by Brandon Costa, Director of Digital, SVG News
Native HDR, ST 2110, unique camera angels support the broadcaster’s biggest football game of the year
By the time the College Football Playoff National Championship Game kicks off at Hard Rock Stadium tonight, ESPN’s presence in Miami will look less like a traditional big-game show and more like a fully networked broadcast campus. Nearly every element of ESPN’s championship coverage — from the main game telecast to a dozen MegaCast presentations — is originating onsite, supported by a large-scale, IP-connected compound designed to operate multiple parallel productions simultaneously.
“This is pretty much made whole as full productions here,” says Jim Birch, senior remote operations manager, ESPN, noting that only one MegaCast element, Field Pass With The Pat McAfee Show, is being produced via REMCO out of Bristol, CT, and includes four remote EVS replay positions. “Everything here is coming from site.”
That onsite commitment is reflected in the scale of the build. ESPN’s compound at Hard Rock Stadium comprises roughly 30 mobile units and support trailers and houses a credentialed workforce approaching 900 people across game, MegaCast, studio, ACC Network, and technical operations.
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