Stanley Cup Final: Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Operations Team Meets Championship Moment With IP Infrastructure WBD Sports Chris Brown: This is something we have all wanted to showcase for a long time By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital
Monday, June 5, 2023 - 2:37 pm
Print This Story | Subscribe
Story Highlights
The Stanley Cup Final rolls into Game 2 on Monday night in Las Vegas (8 p.m. ET, TNT) with the host Golden Knights looking to take a commanding 2-0 series and the operations team at Warner Bros. Discovery Sports, it's another opportunity to rise to the occasion of its first professional sports championship moment.
Game 2 of the 2023 Stanley Cup Final begins at 8 p.m. ET on Monday.
WBD Sports is on-site at T-Mobile Arena with more than 40 cameras, a robust audio plan, and the newly built NEP Supershooter 7 to meet the needs of this unique production for the team. According to Chris Brown, VP, tech operations, WBD Sports, his team has handled countless big-time events before but this Stanley Cup Final demands a unique effort level from the company. He describes it as combining the technical complexity of an event like the NHL Winter Classic with the logistical complexity an NHL of NBA Conference Final.
It's an effort, though, that Brown is proud to say his team is relishing.
Its been a long time coming, says Brown. To have an opportunity to be on a global stage with this event is truly exciting and has brought life into the operations and production teams alike. This is something we have all wanted an opportunity to showcase for a very long time.
MORE FROM STANLEY CUP FINAL: New Faces on the Ice, at the Front Bench Make 2023 a Series of Firsts
WBD Sports' production compounds in both Vegas and Sunrise, FL represent a continued push forward for the broadcaster in IP production. Both the aforementioned Supershooter 7 and NEP's Supershooter 5 (parked in in Sunrise) anchor fully ST 2110 compounds. Brown says this infrastructure better facilitates signal sharing while also contributing to a more efficient set up and tear down.
The NHL is supporting the complete compound in both sites (which also includes Canadian rightsholder, Sportsnet) with CES Power for power and backup generators, Lumen for fiber phones and internet, and PSSI for satellite uplink. WBD Sports is also prepared with a loaded EVS replay network with both game and studio having access to 56 record channels.
The compound also grows with the addition of the NHL on TNT studio show traveling to both arenas. NEP's EN2 in supporting studio in Vegas while ND 5 does the same job in Florida. On-site sets are designed by WBD Sports' Techwood Studios scenic team.
The ops team on this Stanley Cup Final is led by Brown and Director of Tech Operations Lee Estroff, Director of Remote Engineering, Dan Nabors, Senior Director of Remote Operations and Crewing Vanessa Lindsey, and Tech Ops Manager David Cabeza.
Stay tuned for SVG's continued, on-site coverage of the Stanley Cup Final this week.
More from Sports Video Group
08/05/2025
SVG Sit-Down: Vizrt's Nicholas Jameson on AI in Workflows, Pushing Boundarie...
08/05/2025
Creating Alternative Brand Experiences: Live Sports in the Age of Fortnite, Meta...
08/05/2025
PGA TOUR's David Piccolo: Advanced Graphics and Virtual Production Tools are...
08/05/2025
Tech Focus: Advancing Immersion in Sports Broadcasting with AR and Virtual Produ...
07/05/2025
Tech Focus: Venue Sound, Part 1 - Chasing the Fan Experience Balancing audio quality and noise is a constant struggle By Dan Daley, Audio Editor
Wednesday, M...
07/05/2025
Tech Focus: Venue Sound, Part 2 - For Multi-Use Spaces, the Gear Makes the Diffe...
07/05/2025
Snow Sports Offer Opportunity for Edgy and Aggressive' Audio Natural Selection Tour, Shawn White's The Snow Leagues emphasize athlete sound By Dan Da...
06/05/2025
SVG India Summit Draws 140 for a Day of Learning, Networking Global perspectives coupled with India perspectives made for informative discussions By SVG Staff ...
06/05/2025
The CW Benefits From NASCAR's New XR and Volumetric Studio at North Carolina...
06/05/2025
SVG Sit-Down: Blackmagic Design's Dan May on the Company's Wide Range of...
06/05/2025
The FAST Factor: What's Happening in Sports' Latest Streaming Party Leaders from the NBA, NBC Sports, and Amagi discuss the latest trends in free ad-sup...
05/05/2025
SVG New Sponsor Spotlight: Kiloview's Judy Zuo on Ensuring Reliable AV Over ...
05/05/2025
In NAB 2025 Afterglow, Grass Valley Touts New Imagers, Production Switchers, AI ...
05/05/2025
Inside ATP Media's remote revolution in tennis broadcasting By George Bevir
Friday, May 2, 2025 - 13:50
Print This Story
From a single London hub, ATP...
02/05/2025
Ratings Roundup: 2025 NFL Draft Viewership Slots Event at Second Most-Watched Ev...
02/05/2025
Behind the Mic: MSG Networks' Joe Micheletti Set to Retire; NBA on NBC'...
02/05/2025
SVG Esports Production Summit Examines Impact of Remote, Cloud-Based Workflows o...
02/05/2025
Alternative Broadcasts With the Bucs: SportsNet Pittsburgh Provides Unobstructe...
02/05/2025
New possibilities: Creating a new production company with a difference at Moment...
02/05/2025
NBC's 25th Kentucky Derby Production Features Two Live Drones, RED Cine-Broa...
01/05/2025
Telling the story: Extensive technical set-up delivers comprehensive Special Oly...
01/05/2025
Just Around the Bend: Olympic Broadcasting Services Readies for the Milano-Corti...
01/05/2025
Wireless Microphone Spectrum Alliance Gets Going With Lobbying To Ensure RF Acce...
30/04/2025
With Back-to-Back PBR, UFC, and WWE Events in KC, TKO Takeover' Proves To B...
29/04/2025
Fascinating characters: Behind the Grand Slam Track partnership of Momentum Broa...
29/04/2025
Big package: Groundbreaking AR for live athletics comes to Grand Slam Track By ...
29/04/2025
High benchmark: Inside the inaugural Grand Slam Track production from Jamaica B...
29/04/2025
Engagement in the Live Stream: The New Age of Delivering the Game A conversation of streaming leaders dissects the feature sets that are winning in live sports ...
29/04/2025
Conveying emotion: BBC Sport on bringing the 45th London Marathon to viewers By Heather McLean
Monday, April 28, 2025 - 14:35
Print This Story
BBC Sport l...
28/04/2025
Joe Cohen Inducted into Cable Hall of Fame By Ken Kerschbaumer, Editorial Director
Monday, April 28, 2025 - 5:19 pm
Print This Story | Subscribe
Story H...
28/04/2025
LiveU Inks Deal to Acquire Actus Digital, Boost Video Monitoring and Analytics C...
28/04/2025
Small Van, Big Story: Changing the Game in Sports Broadcasting with Obvious C By SVG Staff
Monday, April 28, 2025 - 10:51 am
Print This Story | Subscribe ...
28/04/2025
SVG Sit-Down: ESPN's Chris Calcinari on New Flagship Mobile Unit, Cloud and ...
28/04/2025
A Swiss Soccer Summer: Previewing UEFA Women's Euros 2025 with BBC Sport and...
25/04/2025
Super Bowl Streaming Success: A Conversation with Tubi's Chief Product & Tec...
25/04/2025
Tariff Turmoil: Trump's Trade Policy Sparks Uncertainty at NAB and Increases...
24/04/2025
Live From NFL Draft 2025: NFL Media Splits Sprawling Production Between Green Ba...
24/04/2025
Live From NFL Draft 2025: Van Wagner Turns Titletown Into Center of Fan Entertai...
24/04/2025
Live From the NFL Draft: NFL Media Splits Massive Production Between Green Bay a...
24/04/2025
Comcast Fills SpinCo Sports Executive Ranks With Matt Hong as President, Jeff Be...
23/04/2025
Audio Helps Chess.com Checkmate Cheating Matches are produced using REMI workflows By Dan Daley, Audio Editor
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 - 7:00 am
Print Th...
23/04/2025
Tech Focus: Intercoms, Part 1 - Key to Onsite, REMI, Hybrid Operations Intercoms keep increasingly disparate production locations together By Dan Daley, Audio ...
23/04/2025
Speaking my language: Bringing AI to the fore with real time audio translation f...
22/04/2025
Pushing the game: Growing the popularity of the 2025 Women's Six Nations thr...
22/04/2025
New Sponsor Spotlight: RedFlag AI CEO Max Eisendrath on Creating a One-Stop Shop...
22/04/2025
Live from The Crucible: BBC Sport's Phil Bigwood discusses transitioning the...
22/04/2025
Live from The Crucible: Sunset Vine makes the first subtle changes of many for i...
22/04/2025
You Are There': FOX Sports, Sony, Hawk-Eye Innovations Break Down the Latest...
Stanley Cup Final: Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Operations Team Meets Championship Moment With IP Infrastructure WBD Sports Chris Brown: This is something we have all wanted to showcase for a long time By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital 
