Case Study: Hunan TV achieves reliable, low-latency remote production of the Singer 2020 grand finale with Haivision and SRT

How Hunan TV Relied on Haivision and SRT for Remote Production of the Singer 2020 Grand Finale

Hunan TV, one of China’s biggest broadcasters, needed to reimagine the live grand finale of Singer 2020 when COVID restrictions prevented a single-stage production. To deliver high-quality, low-latency remote feeds across Changsha, Taipei and Tokyo, Hunan TV turned to Haivision, deploying Haivision Makito X encoders/decoders, Haivision SRT Gateways and the SRT protocol for secure, reliable transport.

Haivision implemented an SRT-based remote production workflow—nine SRT video feeds (including multi‑camera reaction feeds and bi-directional return feeds) were sent to Changsha and kept in sync with Haivision Stream Sync and Makito X decoders. The solution enabled a seamless three‑city live broadcast, topped TV ratings for the finale, and proved so reliable and low-latency that the pre‑allocated satellite link was relegated to backup.

Hunan TV

Lihong Zhou

Director of Technical Dispatching Center of Golden Eagle Broadcasting Systems