The Challenge
Sharing Resources Responsibly
This refresh and consolidation effort meant the design and construction of an entirely new technical core, a news room, Electronic News Gathering control center, microwave, fiber, and satellite acquisition and transmission paths, 2 TV studios, 2 production control rooms, a post-production suite, 6 channels of master control, and an AM/FM radio studio.
In addition to the scale of the effort, an additional challenge was to design an agile system that allowed multiple television brands to share common resources, while protecting each channel’s branded content. All this while not preventing any broadcast from airing in its desired time slot or compromising the quality of the productions.
It was also critical for the BOC, as a key monitoring and control location, to acknowledge, understand, and manage the sensitivities of a multi-channel, multi-brand broadcast operation over 700 miles away.