Revealing Metrics of Remote Television Production Volume 2 Issue 1: July 2019 REMOTE REP RTTM 2019 Summer Sports Edition Framing the Perfect Remote Creating reliable & good-looking video calls for broadcast from around the world without an onsite crew takes a combination of great technology - and talented people. Needless to say the VCC staff has learned a few things on the way to connecting nearly 6500 remote Metta World Peace may have missed another network’s traditional interview contributors with a 99.7% reliability due to a flat-tire, but thanks to the VCC, he still made his remote with MSG. rate. MSG150 Connects NY Sports VCC’s expert call producers work with the subjects to optimize con- MSG Networks launched its popular MSG150 show on May 6th. nectivity and adjust framing & The VCC was there for the launch, bringing in top players coaches lighting, all while making it fun for and commentators in NY sports including Walt Frazier, Mariano the contributors. Since the vast majority of VCC remotes are done Rivera, John Starks, Travis Zajac and Martin Brodeur in all 74 via smartphones, a lot of the effort remotes in just the first 24 shows. VCC’s remotes are being is ensuring the phone is on a sponsored by Fios. stable surface and composing a shot in a room that the call Jerry Passaro, Senior Vice President of Network and Technical producers have never visited. “It is often challenging to find an object Operations for MSG Networks comments “The lag-free interaction to rest the phone on at eye level with the innovative platform has made it feel as if the guests are that will also give us a good background” says Producer Jonni- right there in studio with our hosts and continues to provide our Lynn Galietti, “We sometimes have production team with incredible flexibility each night.” the subject show us their room, and creatively identify items that A couple of interesting statistics emerged: 87% of remote can be stacked to mount the contributors joined the show through their smartphones vs other phone on. Each remote shot is a different puzzle!” devices. Despite Android having a US penetration of about 52%, fully 89% of the smartphone remotes were from iPhones. © The Video Call Center, 2019 !1 Revealing Metrics of Remote Television Production Volume 2 Issue 1: July 2019 Intersport interviews Jae-Sean Tate of the Belgian Pro Basketball League Kevin Kennedy provides play-by-play and commentary from home Intersport Takes Viewers Courtside Texas Rangers Bid Adieu For 25 years the Texas Rangers have played baseball in Globe Life In April, Intersport, an independent Park in Arlington Texas. The ballpark saw Kenny Rogers pitch a media & marketing firm, utilized VCC for the Dos Equis Men’s 3X3U perfect game during its debut season in 1994 and was home to basketball tournament in Minneapolis. the American League Champion Rangers teams in 2010 & 2011. Intersport not only brought players and coaches on-air between coverage As the Rangers prepare to move to a new ballpark next season, of games, but also equipped idle Fox Sports SW is working with the VCC to bring back former players with smartphones to shoot the players and coaches to reminisce about their experiences and say action and comment live on what they good-bye to the old stadium. Former manager Kevin Kennedy, were seeing from the stands. pitching coach Tom House, as well as players Chris Young, Glenn “Our mission when producing events Hoffman and Will Clark are some of the major leaguers who’ve is to give the viewer an experience participated. The VCC enables the players and managers to that is as close to being there as appear on the air, engaging commentators and even participating possible. The Video Call Center adds in live play-by-play thanks to the full low-latency return video a whole new dimension to how we achieve that,” says Intersport signal that VCC delivers to their smartphones and laptops. Executive Producer, John Paquet. Fox Sports Detroit Pitches a Perfect Broadcast On April 29th, the Detroit Tigers #1 draft pick Casey Mize threw the second no-hitter of his young career, this one for the minor league Erie Seawolves. A year earlier, Casey achieved a no-hitter at Auburn University. FSN Detroit knew that they needed to get Casey to participate in its broadcast of the MLB Tigers the next day. VCC sprang into action, connecting Casey via his phone from the locker room in Altoona, PA to the VCC end-point at FSN’s headquarters in Detroit, which was in-turn routed to the Tigers game truck in Philadelphia through Fox’s VAN network. Casey clearly means good luck for the Tigers. While he was on- air in the top of the third inning he was able to watch the return feed on his smartphone and see the Tigers “hit for the cycle” as a team (home run, triple, double and single in one inning), and ultimately win the game 3-1. © The Video Call Center, 2019 !2.