I’ve noticed that sports channels are able to upload a highlight reel for YouTube so fast. Doesn’t it normally take hours to edit a video?
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I actually work for a company that specializes in this field! Basically there’s a lot of monitoring going on during the game. Have you ever seen a BTS photo from a newsroom where the control room is just tons of monitors and buttons? Pretty much any high end stadium will have a room like that for capturing all the audio and video for the game. There will be a main director calling out which cameras to switch to and what plays to clip for highlights. As tech advances in broadcast there’s also ways to automatically track players to easily get stats and follow big plays. For example in the NBA players wear tags that collect all sorts of data and allow for cameras to track players.
Also, away teams will often have big production trucks that have all the equipment necessary to do their own editing using the feed from the stadium. That way the away team can make highlight packages with stories focused on their players.
Same tech is used for instant replays and video assisted referee.
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