Producer Kaitlin Urka + director Jimmy Platt are on-site in South Bend to call one of 16 opening-round sites in @marchmadnesswbb.bsky.social this weekend.
@espn.com will use 3 unique production models: on-site truck, REMIs from Bristol, on-campus control rooms.
www.sportsvideo.org/2025/03/21/e...
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: CBS Sports is in Kansas City for the AFC Championship Game.
DoinkCam, a live drone, and a two-point cable aerial camera (which the network calls TrolleyCam) are a part of 80+ cameras in Arrowhead.
Take a deeper look at the production tools behind
@espn.com's CFP National Championship Game production.
(Photos courtesy of ESPN Images)
Tonight's CFP National Championship is a massive show for @espn.com.
The 1080p HDR production has 115 cameras:
- 2 SkyCams
- PylonCams (goal line, end zone, line-to-gain)
- on-field shallow DoF rig (Sony FX3 on Ronin)
- 4K robos down the goal lines
- a 4K handheld in the catwalks
It's a new year and a new home for PGA TOUR Studios, which broadcasts its first live event from its new facility in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL today.
165,000-sq.-ft with nine control rooms, LED walls, studio sets, an IP-based infrastructure. The works.
Today’s alternate broadcast: NBC Sports will produce the first
EA MaddenNFL Cast on Peacock.
The production will blend the worlds of live broadcast and video games though graphics.
You can watch the full conversation with Magaro, Mason, former CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus (the son of Jim McKay), and Lesley Visser.
WATCH: svgplay.sportsvideo.org/videos/the-m...
Dive into the film, September 5, and the experience of broadcasting the Munich Massacre live.
To prepare for his role as upstart ABC Sports producer Geoffrey Mason in the Golden Globe-nominated film September 5, actor John Magaro spent months visiting the CBS Sports control room in NYC on NFL Sundays.
What he found there wasn't what he expected.
The SVG Summit is LIVE!
Miss out on attending this year's show? Watch the live stream all day long.
WATCH: www.thesvgsummit.com/live-stream/
"September 5" hits limited theaters today.
The feature film takes you inside the ABC Sports control room during coverage of the massacre at the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics.
Here's Sports Video Group's deep dive into the film’s development and production:
Real-time insights — player tracking, shot probability, shot distance — are powered by Genius Sports' GeniusIQ
“Many fans today have experienced sports through videogames first and are used to watching the game from that perspective,” - Matt Mosteller, VP, Content,
@tntsportsus.bsky.social
There's another alternate broadcast tonight.
The NBA 2K25 DataCast (on truTV and Max) features AR graphics used to give the feeling of watching a video game.
Shot Meter, 2K badges, 2K-inspired camera angles.
It might surprise you that "Heavy Action" was not composed for the NFL when it was first made in 1970. Its also not owned by ESPN or Disney today.
More on music rights and the future of blending IP in alt-casts down the road in this deeper look:
For tonight's "The Simpson Funday Football", @espn.bsky.social produced a new theme that unites two of the more iconic pieces of music in TV history.
ESPN partnered with APM Music and members of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra to record a new take on the MNF theme, "Heavy Action."
We went DEEP on the production plans and the build-out of the Kraken Hockey Network with director Patrick Brown and VP, Broadcast + game producer Ryan Schaber.
You can watch the full interview now on SVG PLAY:
The Seattle Kraken (@seattlekraken.com) brought its live game production and distribution in-house this season, launching the Kraken Hockey Network.
One of the highlights of the project for game director Patrick Brown (@pbrowntv.bsky.social): the opportunity to design a scorebug from scratch.
CBS Sports is going all out for the NWSL Championship Game Saturday night. ⚽️
Sixteen camera angles will include:
- five super-slow-mos
- a robo in each net
- two RF handhelds
- a shallow–depth-of-field (CBS calls it "Atlas")
- a live drone
SVG Europe has more details on the announcement:
www.svgeurope.org/blog/headlin...
Big news in the UK as the Premier League will take all international media production in-house beginning in 2026-27.
That includes the production of each season’s 380 matches.
For the past 20 years, IMG has handled that, operating an entity called "Premier League Productions."
If you'd like to see what the SVG College Summit is all about, you can watch all of the Main Stage sessions from this year's show for free over on SVG PLAY:
SAVE THE DATE!
The 17th-annual #SVGCollege Summit returns to the Hyatt Regency Atlanta Downtown on May 28-29, 2025.
Make your plans today and don’t miss this event that is FREE to attend to anyone who works in the industry.
There's another fully animated alternate broadcast upcoming from @espnplus.bsky.social!
Mickey and Minnie Mouse will star in "Dunk the Halls", a real-time animated recreation of the San Antonio Spurs and New York Knicks matchup on Christmas Day.
MORE: www.sportsvideo.org/2024/11/20/d...
Hofstra University opened a new centralized production control room to broadcast live sports.
It was an impressive collaboration between Athletics, The Lawrence Herbert School of Communication, and the school's Information Technology Services department.
MORE: www.sportsvideo.org/2024/11/20/h...
Made my way over to BlueSky!
Live sports production. If you love it, work in it, or aspire to be in it, I'll be sharing insights, best practices, and the names/faces of behind-the-scenes people who make TV magic.
If we've followed each other before, it's good to see you on the other side. 👊
