by Dan Daley, Audio Editor, SVG News
The 2025 Heisman ceremony, celebrating individual excellence in college football and featuring top players, analysts, and former winners, is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 13 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC/ESPN, originating from the Jazz at Lincoln Center venue in New York City. The four finalists for the 91st annual award were announced on Monday, Dec. 8.
The Heisman Memorial Trophy is sports’ version of a combined Oscar and Grammy Award. The metaphor is apropos both for the athletic achievement it represents and for the video and audio production of its event-level presentation, right down to red-carpet arrivals.
“New this year is that we’re producing this show in 1080p HDR,” says ESPN Senior Manager, Remote Operations, Larry Wilson, adding that it’s the first Heisman ceremony that will be shown on the flagship ABC network as well as on ESPN, underscoring the primetime event’s entertainment component.
Wilson will helm a show at an awards-season scale, with transmission backhauled to ESPN’s facility in Bristol, CT, before airing on ABC nationally.
The action starts with red-carpet arrivals and interviews in the Ertegun Atrium, shot with two handheld build-up cams and jib and a stabilized DSLR system for shallow depth of field. In the Appel Room, the main award theater, the ceremonies will be captured with a Grass Valley LDX 86N Worldcam native-HD/3G single-speed camera chain: one jib cam, a Sony P1 Steadicam, four handheld cameras (one of which is RF), two robotic cameras, and a pair of POV cams.
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