The shift comes as the show studios move from ABC’s West 66th St. headquarters to Disney’s Times Square Studios on 44th and Broadway in New York City. As reported by Broadcasting & Cable:

Countdown will be produced out of Control Room A at Times Square, which features a Sony production switcher, Calrec Sigma audio console and a Miranda monitor wall system. ESPN production staff has enhanced the control room with the addition of a Quantel server, which links via fiber to ESPN’s massive Quantel-based highlights operation in Bristol, as well as Vizrt graphics and two EVS X2 replay servers.

The transmission links with Bristol include 10 southbound hi-def feeds and two northbound HD feeds, along with associated data for the Quantel system. ESPN has also improved its RVON intercom connectivity with both Bristol and 66th St., which still serves as the master-control hub for all the games airing on the ABC network.

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