The Field Runbooks
Free, printable, one page each. Tape them next to your encoder.
The Stream-Down Runbook
What to do in the first 90 seconds when your live stream drops. The 90-second triage and the four fixes.
Read it free → RUNBOOK 02The Pre-Flight Checklist
Ten checks, one minute each, for the ten minutes before you go live. How to stop most failures before they start.
Read it free →Who this is for
You didn't sign up to be a broadcast engineer. You just became the one by default.
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I'm Tommy Kenyon. I spent 15+ years in live sports broadcast ops with FOX Sports Southwest, Bally Sports, and FanDuel Sports Network, running streams where a dropped signal meant thousands of people staring at a frozen frame. Everything here comes from the operator's chair, not a spec sheet.