LIVE PRODUCTION AND GLOBAL TRANSMISSION: WORKING OUT THE LOGISTICS Alyson Jackson, VP Production Management, International Gabby Redfern, SVP Media Operations EMEA
Jul 12, 2015
LIVE PRODUCTION AND GLOBAL TRANSMISSION:
WORKING OUT THE LOGISTICS Alyson Jackson, VP Production Management, International
Gabby Redfern, SVP Media Operations EMEA
SKYWIRE LIVE WITH NIK WALLENDA
• 30.4 million viewers in 186 countries viewed LIVE • #1 weekend programme in all of television in
total viewers and across all key demos in the US • 1.3m tweets – peaking at nearly 40,000
tweets/min making social media history for Discovery Channel
• #1 most social Sunday (non-sports/non-award) show telecast ever in US
GLOBAL CO-ORDINATION Challenges: • Global mindset • Language
customisation • Clock and break
patterns lock off
MEDIA OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Challenges: • Live production • Facilities • Simultaneous
translation • Time zone • Contingent plans
WHAT NEXT?