Last weekend I was lucky enough to travel to London for Fox Sports' broadcast of the NY Giants versus the Miami Dolphins from London, England.
Actually we broadcast from, and I stayed in, Wembley.
A nice enough town, but not London proper. Spending five days in Wembley was a bit like traveling to Boston but spending all your time in Somerville. Nothing against Somerville or Wembley, but…
I was hired to edit with Final Cut Pro, Apple's video editing software. My gig was similar to the work I did at the MLB All-Star Game. This time around I did not have access to an EVS XT2 remote, but used EVS IP Director instead.
Two companies that Fox hired to help provide local facilities and technical personnel were CTV, based in London, and CineVideo Group, of Holland. The skill they brought to handling the logistics of equipment and formats was remarkable. Just very good work.
I also work with a number of CineVideo's people for the FIBT-TV World Cup Bobsleigh events. Great people who speak better English than most Americans.
Live sports was a needed break from the web and dvd production I had been doing for the previous four weeks. Deadlines measured in minutes, not weeks or months lends a sense of perspective.
