Tuesday Program at a Glance

Each year it’s one of our most important sessions: the state of the remote production business. Top executives from across the remote production industry take to the stage to discuss the current business challenges, how technology and new workflows are reshaping their services and technologies, and much more.

The Miami Heat’s Blake Engman, Director of Broadcast Services, and Kurt Doster, Director of Arena Video Production discuss the state-of-the-art broadcast technology recently implemented at the Kaseya Center. Learn about the myriad technical and operational benefits gained with an end-to-end ST 2110 IP ecosystem, enabling NBA-standard premier quality live sports production while delivering unmatched viewer and fan experiences.

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. Join us to learn how leagues, teams, and federations are looking for out of next-generation technology.

Yes, the national networks have a tremendous role to play in the world of sports but for many fans it is the local RSN that is the place to be day in and day out. Leaders from the RSN marketplace discuss the current challenges, opportunities, and innovations that they are employing to satiate local fans.

Making International NFL games possible requires intricate planning and execution, from coordinating and transporting broadcast and production technology across continents to ensuring seamless fan experiences globally. Attend this session to hear Dave Shaw, formerly with NFL Media and Jason Kornweiss from Diversified highlight the challenges and strategies behind taking America’s favourite sport global.

The Paris Olympics were a big hit with viewers in the U.S. and around the globe and we’ll hear from some of the key executives involved with this year’s Games to learn about how they pulled off a massive production effort that literally spanned the globe.

On September 5, 1972 the sports broadcasting world was changed forever, as the storied team at ABC Sports found themselves at the center of an unimaginable world tragedy, which unfolded only yards away from their German Broadcast Center. With most of the nation gathered to celebrate the heroes competing at the Summer Olympic Games in Munich, Roone Arledge and HIS team were instead faced with the horror of an unraveling hostage situation at the Olympic Village. The brave decisions, unprecedented pictures and humanity in storytelling are forever woven into the historic fabric of our industry. Now the basis of a motion picture, September 5, SVG will honor this live merger of news and sports with a look-back at that event and the people who helped viewers around the world follow the hostage crisis. Their lessons and leadership influence and inspire the best in our profession today, and the session will help your team get ready for the moment when sports becomes news.

The National Hod Rod Association (NHRA) relies on Sony’s Ci Media Cloud to simplify and optimize its complex production needs – from live stream capture to seamless editing and broadcast delivery. Discover how Ci Media Cloud centralizes NHRA’s media, reduces integration overhead, and supports remote workflows for editors and producers alike – maximizing efficiency and collaboration while reducing costs across the entire media lifecycle.

Josh Stinehour takes to the stage to discuss the current economic conditions within the media landscape, the financial impact of key industry trends, and how your organization can make sure it makes the right moves in an era of unprecedented change, uncertainty, risk, and opportunity.

Join us for our closing session, featuring leaders from the national networks. We’ll dive into some of the key accomplishments in 2024, look forward to the big events and technologies that will make a difference in 2025, and much more.

The growing use of High Dynamic Range (HDR) has had a dramatic effect on the home entertainment viewing experience, from motion pictures and episodic TV to video games and the latest streaming services. And live sports is no exception, which can now be enjoyed with greater brightness, contrast and detail than ever before.

HDR10+ dynamic metadata delivers all of this, along with a host of other benefits that make it ideal for the most demanding encoding applications. To learn more, join leading executives from ATEME, Harmonic and HDR10+ Technologies LLC as they discuss the key issues related to HDR10+ workflow production.

The last several years have been a wild ride for the M&E tech industry: the pandemic and the supply chain disruptions it created, the Hollywood strikes, rapidly changing viewer habits, and the extraordinary emergence of AI have all created enormous challenges and opportunities. In light of these and other factors, what is the state of private equity and M&A heading into 2025? Ample time will be provided for Q&A.

Industry experts will outline the continued reduction of wireless spectrum needed across all live and remote productions. After major spectrum losses through reallocation, interference and future plans are increasingly threatening the remaining spectrum for wireless operations. This working discussion will identify the challenge and lay out a pathway for defending this asset that is critical to our industry.

Join us for an interactive workshop where broadcasters and tech teams share their latest sustainability strategies. From energy-saving innovations to eco-friendly production practices, we’ll dive into the real-world green solutions that are shaping the future of sports media.

Get first-hand insight from industry veterans on advancing your career in the sports media industry. Chris Gargano, former VP, Executive Producer at the New York Jets, and Fred Mangione, former COO of the Brooklyn Nets share their experiences and training. From networking and getting your foot in the door to emerging as a leader in your department, they’ll share actionable advice for establishing your career in the professional sports media industry.

How can a modern newsroom be seamlessly connected to all distribution points, incorporating AI for vital efficiencies in content production and versioning? How can people be better organized with systemic connection points across the organization, especially when multiple platforms (e.g. broadcast or cable networks, streaming channels and digital platforms) are involved? How can duplication be avoided in reporting efforts and production?

Operating in 121 markets, Gray Media ranks as the second-largest owner of TV stations in the U.S. During the last five years, the company has installed as many as 50 Calrec Type R IP consoles across a number of regional stations, adopting a cookie cutter approach to standardizing configurations, automating workflows and reducing its reliance on physical control surfaces. What has been the result so far in terms of streamlining 2110-30 workflows, reducing costs and maintaining or improving quality output?

As part of the BBC’s strategy to expand its reach and relevancy among digital audiences outside the UK, BBC Studios, the commercial arm of the UK’s venerable public service broadcaster, recently re-launched its international news website and app. Jennie Baird, chief product officer of BBC Studios and board chair of the nonprofit Ethical Tech Project, was one of the key architects behind these new digital services. In this NewsTECHForum keynote interview, Baird will discuss the thinking that helped unlock the brand’s multiplatform potential, as well as broader industry challenges facing publishers and broadcasters in an increasingly digital age.

Organizations are taking a top-to-bottom look and reassessment of their products across digital platforms from their homepages to news and weather apps and more. What are the major changes coming to UX and UI based on consumers’ changing habits? Who is working on the forefront of change there, and what does it look like? What technologies are involved?

Since 1946, RTDNA has set the gold standard in helping broadcast and, for the past several decades, digital news outlets serve their communities and the nation better. It recognizes outstanding responsible journalism through the Edward R. Murrow Awards and other honors; provides professional development to journalists at all levels of their careers; and advocates for press freedom in Washington, statehouses and at the local levels of government in all 50 states. Learn more from two of RTDNA’s top leaders.

How are cloud specialists progressing at moving all or part of news production into the cloud? What are the current challenges in terms of controlling cloud computing costs and latency? Are hybrid models emerging? What about redundancy?

Avid has acquired Wolftech, empowering news production teams to accelerate storytelling—from pitch to publish. This AI-powered, unified toolset will combine Avid’s digital-first, end-to-end media solution with Wolftech’s expertise in story-centric workflow management. News organizations will be able to eliminate the barriers between digital, broadcast and long-form teams enabling them to seamlessly plan, create, publish and amplify stories faster on any distribution platform, reaching audiences everywhere. Wellford Dillard, CEO of Avid, and Arne Berven, CEO of Wolftech, will discuss their commitment to helping to transform news, sports and live production workflows.

How are news organizations tackling challenges in content strategy, product development and news workflow on their AVOD and FAST channels? How are innovators expanding the content pipeline, fine-tuning the product and simplifying workflows?

News AI pioneers work through scenarios of embracing the technology from pragmatic, ethical, journalistic, technological and cybersecurity lenses in a workshop context. A technologist, newsroom leader, AI ethicist and security leader will address real-world issues like disinformation/deepfakes, versioning and AI as part of the reporting/story building process.

Mike Kralec, CTO at Sinclair Broadcast Group, talks with Amagi’s Stephen Bach about the journey to migrate Sinclair’s stations to the cloud and the key considerations for others exploring a similar move.

A fast-paced look at technologies influencing news workflows – from AI to AR/VR – in 2025.

News media technologists unpack advancements, including generative AI, that will fundamentally change the newsgathering, storytelling, production and multiplatform distribution. How will “zombie processes” be eliminated and journalists, editors and producers work more efficiently and productively under growing economic pressure using new tools that will revolutionize their work?