The broadcast lag from Qatar was so small, only half a second, that the team and its regional sports network, MASN, ended up incorporating interactive shots throughout the game with in-game host Mike Ploger also present. Their father’s opening pitch was pre-recorded just in case of transmission issues. Bitfire, the remote production business, and Babtel, a well-known Middle Eastern communication provider, collaborated on this project. “We ended up doing more live elements than we had even thought,” stated Ben Smith, Executive Director of Game Production & Engineering at Washington, “because the latency ended up being so little and the solution ended up being so solid.” “We succeeded in achieving not only the stretch goals but also the fundamental tasks, such as reacting to outstanding plays.”
