Career Tour: Amazon Prime Video Sports
Go behind the scenes of live sports broadcasting and see how matches reach millions in real time. Explore the technology, teamwork, and careers powering the future of sport.
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Students aged 13+ are welcome to apply!
Get a certificate upon completion
Approximately 6-8 hours of content
How does a live match get from a stadium to millions of screens in real time? In this Career Tour with Amazon Prime Video Sports, you'll go behind the broadcast to discover the technology, talent, and split-second decisions that keep the stream running. From camera operators to cloud engineers, there's more to live sport than what happens on the pitch.
Meet your guides Mia and Rome as they kick off the tour. You'll get a taste of what it takes to broadcast a live match to millions of viewers, and find out why the action off the pitch is just as fast-paced as what happens on it.
Meet Betsy Riley, a Senior Coordinating Producer at Amazon Prime Video Sports. She'll walk you through how everything from stadium microphones to aerial camera shots come together, and explain the role of the people who turn a live event into the broadcast you see on screen.
Bjorn, a Technical and Productions Operations Manager, explains how live data travels across the globe to reach your screen. You'll learn about content delivery networks, how they shorten the distance data needs to travel, and why latency matters so much in live sport.
Ever wondered why streams buffer? In this stop, you'll find out how teams monitor live events in real time to spot and fix problems, sometimes before viewers even notice! You'll also discover the concept of redundancy and why having a backup plan is essential in live broadcasting.
Who decides what new features get added to your streaming app? In this stop, a product manager at Prime Video Sports explains how fan feedback becomes software, and how AI is being used to generate personalised highlight reels automatically.
An applied scientist reveals how data and machine learning are changing the way we watch sport. You'll discover how algorithms can predict exciting moments in a match, and how that data shapes the viewing experience for millions of fans.
Mia and Rome reflect on everything they've discovered about the world of sports broadcasting. Join them as they piece together the full picture, from the stadium to the screen, and reflect on the wide range of careers that make live sport possible.
Meet your guides Mia and Rome as they kick off the tour. You'll get a taste of what it takes to broadcast a live match to millions of viewers, and find out why the action off the pitch is just as fast-paced as what happens on it.
Meet Betsy Riley, a Senior Coordinating Producer at Amazon Prime Video Sports. She'll walk you through how everything from stadium microphones to aerial camera shots come together, and explain the role of the people who turn a live event into the broadcast you see on screen.
Bjorn, a Technical and Productions Operations Manager, explains how live data travels across the globe to reach your screen. You'll learn about content delivery networks, how they shorten the distance data needs to travel, and why latency matters so much in live sport.
Ever wondered why streams buffer? In this stop, you'll find out how teams monitor live events in real time to spot and fix problems, sometimes before viewers even notice! You'll also discover the concept of redundancy and why having a backup plan is essential in live broadcasting.
Who decides what new features get added to your streaming app? In this stop, a product manager at Prime Video Sports explains how fan feedback becomes software, and how AI is being used to generate personalised highlight reels automatically.
An applied scientist reveals how data and machine learning are changing the way we watch sport. You'll discover how algorithms can predict exciting moments in a match, and how that data shapes the viewing experience for millions of fans.
Mia and Rome reflect on everything they've discovered about the world of sports broadcasting. Join them as they piece together the full picture, from the stadium to the screen, and reflect on the wide range of careers that make live sport possible.
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