ON AIR — available for selected productions worldwide
I'm Otávio "Otis" Ribeiro — Audio-Video Manager & Broadcast Engineer. From IP workflows, automation and 4K HDR down to Triax and legacy signal chains, I keep mission-critical live productions on air.
Based in São Paulo, BR · Working worldwide · U.S. Press visas valid up to 2034
Hybrid broadcast profile · Analog legacy · IP workflows · Social-first production · 4K HDR
Public references from productions where I was part of the technical and broadcast team. Use the switcher below: PVW / PGM buttons route each source, TAKE swaps them.
Transition
End-to-end AV engineering for productions with minimal tolerance for downtime — as a freelancer, I cover the full signal chain, from operating broadcast equipment and software to systems integration.
Switching · Routing · Multicam
Switching, signal routing and multi-camera workflows on Blackmagic ATEM, Ross Carbonite, FOR-A HVS-490 and vMix — engineered for continuous, high-reliability live productions.
Companion · Stream Deck · APIs
Advanced Bitfocus Companion platforms, Stream Deck and ESP32 control surfaces, TCP, HTTP, OSC and SSH control, plus AI-assisted development with Codex and Claude Code via CLI.
IP / SDI · Redundancy
Studio construction and system integration with redundant audio and video routing — for studios, OB trucks and mobile production units.
Dante Level 1 Certified
Yamaha DM7, QL5, DM2000, 01V and Allen & Heath SQ7 consoles over Dante and conventional workflows, from table capture to broadcast mix.
Distributed workflows
Signal routing, switcher workflows and live integration — as delivered for BLAST group stages, poker productions and ESL.
Analog legacy · Triax · SD/1080i — all the way to IP workflows, 4K HDR and social-first production.
2018 — now
End-to-end AV engineering: switching, routing, audio systems, automation, redundancy planning and remote production workflows. Experienced leading and taking care of people — from small crews to large production teams, working with Gen Y and Gen Z alike. Continuous live operations for BSOP Poker; technical operations for ESL Brazil & BBL (CS:GO, Dota 2, PUBG Mobile), BLAST remote productions, Six Invitational 2024, ESL SPS and Pokémon Online.
2024 — now
Engineered and operated large-scale productions: NFL Half-Time Show, Brazilian Série A, FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Neymar's debut and an Amazon River concert production. Blackmagic ATEM, HyperDeck and vMix over IP/SDI; FOR-A switchers and EVS replay; RTS intercom; Yamaha DM7/QL5 and Allen & Heath SQ7 with Dante; redundant routing for OB trucks; automation with Companion, Stream Deck and TCP/HTTP APIs.
2019 — 2024
Technical Director at Beyond The Summit Brazil (official Valve Dota 2 / CS:GO broadcasts); Broadcast Coordinator at Flow Podcast (automated studio with Companion and Stream Deck); Technical Director at Kritike Podcast; Technical Producer at MD3 Podcast (League of Legends talk show) and MisclickTV (The International).
Blackmagic ATEM series
Ross Carbonite
FOR-A HVS-490
Bitfocus Companion (advanced)
Stream Deck / ESP32
TCP / HTTP / OSC
SSH-based control
XML · JSON · TXT · OCR
Yamaha DM7 · QL5
Yamaha DM2000 · 01V
Allen & Heath SQ7
Dante — Level 1 Certified
MADI
EVS replay systems
RTS intercom
Cuepilot
Routers & converters
vMix
OBS
Ross Xpression
Remote production control
AI-assisted workflows
Programming logic
TCP · HTTP · OSC · SSH
Codex & Claude Code (CLI)
Available for global productions · U.S. Press visas valid up to 2034 · Production travel ready
Available for long-term projects, freelance work and international productions.
Travel-ready for international productions, including a multi-year U.S. Press visa valid up to 2034.
Portuguese — native · English — advanced (technical & production)