Production Industry News & Company Happenings

ABC News Bets Studio Overhaul Will Nab Viewers for ‘Super Tuesday’ and Beyond

ABC News spends heavily on top anchors like George Stephanopoulos and David Muir. Now it’s investing in the studio that houses so many of them. Just in time for three hours of “Super Tuesday” coverage, the Disney-owned news outlet is unveiling a massive 5,500 foot production space in the heart of its New York City headquarters that […]

Live From Super Bowl LIV: Fox Sports’ Rod Conti Gives a Tour of Network’s South Beach Campus

Three studios, two demo areas, two tower structures filling 9 acres of production and support workspace piloted by more than 350 production, technical, and support staff: Fox Sports’ studio activation in South Beach is a television achievement. Read more.

Fox Sports Rolls Out Texas-Sized Production for Red River Showdown

Fox Sports’ college football coverage is bigger than ever this season, and it doesn’t get much bigger than this week’s Red River Showdown at Cotton Bowl Stadium. In addition to its typical massive production complement for the Oklahoma-Texas rivalry game in Dallas, Fox has rolled out an onsite set and the full cast of its […]

Live Drone Shots, GTX-19 Truck, Pylon Cam Accentuate SEC on CBS’s Notre Dame-Georgia Showdown

With the autumnal equinox coming and going this past Monday, the sports world fixates its every move to the pigskin. In the college variety, the game of football is a different beast in the lower 48 states and the Southeastern Conference is the place where diehard fans quench their thirst. Over the weekend, Notre Dame […]

Jay Pearce of Filmwerks Passes Away; Donate Today to GoFundMe

Jay Pearce, Filmwerks, operations manager, passed away on Sept. 15 and is survived by his wife Jennifer and two sons, TJ and Jack. Pearce was 49 and was with Filmwerks for 20 years, beginning as a field technician in 1999. Read more

SportsTechBuzz at NAB 2018 in Review: North Hall, Outside/Mobile, and More

What was new, exciting, and interesting at the show By SVG Staff The SVG and SVG Europe editorial teams were out in full force at last week’s NAB 2018, covering the biggest sports-technology news and delivering daily "SportsTechBuzz at NAB" roundups. Here is a look at the SportsTechBuzz from North Hall, Outside/Mobile, and more

Live From the US Open: Filmwerks Expands Its Presence as Broadcasters Expand Theirs

The US Open wrapped up with a thrilling weekend of play, and now the team looks to get ready for next year’s event, which will see the opening of a permanent two-story broadcast building in the TV compound. But, this year, it was up to the team from Filmwerks to overcome the challenge of building […]

CBS, Turner Up Virtual-Graphics Ante With Massive PGA Championship Production

As the final major on the annual golf calendar — at least through 2018 – the PGA Championship has always offered CBS Sports and Turner Sports an opportunity to bring their technology A games to one of golf’s biggest stages. That tradition continues this week at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, NC: the two broadcasters […]

MLB All-Star 2019 Wrap-Up: Vendors Unite in the Compound, on the Set for Fox, ESPN, MLBN

By Jason Dachman, Chief Editor Tuesday, July 16, 2019 – 12:59 pm Print This Story Here’s a look at the roles played by key vendors — Game Creek Video, NEP, Filmwerks, ARCTEK, CAT Entertainment Services, Program Productions, and Harb Productions — inside the MLB All-Star 2019 truck compound and on studio sets at Progressive Field […]

Seaport Capital Announces Strategic Investment in Filmwerks

Seaport Capital (“Seaport”), a private equity firm focused on investments in business and information services and communications companies, today announced that it has made a strategic investment in Filmwerks, LLC (“Filmwerks”), a provider of mission critical production solutions, including power, structure, and lighting, to the live event industry. The Filmwerks management team will continue to […]

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