co-Founder and Technical Director, AVP.Live
Val designs the signal flow, the network, and the redundancy behind AVP.Live broadcasts, and specializes in remote production workflows that put senior operators on a show without the travel bill. He is Dante Level 2 certified and holds an FAA Part 107 remote pilot certificate. On show day he is the voice on the intercom.
3 posts
Exhibitor Internet: What to Offer and How to Run It
How organizers should offer exhibitor internet: wired drops or dedicated WiFi, card readers kept off guest WiFi, and what goes in the exhibitor kit.
Production · 7 min read
How to Livestream a Council Meeting So It Holds
Fixed cameras or a crew each month, the failover plan, the recording hand-off schedule, captions, and what the clerk actually does the night of a meeting.
Government · 7 min read
The venue said they had fibre. That tells you nothing.
Why a venue speed test does not predict whether your livestream holds, the four questions that actually separate venues, and what to do when the answer is bad.
Production · 6 min read