ESPN's Lacey Gandee on Enhancing On-Air Creativity Through an Improved Facility
SVG Remote Production Forum 2024
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ESPN may be known for its main headquarters in Bristol, CT, but a ton of technological infrastructure and live broadcasts are done from their facility in Charlotte, NC. Originally opened in 1999, the 25-year-old building has become an integral part of the network's large number of collegiate athletics productions as well as improvements in their cloud-based workflows.
At the SVG Remote Production Forum, ESPN's Production Operations Supervisor Lacey Gandee details the evolution of the Charlotte-based facility, provides advice for network's looking to open up a remote-production-capable facility of their own, and why improvements in technology are allowing for enhanced creativity in televised programming.
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