The SVG Podcast: Jamie Reynolds, VP, Production, ESPN

Talking tennis production with the ESPN live at the US Open

On this edition of The SVG Podcast, we are are live at the US Open in Flushing, NY, to sit down with ESPN VP, Production, Jamie Reynolds. Now in its third year of an 11-year rights deal, ESPN will have delivered more than 130 hours of coverage on ESPN and ESPN2 and 1,300-plus hours of streaming coverage by the time the tournament concludes on Sunday. In addition, ESPN is once again playing the role of host broadcaster, serving the USTA and its international rightsholders.

A fixture of ESPN’s Grand Slam production team for more than a decade, Reynolds oversees ESPN’s productions at the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open.

SVG Chief Editor Jason Dachman sat down with Reynolds at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (NTC) on the Friday of Championship Weekend to discuss his team’s production efforts at this year’s Open. In addition, Reynolds discussed how the NTC’s continuing renovations have impacted ESPN, the latest technology being deployed for the production, how his team keeps up with the massive amount of content being produced, his contrasting production philosophy for covering ESPN’s three Grand Slams, and much more. 

The SVG Podcast is for the sports-video–production professional looking to keep up with the latest in operations and technology. The program features interviews with some of the biggest, most influential names in the sports-video business discussing trends and topics that are making an impact on the industry.

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