The L.A. LIVE complex in downtown Los Angeles is more than just the Staples Center. And this past week, with the NBA on-site for a wide variety of NBA All-Star Game–related activities, the entire facility was running at full speed: from the hotels to the plazas, movie theater, Convention Center, and the AEG Digtial Media (AEGDM) TV-production facilities.
The production facilities served as home base for 10 NBA TV programs. It was a logical alternative to locating the NBA TV operations in a production truck on the Event Deck, where trucks from Turner Sports, Game Creek, NCP, and NEP were handling the events that took place in the Staples Center. It also gave NBA TV an optimal set location overlooking Staples Center and L.A. LIVE.
“We wanted the atmosphere of being in the middle of the Staples Center,” says Chris Brown, director of technical operations for NBA Digital.
The AEGDM facilities also simplified cabling needs since the facility is tied into the fiber network that puts all the venues and hotels on the same fiber ring. So, when player and coach media events were held in the JW Marriott hotel, the production team could easily get video and audio back to the NBA TV control room at AEGDM.
