The Southern Ontario/WNY Radio-TV Forum / Canadian TV crews televising sports from the United States

**Posted by Ale Ont** May 7, 2025 10:30 pm

This is something I have wondered over the years, and the wise people on this board may have the answer.
When Canadian sports team play in the United States, do they use their own mobile? Do they bring a full crew or being a skeleton crew and hire technicians from the the U.S.? Do they have to hire locals?

**Posted by paterson1** May 8, 2025 9:17 am

I don't know for certain but I do know the major networks like Sportsnet and TSN all have their own mobile units which they use for their broadcasts. Rogers and Bell co-own Dome Productions which has a total of 18 HD production trucks that cover professional sports all over North America. https://www.domeproductions.com/about-us/#:~:text=Dome%20Productions%20is%20North%20America's,Rogers%20Media%20and%20Bell%20Media.
I found this article which was kind of interesting. It is all about being a sports camera operator. From VOX..https://www.vox.com/2015/9/24/9391749/sports-camera-operator-tv

When I was in college at Conestoga, we once had a gentleman from CBC sports talk to us about sports television coverage. I remember he asked if anyone in our graduating year was interested in sports camerawork. He mentioned that the industry was in real need of camera operators for sports events and that the job included lots of travel and extensive training from CBC sports. This was in 1977, so I wonder how much this has changed in 2025.