Friendly Pickle Pickleball Club Selects Chyron LIVE to Produce Live Tournament Broadcast
Cloud-Based Production Platform Brings Multi-Camera Coverage, Custom Graphics, and Remote Commentary to Grassroots Pickleball Event in Kalamazoo
MELVILLE, N.Y. – JULY 16, 2026 – Chyron today announced the successful use of its cloud-native Chyron LIVE platform to produce a full live broadcast of a pickleball tournament hosted by Friendly Pickle, a pickleball club in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The production featured a six-camera setup, a custom graphics package built in Chyron PRIME, and remote commentary, demonstrating Chyron LIVE’s ability to deliver broadcast-quality coverage for organizations well outside the traditional sports media landscape.
Friendly Pickle Brings Professional Broadcast Production to Pickleball
The Chyron team welcomes collaborations where Chyron LIVE can prove its versatility beyond traditional broadcast settings. Daniel Higgins, project lead, Chyron, worked closely with Friendly Pickle General Manager Kristy Visser and owner Ben Ipema to explore the potential for Chyron LIVE to deliver professional coverage of the event. After seeing Chyron LIVE in action, Ipema agreed to host a full live-streamed production during one of the club’s upcoming tournaments.
“We pride ourselves on giving our members a top-notch club experience, so when the Chyron team met with us about bringing professional-level broadcast production to one of our tournaments, it was an easy yes,” said Ben Ipema, owner of Friendly Pickle. “Our players and their families got to see themselves on a stream that looked and felt like something out of a major tournament, right here in Kalamazoo.”
How Chyron LIVE Powered a Six-Camera Cloud Production & Custom PRIME Graphics Elevated the Viewer Experience
On March 21, the team produced a full day of live coverage for Mini MLP March Madness, a team tournament played across two skill divisions. The broadcast was built around six camera inputs: three BirdDog PTZ cameras and two Panasonic camcorders, covering the main game view, close-up rally action, and a wide venue shot, all switched live via Chyron LIVE.
A custom Chyron PRIME graphics package built specifically for the event included a pickleball scorebug, a breakboard for series scoring, lower thirds, and team-versus-team intro graphics, all controlled through a Master Control Panel configured with saved messaging for instant recall throughout the day-long event. The broadcast streamed live to YouTube in 1080p and incorporated remote commentary, adding a layer of production value typically reserved for much larger events.
Broadcast-Quality Production for Clubs, Leagues, and Community Sports
“Chyron LIVE was built to bring broadcast-grade production within reach of any organization, no matter the size,” said Daniel Higgins, who led the Friendly Pickle production for Chyron. “We deployed a full multi-camera workflow, real-time graphics, and remote commentary with a small team that included Friendly Pickle’s own staff stepping in as camera operators. It’s exactly the kind of project that shows what LIVE can do outside of a traditional broadcast truck.”
With the Friendly Pickle production complete, Chyron continues to welcome inquiries from clubs, leagues, and grassroots sports organizations seeking to elevate their live coverage without the cost and complexity of traditional broadcast infrastructure.
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