LIVE PRODUCTION AND GLOBAL TRANSMISSION:

WORKING OUT THE LOGISTICS Alyson Jackson, VP Production Management, International

Gabby Redfern, SVP Media Operations EMEA

SKYWIRE LIVE WITH NIK WALLENDA

• 30.4 million viewers in 186 countries viewed LIVE • #1 weekend programme in all of television in

total viewers and across all key demos in the US • 1.3m tweets – peaking at nearly 40,000

tweets/min making social media history for Discovery Channel

• #1 most social Sunday (non-sports/non-award) show telecast ever in US

GLOBAL CO-ORDINATION Challenges: • Global mindset • Language

customisation • Clock and break

patterns lock off

MEDIA OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Challenges: • Live production • Facilities • Simultaneous

translation • Time zone • Contingent plans

WHAT NEXT?