<\/a>For the first time in the College World Series, ESPN has affixed a camera onto the mask of the home plate umpire.<\/p><\/div>\n
UmpCam is just one of 25 cameras that ESPN has deployed throughout TD Ameritrade Park. Sixteen of them are manned, seven are hard, and two are handhelds (one roving throughout the park for scenic, the other in a demo area in the announce booth). With the announcers is also the new in-booth DollyCam, a camera rigged on a small dolly for smooth presentation of on-air talent\u2019s live demonstrations.<\/p>\n
The crew also came in with plans to experiment with a wind meter on on-screen graphics. The data-visualization feature demonstrates how wind speed and direction could potentially play a role in how far a ball travels.<\/p>\n
Numerous other unique features are to be found on this production. For the fifth straight year, ESPN is using K-Zone technology \u2014 though not on every pitch as is being done this year on the network\u2019s Major League Baseball coverage. ESPN is also using 40 channels of replay and more than 100 microphones strategically placed throughout the ballpark. In the editing suites, staffers work on Avid Symphony, with EVS operators also editing, using Apple Final Cut Pro X. The SEC Network team onsite uses Final Cut Pro 7.<\/p>\n
ESPN is bringing new juice to the College World Series on the digital side, too. For every game, the ESPN3 Surround platform offers an alternative to the traditional viewing experience through different camera angles and audio.<\/p>\n
The crew in Omaha totals approximately 200, nearly half being production personnel and technicians.<\/p>\n
ESPN\u2019s production of the College World Series is being run from NEP\u2019s NCPVIII (A and B units) with support from the Super B and ST41 units. ESPN is using fiber out as its primary transmission, with satellite backup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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