{"id":11731,"date":"2024-12-30T08:13:16","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T14:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin-new\/?post_type=campus_story&p=11731"},"modified":"2025-01-02T09:42:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T15:42:42","slug":"game-changing-tech-upgrades-proposed-for-award-winning-uwo-radio-tv-film-program","status":"publish","type":"campus_story","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/story\/game-changing-tech-upgrades-proposed-for-award-winning-uwo-radio-tv-film-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Game changing tech upgrades proposed for award-winning UWO Radio TV Film program"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By day, Dylan Przybylski is sports director for Titan TV in the Radio TV Film (RTF) program.<\/p>\n

By weekend, when the Green Bay Packers are\u00a0in town, Lambeau Field is Przybylski\u2019s classroom, studio and workplace.<\/p>\n

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Dylan Przybylski, left, is sports director for Titan TV at UW Oshkosh.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The UWO student is part of the production team commanding Tundra Vision\u2014the in-stadium crew that controls\u00a0 \u00a0Lambeau\u2019s video and audio production, mammoth digital scoreboard and overall multimedia game experience.<\/p>\n

So, Przybylski already knows what the highest level of broadcast and game-experience TV production looks like. And that\u2019s why he\u2019s an advocate for a game changing investment in technology that would, in part, enhance the connection between two UWO athletics venues and Titan TV\u2019s UWO learning-laboratory studios for future broadcasters and multimedia producers.<\/p>\n

The Universities of Wisconsin and the Board of Regents have advanced $3.7 million in their 2025-27 capital budget to fund technology upgrades, including a fiber optic data line, connecting Titan Stadium and Kolf Sports Center to UWO\u2019s Radio TV Film program studios in the campus Arts and Communication Center. The Titan TV control room will also be outfitted with new technology to modernize production capabilities closer to industry standards RTF graduates will work with.<\/p>\n

\u201cI see the big benefits of this project from a wide perspective, as it doesn\u2019t only enhance sports but all live productions that students work on,\u201d Przybylski said. \u201cIt allows us (students) to be engaged in more modern technology, which we then can apply to the workforce post-graduation. As someone who is working for Tundra Vision with the Green Bay Packers, I am seeing firsthand how fiber connections benefit both the in-house production and the network companies as they share camera signals.\u201d<\/p>\n

One step ahead<\/h3>\n

The proposed UWO technology improvements will eliminate the need for student crews in the award-winning RTF program to haul bulky, outdated production equipment such as mixers and monitors to each venue for football, soccer, basketball, volleyball and other gameday productions.<\/p>\n

The project will resolve issues related to outdated teaching practices, accessibility, and equipment travel costs, according to a Universities of Wisconsin synopsis which cites the opportunity to provide RTF students a modern, remote-production experience akin to those in the broadcasting industry.<\/p>\n

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Ed Martini<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThis investment recognizes that Titan TV gameday productions at Titan Stadium and Kolf Sports Center represent one of UWO\u2019s best examples of experiential learning,\u201d Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Ed Martini said.<\/p>\n

\u201cUWO RTF students continue to win awards for their stellar sports productions, and so many go on to incredible careers in broadcasting and film,\u201d Martini said. \u201cEarning this investment in our program will, no question, ensure students only get more relevant learning opportunities to create network-caliber productions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Next up for the project: Earning the Wisconsin Legislature\u2019s and Governor Tony Evers\u2019 endorsement as part of the Universities of Wisconsin\u2019s two-year capital budget.<\/p>\n

The project also represents a timely investment in an academic program entering its seventh decade. The RTF program celebrates 60 years at this year\u2019s UWO Homecoming weekend, October 18 through October 20. The program\u2019s Titan TV operations is itself marking 50 years.<\/p>\n

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Justine Stokes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThis upgrade allows us to replicate how any major sport is being done right now,\u201d said Justine Stokes, Titan TV General Manager. \u201c\u2026 Can we replicate what the industry is doing and what our alumni are seeing? Can we get those methods here on site? We have a great Athletics program; they\u2019re doing well. They want to see their stuff covered at the caliber they are playing. So, I\u2019m really excited for it. Instead of students spending two hours moving gear, you\u2019re really focused on the product and what you\u2019re giving to the viewer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Przybylski said he and his peers know the gear-hauling challenges well.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs one of the sports directors for Titan TV sports, I work firsthand hauling all the equipment from site to site, setting up early call times for our crew and working long hours on productions. The fiber line project would eliminate these issues. Fiber being added to the university would allow the sports program to bring half of the equipment on-site while the rest is already at our station. It would allow our news team to take more live shots and give more variety for our news production. It would allow a much more modern production scene on campus that can give students another tool in their toolbox.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stokes said Titan TV\u2019s track record for delivering quality learning experiences while generating nationally recognized productions certainly justifies the investment.<\/p>\n

The award-winning program currently boasts two of four finalists for the National Student Production Awards for NCAA basketball productions, she said. UWO RTF continues to compete against prominent schools of communication and broadcasting around the country.<\/p>\n

RTF also earned the Universities of Wisconsin Regents Teaching Excellence Award in 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis upgrade will let us go to that next level that I know we can get to, that I know my students are capable of,\u201d Stokes said.<\/p>\n

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Written by UW-Oshkosh News Bureau<\/p>\n

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