SportCenter, stand by.
Stand by.
SportsCenter live, 3, 2, 1. You’re live.
I think ESPN is driven by sports enthusiasts.
For every live event, who’s the presenter?
Who's the analyst? Who's the commentator?
Live sports is happening 24-7, every hour, every minute of every day.
And there's nothing to compare to live television where not every week is the same.
We have ESPN channels in the Netherlands, in Africa and China.
Trying to get all the information together,
and, in the end, making the inbound transmission possible with our partners.
Well, that's the real challenge, to get it
and running when the game is.
A couple of years back, we did everything in Excel.
There was a big possibility that you’d make a mistake
or that you forgot something and did not communicate
in a good manner with your director.
And that's because it didn't go automatically.
So you cannot undo it.
So those kinds of things were really killing us sometimes.
And in the end, when you grow, then that won't work anymore.
That's impossible.
Well, the idea for FileMaker, Claris FileMaker, came from the playouts
because they needed a system really bad to work with
our production partner over here in the studios.
And now with Claris, everything is within one system.
Everything speaks with each other, and it makes my life
a lot easier.
Kempen Automatisering is a custom software development party.
Hosting, integrations, web portals, websites.
ESPN was having a lot of trouble with data,
scattered data around the company.
So they needed, really, a centralized database for accessing
so everybody had the same data.
So we made a nice-looking timeline,
a graphical interface where they can see the free spots.
We have the event scheduler up front.
We have a piece working where we plan
our talents and directors and communicate with them.
On the other hand, we ‘re doing all our transmissions
and connections and events, additional stuff, it’s in there.
There’s daily info. There’s a document archive.
Our operators’ and directors’ planning is in there.
Well, for me it's very easy. I have it on my phone
and it's very quick for me because I like when it's quick
because I'm always in a hurry.
And then I just see where I have to be, what time I have to be there,
who I'm working with, and hopefully not too many surprises.
We integrated the system with NEP broadcasting firm here, so
everything's working smooth. Yeah.
So I'm really happy when I see
a screen without any colors because that means
we have our planning up to date.
Everything is fine, no question marks.
If you have a challenging planning
with all kinds of live events, with all kinds of durations,
with all kinds of people involved, then this would really work.
Saves you time. Saves you money.
Claris works for us
the same way we try to work for our viewers and our fans.
Our motto is “For the fans. Everywhere. Every time.”
That's basically what Claris does for us
to make that work for our fans.