CMSI Chosen To Produce Historic 12-Team College Football Playoff for ESPN

Creative Mobile Solutions Inc. (CMSI) is playing a key role in ESPN’s expanded College Football Playoff coverage. The new 12-team CFP format debuts in the 2024–2025 season. This historic change introduces a 12-team format to the College Football Playoff. The shift promises to boost excitement and make the postseason more inclusive.

As a result, CMSI has played a key role in ESPN’s college football production. The team consistently introduces innovations that improve pre-production, live production, and post-production efficiency. Over the years, CMSI has helped ESPN increase both the quantity and quality of its live event coverage. They also support editing of featured content and capturing specialty footage. This has grown to include remote video editing capabilities, which have become crucial in delivering high-quality broadcasts in a cost-effective manner.

Looking ahead, CMSI will provide personnel, expertise, equipment, and services both remotely and in the cloud for all rounds of the expanded College Football Playoff, building on its experience covering first-round matchups. This expanded role underscores ESPN’s confidence in CMSI’s ability to scale up and deliver Emmy-winning production value as the demand for enhanced coverage grows.

To underscore this partnership: “This is a huge moment for college football, and we’re excited to help ESPN bring this historic change to life,” says Noah Gusdorff, President at CMSI. “Our focus is to ensure that ESPN’s broadcasts remain top-tier at every stage of production, especially as the playoff format evolves to meet fan expectations. As ESPN expands its coverage and footage needs, our solutions seamlessly scale to support their production teams.”

As ESPN prepares to elevate its coverage of this highly anticipated CFP expansion, CMSI will continue to prioritize innovation, efficiency, and excellence in its production support.

Source : Sports Video Group