The RoboShow: Orlando

[Steven Donow]

Yes! An actual sporting-event like broadcast of a FIRST event! I can't wait for this!

[Hallry]

Originally Posted by stevend1994

Yes! An actual sporting-event like broadcast of a FIRST event! I can't wait for this!

Hmm maybe the MAR Champs can be next, Steve?

[AllenGregoryIV]

Well they do it for Michigan champs, just not live, because it's hard to do FRC live.

http://www.dptv.org/ondemand/special/robotics2012.shtml

[Steven Donow]

Originally Posted by Hallry

Hmm maybe the MAR Champs can be next, Steve?

I'm game

[PVCpirate]

As my high school football team's play-by-play guy for 3 years, I would love to do something like this in Manchester. It would probably be more fun than competing!

[Jason Rudolph]

We've got a lot planned for the show. It won't simply be coverage of the matches. We are going to be doing packages about all aspects of the event, interviews with teams, coverage of award winners, etc. We are looking to bring high production value coverage of the event to the masses. We are very lucky to have gotten together a great group of people with lots of production experience, who are also alumni of FRC and can bring that unique perspective that only someone who has been a part of this incredible organization can.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by stevend1994

Yes! An actual sporting-event like broadcast of a FIRST event! I can't wait for this!

Michigan hasa been doing this for a few years now. I've seen a couple of them on Youtube with sideline reporters and Paul Copioli as color analyst the first year and I think Dave Verbrugge last year. Working MSC the production was a lot less invasive than the crew who worked the FIRST championship in 2011 and the documentary crew who just seemed to be in the way in Florida in 2009 at every turn in 2009.

[dag0620]

This seems like such a great idea! Looking forward to watching it and checking it out!

Hopefully we can see this similar idea expand to more events in future years.