Program Productions' Jessica Kowatch on Bolstering the Industry Through Training
SVG Regional Sports Production Summit 2023
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In this unique and volatile time in the history of regional sports production, the people that make live sports happen are more critical than ever. That's where a company like Program Productions, Inc. lends a critical hand to ensure live broadcasts are crewed up and ready and willing technicians across the country can get work.
At the 2023 SVG Regional Sports Production Summit in Chicago, PPI's EVP of Operations and Chief Operating Officer Jessica Kowatch discusses the successful growth of the company's training initiative - which has injected nearly 100 new skilled technicians into the industry in just its first year - shares what's new with the ProCrewz app, and more.
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