How do you build a ballpark today and not think about camera positions?
Word is that the new Stadium is not particularly conducive to television cameras. The camera behind home plate, for instance, will have to shoot through the protective netting. Unlike the steeper old Stadium, there is no position to get a clean shot from that angle.
YES folks also say the camera locations down the lines are not optimal. There is already talk that YES, ESPN and other broadcast entities will request changes.
Having worked a bit in television, I have a certain fondness for the park formerly known as Jacobs Field. You drove the broadcast truck into an underground basement, plugged into a port, and your were on the air. Any stadium or arena built today should be broadcast ready from day one. After all, that’s where most of the money comes from.
Posted by David Pinto at 12:08 pm | Broadcasts, Stadiums | Permalink | 1 Comment
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March 30th, 2009 @ 10:53 am
Actually, I was under the impression that most clubs make more money from selling tickets than from broadcasts. Of course, if any club is an exception to that, it would be the Yankees.