Podchaser Logo
Home
Terry Brady - Broadcast Operations Consultant & Former Director of Operations, ESPN

Terry Brady - Broadcast Operations Consultant & Former Director of Operations, ESPN

Released Thursday, 1st December 2022
Good episode? Give it some love!
Terry Brady - Broadcast Operations Consultant & Former Director of Operations, ESPN

Terry Brady - Broadcast Operations Consultant & Former Director of Operations, ESPN

Terry Brady - Broadcast Operations Consultant & Former Director of Operations, ESPN

Terry Brady - Broadcast Operations Consultant & Former Director of Operations, ESPN

Thursday, 1st December 2022
Good episode? Give it some love!
Rate Episode

00:00 - Episode Introduction

01:45 - How Terry and I met working in the Dominican Baseball League for ESPN (with some pictures)

03:15 - Terry’s thoughts about Dominican Baseball

04:10 - Terry’s memory of visiting with Baseball HOF Pitcher Juan Marichal

05:55 - What an Operations Producer does

07:45 - How Ops Producers are able to save a show and what the preparation is to make sure a show goes off well

09:40 - How Terry got into the sports tv business

14:15 - One of Terry’s first events with ESPN was on the World Cup

14:55 - Terry’s reporting days dealing with sheep

16:40 - Why Terry chose operations instead of other jobs in television

18:50 - When an Operations Producer’s job begins once the network gets the rights to an event

22:12 - Most significant change in tv production from Terry’s perspective

23:55 - How each event dictates what goes into the operations

26:15 - The number of events Terry has worked on outside the U.S. and how tv is the same or different

28: 55 - Of the many high profile sports Terry’s worked on, which is his favorite

33:05 - What an Ops Producer does once the event starts

35:10 - Some notable people Terry has met

36:40 - Meeting the Phillie Phanatic mascot

37:55 - What goes into winning an Emmy from the operations side

39:35 - How the operations department prepares for the worst scenarios

43:55 - How operations teams work in all kinds of weather and need to have the right skills

46:45 - The difference between remote production operations and studio production operations

49:30 - What qualities are good for people to have when working in production operations

51:15 - What his favorite credential is from all of the events he’s worked on

52:45 - Wrap of episode

###

More Episodes: Dave Raymond, The Original Phillie Phanatic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emA-0xQ4jws&t=1427s

 Andrew Irvine, MLB The Show Producer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwM9CGHRz_0&t=3s

Marc Rowley, Inventor of Pylon Cam - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC5cMC3JkdA&t=9s

Claudia Trejos - Boxing Broadcaster & Hall of Famer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mntXcgXajOw&t=10s

Show More

Unlock more with Podchaser Pro

  • Audience Insights
  • Contact Information
  • Demographics
  • Charts
  • Sponsor History
  • and More!
Pro Features