As the tennis-loving world tunes in for Wimbledon 2025, CMSI and Remote Picture Labs (RPL) are once again behind the scenes, transforming the way ESPN handles post-production. Building on the successful work at Wimbledon in 2024, CMSI and RPL have moved all of ESPN’s editing operations to CMSI’s fully cloud-based platform.

This year, the editing infrastructure is entirely decentralized, with systems operating across multiple locations including Connecticut, Los Angeles, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Editors are collaborating from ESPN headquarters, regional editing houses, and their own homes (in their boxer shorts, with dogs supervising, probably). Every edit system is connected through the RPL cloud, enabling seamless global coordination.

At the heart of the workflow is Avid Media Composer and Avid MediaCentral, two of the industry’s most trusted tools for broadcast editing. File transfers are handled by Signiant, while transcoding and quality control rely on Telestream Vantage. ESPN’s ingest and playout operations are managed with EVS IPDirector, and editors connect securely through HP Anyware, which ensures high-performance remote access across the board.

The power of CMSI’s cloud-based approach, combined with RPL’s proven platform, gives ESPN the flexibility to build teams that span continents while still maintaining the speed and precision required for live-event storytelling. By running all editing systems on the RPL cloud, ESPN can meet the tight turnaround times of a Grand Slam tournament without sacrificing creative quality.

Once again, CMSI and RPL are helping redefine what’s possible in remote broadcast production. And those supervising work-from-home dogs are finally getting paid to watch tennis balls for a whole different reason.