The NFL’s biggest game requires even bigger camera coverage to deliver a “you are there” experience. The Sony team talks with FOX Sports’ Michael Davies and SVG’s Ken Kerschbaumer about what’s involved with Super Bowl planning and how the network combined Sony's Hawk-Eye Innovations‘ HawkREPLAY s...

Get an inside look at how ESPN pulled off two of the most groundbreaking broadcasts of 2024 just weeks apart. In this can't-miss session, ESPN Creative Studio leaders go behind the scenes of The Simpsons Football Funday NFL altcast and Dunk the Halls NBA altcast, including the creative strategy, ...

A preview of the planning and production strategies for the upcoming 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano-Cortina. Key representatives from leading broadcasters, production teams, and technology suppliers will share insights into their preparations for covering the Winter Olympics.

Speakers:
Andy Rayn...

Traditional “lean-back” viewing still appeals to many sports fans, but how can content owners drive deeper engagement in live streams and apps? This panel features industry leaders discussing gamification, interactivity, alternate broadcast feeds, direct-to-consumer strategies, and the innovative...

In a wide-ranging keynote interview, FIFA's Head of Host Broadcast Production Oscar Sanchez talks about his career so far, shares his views on the industry's current production challenges, and divulges some of the lessons learnt from his time working at Concacaf and on the FIFA World Cup. The con...

Welcome to Behind The Broadcast Booth with Sybil Wilkes, a new interview series that celebrates some of the industries most talented production and media executives.

CBS Sports Director Mark Grant will once again be at the center of the storytelling magic for the 2025 March Madness production be...

A panel of corporate video producers will share how they are adapting their horizontal vision for vertical viewing. while balancing authenticity with production quality. How are they optimizing their vertical videos on the various platforms for maximum impact and reach?

Panelists:
Luke Hale, Cru...

The in-stadium experience of Super Bowl LIX was a complex undertaking. From a live performance from notable New Orleans-based musicians and high-intensity team introductions during pregame and a full-team presentation of the Lombardi Trophy to the victorious Philadelphia Eagles, the National Foot...

Glenn Stilwell will pull back the curtain on the ultra-fast load-in, to first pitch broadcast for MLB. Dealing with multiple camera feed frame delays, syncing pinnacle moments in sports is an artform. We get to hear all the details on how it happens for thousands of games from April to October.

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Go behind the scenes with NBC Sports' creative team to explore the vision, design process, and innovative techniques used to develop the graphics package and overall visual identity for its Paris 2024 Olympics broadcasts.

Presenter:
David Barton, NBC Olympics, VP, Creative

Welcome to Behind The Broadcast Booth with Sybil Wilkes, a new interview series that celebrates some of the industries most talented production and media executives.

Our first episode features Sybil in discussion with HBCUGO President and Co-Founder Curtis Symonds. Symonds, a member of the Broad...

The Philadelphia Eagles have returned to their second Super Bowl in three seasons, and to chronicle this month’s long journey to the biggest game on the calendar, the Digital and Social Media crew have found a sweet spot of short-form content that fires up the masses and showcases the personality...

The Kansas City Chiefs are going for a historic three straight championships at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans. It's been another season to remember for Chiefs Kingdom and the club's internal media and production team has been there to shoot and produce thousands of pieces of content along the way...

Many places come to mind when you think of New Orleans, but many people would bring up Bourbon Street as their first answer. At the heart of the city's venerable French Quarter, this 13-block stretch has become synonymous with having a good time, listening to great music, and savoring a small sam...

Watching sports inside a venue is a communal and shared experience, and the Portland Trail Blazers' Moda Center has become a more inclusive environment this season. Striking a deal with OneCourt, an innovative company that develops devices with generative audio and haptics for blind and low-visio...

The College Football Playoff National Championship is always the goal for any Division I program, and similar to the players on the field, the creative team behind the scenes begins every season during the spring. In a season that traverses the hot summer months and continues into the chill of fa...

In its second season, the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) is taking its show on the road. In a series of nine games hosted in "neutral site" cities, the PWHL Takeover Tour is designed to expand the new league's reach and grow the game of women's hockey.

On January 12, a game between th...

Avi Bar-Zeev brings a wealth of experience from his senior engineering and prototyping roles at leading tech companies like Microsoft, Linden Labs, Amazon, and Apple (notably with the Apple Vision Pro), his role as co-founder and director at Keyhole which evolved into Google Earth, and designing ...

The new Golden Globe-nomiated film "September 5" revisits the live broadcast of the 1972 Munich Olympics tragedy, telling the story through the eyes of the ABC Sports production team as they reported on the hostage crisis. Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famer Geoffrey Mason, who was at the center of...

Sports leagues, teams, and federations continue to take advantage of technology to connect with fans in new ways, enhance their broadcast productions, and improve everything from player safety to instant replay operations. Learn how leagues, teams, and federations are looking for out of next-gene...

A massive chunk of broadcasts in their inaugural season of the Utah Hockey Club have been produced over the air on Utah 16 and through SEG Media's direct-to-consumer platform, UtahHC+. Director Paul Hemming, an individual who's been directing NHL games for over 25 years at the local and national ...

ESPN is back with its latest real-time animated alternate presentation of an NFL game: "The Simpsons Funday Football."

Iconic characters from The Simpsons will join an animated recreation of the Monday Night Football game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Dallas Cowboys and it'll all be mad...

This has been the fall of several professional franchises taking their regional live game productions and distribution in-house. Among them is the NHL's Seattle Kraken which, in September, launched the Kraken Hockey Network.

Through this new division, the team can now deliver live games to a mas...

As Generation AI evolves, organizations are exploring how AI tools can create value and drive efficiency. While the potential is immense, the path to adoption is still unclear. This panel will examine the needs of sports production and broadcasting organizations, where and how Gen AI is being app...