Primestar Digital Network provides professional Outside Broadcast Truck rental throughout Florida and the Southeast United States. Based in Palm Beach County, Florida, our UHD OB Truck can be rented as a facilities-only/dry truck, with an engineer, with selected technical personnel, or as a complete staffed production package. The truck supports multi-camera live television, sports, concerts, corporate events, municipal productions, and other broadcast applications.
This guide is written for producers, agencies, networks, sports teams, event organizers, and production companies comparing truck rental options in Florida.
The right truck is the one that matches your show, not the one with the longest equipment list. Use these facts to decide what to confirm during pre-production.
Choose the amount of mobile production infrastructure and technical support that your show actually needs.
Primestar Digital Network provides Outside Broadcast Truck rental from its Palm Beach County, Florida base, serving South Florida, the entire state of Florida, and productions throughout the Southeast United States.
Yes. Primestar offers flexible rental configurations. Clients who already have their own production personnel can rent the OB Truck as a facilities-only or “dry truck” configuration. Engineering support can also be added when required.
A dry or facilities-only OB Truck rental provides the mobile production infrastructure without requiring the client to purchase a complete Primestar production crew package. This is useful for networks, production companies, sports producers, and event producers that already have their own director, technical director, camera operators, audio personnel, or other crew.
Yes. Clients may bring their own production team. Primestar can provide only the OB Truck and required engineering support or supplement the client's crew with individual positions as needed.
Yes. Primestar can provide a complete production solution including the OB Truck, engineering, and appropriate production personnel. Crew requirements are developed according to the size and technical requirements of each production.
Yes. Primestar offers an OB Truck plus Engineer configuration for clients that have their own production team but want a Primestar engineer responsible for the truck’s technical infrastructure and integration.
The truck is configured around the show: camera count, video format, switching, graphics, replay, recording, audio, and signal transport are reviewed during pre-production.
Yes. The Primestar Outside Broadcast Truck is designed around a professional UHD production infrastructure with a 12G-SDI signal path and is capable of supporting HD and UHD production workflows.
The Primestar OB Truck is designed to support productions of up to 16 cameras, depending on the camera package, production format, and required workflow.
Camera packages are configurable according to the production. Clients may use Primestar-provided cameras where specified or integrate compatible client- or production-supplied cameras into the OB Truck workflow.
Yes. Primestar can integrate compatible client-supplied broadcast, cinema, PTZ, and specialty camera systems. Camera format, connectivity, synchronization, return video, communications, and shading requirements should be reviewed during pre-production.
The OB Truck is built around Ross Video production technology, including Ross Carbonite switching and Ross XPression graphics capabilities.
Yes. The Primestar OB Truck supports multi-channel replay workflows for sports and live-event productions.
Yes. Multiple isolated program and camera feeds can be recorded depending on the production configuration. Recording requirements, codecs, resolution, frame rate, and deliverables should be established during pre-production.
Yes. The Primestar OB Truck supports fiber-based production workflows for transporting video and other production signals between camera positions, venues, and the truck.
The Primestar OB Truck incorporates IP-based production capabilities and can be evaluated for modern broadcast IP workflows. Contact Primestar with your specific ST 2110 requirements so compatibility can be confirmed for the production.
Yes. The Audio Studio incorporates Dante audio networking, allowing flexible digital audio transport and integration with compatible venue, stage, and production systems.
Audio and delivery are part of the production plan, not an afterthought. Share the destination and venue infrastructure early so the signal path can be qualified.
Yes. Unlike production vehicles where audio shares the primary control room, the Primestar OB Truck has a separate Audio Studio dedicated to the A1/audio production workflow.
Yes. Primestar supports live streaming and contribution workflows for internet and broadcast distribution. Available workflows can include SRT and other IP-based delivery methods depending on the destination platform and production requirements.
The OB Truck can support multiple connectivity options, including Starlink satellite connectivity, as part of a redundant production-internet strategy. Final connectivity architecture depends upon venue infrastructure and production requirements.
Yes. Primestar can provide program feeds and contribution workflows for broadcasters, streaming platforms, and production partners. Technical delivery specifications should be provided in advance so the appropriate format, transmission, and redundancy requirements can be established.
The truck is based in Palm Beach County and travels. Location, schedule, access, parking, power, and travel distance all shape the mobilization plan.
Primestar is headquartered in Palm Beach County, Florida, and supports productions throughout South Florida, Florida statewide, and the Southeast United States. Common markets include West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville, Fort Myers, Naples, and surrounding areas.
Primestar maintains a designated local service area where OB Truck mobilization charges may be reduced or eliminated. Contact Primestar with the production location for an exact mobilization quote.
Yes. Primestar's Outside Broadcast Truck is available for regional productions throughout the Southeast United States. Extended-distance and multi-day productions are quoted based on travel, logistics, crew, and production requirements.
A useful quote starts with the production brief. There is no one-size-fits-all truck rate because the technical package and travel plan change with every show.
OB Truck rental pricing depends on the production configuration, duration, location, camera package, crew, transmission requirements, and other technical needs. Primestar offers daily, weekly, and longer-term configurations as well as facilities-only, engineer-supported, and complete production packages. Contact Primestar for a production-specific quote.
Primestar needs the event date, venue or city, load-in and production times, camera count and format, camera requirements, client-supplied crew, crew needed from Primestar, replay, graphics, recording or ISO requirements, audio, fiber, transmission or streaming destination, internet, power availability, truck parking or compound information, and strike time. Once these details are available, Primestar can recommend the appropriate OB Truck, equipment, engineering, and crew configuration.
Once these details are available, Primestar can recommend the appropriate OB Truck, equipment, engineering, and crew configuration. If something is not decided yet, say so — the production plan can be refined together.
Include the venue city and expected truck parking or compound location so travel and mobilization can be planned accurately.
Review the truck, then bring your production brief.
