DENTON BIBLE CHURCH SERIES

When paired with its streamed Sunday services, the Church was able to serve approximately 6,000 viewers – tripling their weekly attendance when compared to their in-person services and special events.

DENTON BIBLE CHURCH SERIES

Once the capabilities were seen by Denton Bible’s leadership and senior pastor, a new weekday series was started. After a few changes to their infrastructure which included adding a broadcast suite with separate audio mixing and video switching capabilities, the Church was quickly up and running with streaming-only services. As social distancing measures were put in place due to the pandemic, the need to remotely live stream their services became increasingly important. Shortly after Denton Bible Church deployed Panasonic’s UE150 PTZ cameras and remote touchscreen controllers, COVID-19 spread to the United States. It was hard to even compare our old set up to the new.” The IP control on the remote camera controller is spot on and exceeds our expectations due to the controller’s ability to manipulate multiple cameras at once and simultaneously output 4K. “Once the Panasonic’s PTZs were installed and we saw the images they produced, we were blown away. Additionally, the PTZs large 1” sensor and 20X optical zoom allowed the Church to zoom in two times further with exceptional image quality, allowing congregants to enjoy higher quality streams to fully immerse themselves into their at-home service as they would in-person. “We knew we needed a product that was on the leading-edge and offered multiple options to achieve the end results we were looking for.”Īfter participating in several camera “shootouts”, Denton Bible Church deployed five Panasonic AW-UE150 4K pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras throughout its sanctuary along with two AW-RP150 touchscreen remote camera controllers as they were the most intuitive to a volunteer camera crew, gave them the ability to jump to 4K/HD resolution and allowed them to use the cameras in multiple ways. “We were stuck in an SD/HD environment using a camera system that was 15 years old,” said Preston Fuqua, technical director at Denton Bible Church. Additionally, the camera needed to be lightweight, mobile and have the ability to connect over IP to accommodate for the various events that take place around the Church’s campus. The camera system also needed to have a small footprint, yet a wide field of view in order to capture engaging video content, including different angles from each camera position without impeding the congregants’ view. Because Denton Bible’s camera operators are all volunteers, the solution needed to be simple enough for novice users to operate and eventually master without sacrificing on the quality of the content delivered. As the Church began their search for a new camera system, there were a few key features the new system needed to have in order to future proof the church’s investment.

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