Multi-Camera Sports Broadcast
Course-side cameras and race coverage were positioned to follow athletes through the event and create a coherent live story from start to finish.
Live sports broadcast case study
Mountain States Cup live broadcast.
Down The Wire Productions built course-wide live downhill mountain bike coverage for the Mountain States Cup, connecting field cameras, announcers, timing, graphics, replay workflows, sponsor inventory, streaming, and venue screens into one coordinated production.
The challenge
Broadcast an entire mountain, not just a finish line.
Downhill racing spreads the action across long, difficult terrain. The production had to connect camera positions across the course, keep commentary and timing aligned with the race, feed spectators in the venue, serve an online audience, and preserve sponsor visibility without slowing the event down.
23Camera sources supported in the live workflow
3,300 FTVertical mountain course environment
LIVE + VENUEOnline streaming and on-site audience delivery
END TO ENDPlanning, deployment, show operation, and strike
The production
Field infrastructure built around how downhill racing actually works.
The show connected the start gate, course positions, commentary, timing, graphics, venue presentation, sponsors, and online viewers through one coordinated workflow. The system was designed around a remote outdoor sports environment rather than forcing a studio workflow onto the mountain.
Commentary, Graphics & Timing
Announcers, race information, sponsor elements, timing, and live production were integrated into a single audience-facing show.
Streaming + Venue Screens
The same production supported viewers online and spectators on site, extending live race coverage beyond the finish corral.
Independent coverage
The broadcast was recognized in Mountain States Cup race reporting.
Pinkbike's September 5, 2026 race report for the Mountain States Cup finale credits the live broadcast to Down The Wire Productions and describes the series' effort to bring every category and rider to the live audience. An earlier Grand Targhee race report also credits Down The Wire and highlights the value riders found in being able to watch live course conditions before their runs.
Sports broadcast production
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Down The Wire builds live sports productions around the venue, terrain, audience, sponsorship goals, and technical realities of the event. Based in Colorado and available for productions nationwide.
From camera positions and field fiber to replay, graphics, commentary, comms, streaming, and venue screens, we can build the complete workflow or support the parts your existing team needs.
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