ViacomCBS lead system engineer Matt Okotie describes the challenges of Covid-safe programme-making, his experiences using Sony’s Cloud-based Virtual Production and the benefits it brings to content creators
Adapting to the challenges of Covid-safe production Like other content creators, ViacomCBS has experienced the difficulties of Covid-safe production.
Lead system engineer Matt Okotie recalls the challenges his team faced while producing an event earlier this year at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens: “We had to be Covid-compliant, so we needed a monitor for every desk, spaced out 4m apart. We ended up with a massive hall full of people, just to do one production.”