Onsite Productions, With Help From the Vault
Given the unpredictability of the locations and short schedules required for the NLDS, Fox’s production will be fully on-site for the Padres-Dodgers and Phillies-Braves series. When the NLCS begins, the LA-based Fox Sports Vault enters the equation with six game EVS replay operators, one Vizrt graphics operator and a FoxBox scorebug operator located remotely in Los Angeles. In addition, Studio Show Production has one replay, graphics and teleprompter operator in Vault with editing/post-production support.
Thumbwar is back to remotely oversee Fox’s post-production and media management, providing a fully remote processing solution in the cloud for the NLCS and World Series. One editor handles the in-game turnaround locally and three feature editors are away. See the article : 7 new movies and TV shows on Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max and more this weekend (July 1st). Thumbwar has two data centers—one on the East Coast and one on the West Coast—to serve remote editors in different locations. Thumbwar also manages all of Fox’s file transfer workflows, both in-house and with WBD Sports and Major League Baseball.
With big shows in multiple cities over the next three weeks, Fox’s operations team will be led by longtime MLB vet Francisco Contreras and will also include Judy Acone, Nick Utley, Nicole Perrin, Pam Chvotkin, Hunter Acone, Bernadette Wells, Erik Guyton, Monika Chislov, Emilio Mendoza and Matt Howatt. Tom Lynch and Sid Drexler are the executive producers of the technology, supported by Taihe Miller, Brady Polansky and Tim Kennedy. The engineering team includes Rob Rees, Leigh Behunin, Phil Abrahams, Matt Battaglia, Chris Ruiz, Rob Brotzman, and TJ Scanlon, along with GCV’s Steve Dolce and NEP’s Nick Romano.
“The postseason is always a special time for us and gives us an opportunity to innovate and try new things,” says Cheney. “When you look at the superstars coming up this year and the things they’ve done during the regular season, you can only imagine how much bigger it is for us to cover. It’s going to be a historic postseason and we’re excited to bring it to the world.
Stay tuned to SVG for more coverage of Fox’s MLB postseason coverage during the World Series.
