Massive Kentucky Derby Production ‘Like a Super Bowl’ for NBC Sports Group

On May 7, 2016 - TV History

Producing Today’s Kentucky Derby…A Mega Job For NBC

With 300 crew members, 54 cameras, 15 announcers, and half a dozen mobile units, this is a big day for NBC Sports. Here’s the story, and when race time comes, and you have your mint julep, you can toast the many making the effort to bring it to you. -Bobby Ellerbee

Massive Kentucky Derby Production ‘Like a Super Bowl’ for NBC Sports Group

Fifteen years ago, when NBC Sports took over the broadcasting rights for the first gem in horse racing’s Triple Crown, NBC’s 90-minute Kentucky Derby …

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8 Comments

  1. Rich Saul May 9, 2016

    Very impressive. A lot of work going into a two minute race. I like the women in their fancy hats.

  2. Jim De Francesco May 8, 2016

    Great stuff this…

  3. Frank McCoy May 8, 2016

    We’re there any cameras on the horses or jockeys?

  4. Howard Malley May 7, 2016

    Not at all like the old days in sports coverage. I remember football games with 4 or 5 cameras.

  5. George Thurman May 7, 2016

    WOW. !

  6. Bill Parinello May 7, 2016

    Impressive. Good luck

  7. Steve Dichter May 7, 2016

    Sounds impressive. Hopefully not over kill and sacrificing the basic coverage of a horserace with too many distracting shots during the actual race itself.

  8. Peter Sullivan May 7, 2016

    Here’s NBC’s Transmission working on it right now!