By Kristian Hernández, Senior Editor, SVG
Broadcast production evolves from fully remote to a hybrid environment
ESPN is offering its Major League Baseball audience a special Opening Day doubleheader: 2024 World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Detroit Tigers and American League Champion New York Yankees vs. Milwaukee Brewers. The two games represent the broadcaster’s approach to its Sunday Night Baseball schedule in 2025: a REMI production at Dodgers Stadium and a hybrid REMCO production at Yankee Stadium.
“Everyone has gotten comfortable with our traditional REMI and REMCO models,” says Paul Horrell, remote production operations manager, ESPN. “As technology gets better and connectivity gets more robust, we’ve begun to branch out.”
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