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Emily Kaempfe updates stats continuously throughout the basketball game for use on the scoreboard and popup stats overlaying the broadcast video, while Matt Jordan creates other graphics in which to convey information to viewers.
Andy Liebsch, Assistant Director of K-StateHD.TV, and broadcast production director on gameday, points out one of the camera feeds as he directs the K-StateHD.TV crew from the broadcast production truck during the women's basketball game against Iowa State January 18.
Brandon Utech mixes the audio for the women's basketball game broadcast in the tiny sound booth in the production truck parked on the south side of Bramlage.
Greg Janssen quickly selects sections of video for replays and highlights, and stores them in a memory bank for use throughout the broadcast.
Maile Wildman is in charge of playing commercials from the broadcast sponsors during media timeouts.
In one end of the cramped production truck, the K-StateHD.TV crew weaves together any of a number of live and stored video sources, adds appropriate stats and graphics, and sends it out for K-StateHD.TV subscribers around the world to view live.
Between people and powerful video equipment, space is extremely limited inside the K-StateHD.TV production truck during a broadcast.
Director Andy Liebsch directs his cameramen to the shots he wants during the women's basketball game against Iowa State.
Buttons on the video mixing board in the production truck light up to show which video streams are active and are being seen by K-StateHD.TV viewers worldwide.
One wall of the broadcast production truck is covered in a giant screen displaying all the camera and video sources between which director Andy Liebsch can switch, as well as what is currently broadcasting in the upper left. During halftime of the women's basketball game against Iowa State, a video spot on freshman guard Leti Romero plays for K-StateHD.TV viewers, while a magic show happens mid-court for attendees of the game.
Broadcast director Andy Liebsch runs down the list of commercials and what is being shown during the broadcast's halftime show, while pushing a button to speak with one of his cameramen within Bramlage.
Broadcast director Andy Liebsch points out a camera feed, directing technical director Gardner Jordan, who is manning the video mixing board, to fade into it after the K-StateHD.TV logo.
For basketball games which are produced in-house, the K-StateHD.TV crew produces the broadcast from within these trucks parked at the top of the tunnel on the south side of Bramlage Coliseum.
For basketball games which are produced in-house, the K-StateHD.TV crew produces the broadcast from within these trucks parked at the top of the tunnel on the south side of Bramlage Coliseum.
