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EuroBasket 2025 - one of the biggest basketball events of the year. I had the honor of working there as an EVS operator. The workload was intense, and there was enormous pressure to deliver every moment in the best possible way. In this episode, I’ll show you how keywords in EVS IPDirector helped us during the production. Keyword is a simple, powerful word you attach to a video clip. Think of it like a digital sticky note or a label you put on a box. Instead of scrolling for

(This applies not only to EVS , but the same “default duration mindset” translates perfectly to RIEDEL SIMPLY LIVE  and other replay systems  like GRASS VALLEY K2 DYNO .) In live replay, time is your most expensive currency. The faster you can create clean, usable clips , the more brainpower you keep for what really matters: storytelling, replay timing, and staying calm when production goes full chaos. One of the most underrated time-savers is simply this: Set a  Default Clip

Want to name your clip before  it’s saved? Go to: Preferences → Clipping → Open Edit Clip when creating a clip → set to “Yes”. Voilà — the Edit Clip  window opens instantly, so you can type the name and confirm. 📚 Broadcast Academy https://www.universityoftelevision.com/broadcast-academy 🎓 Live Broadcast Masterclass with The London School of English (British Council Accredited) https://www.londonschool.com/course-landing-pages/live-broadcast-masterclass/ 📩 Broadcast Pulse

Why SimplyLive Flex is actually flexible: storage is a workflow feature “Flexible” is one of those words that gets overused in broadcast… until you hit day 3 of a tournament, the producer asks for another long-form supercut, and you realize your real bottleneck isn’t the UI — it’s time on disk. That’s why I love this simple thought: Flex is flexible because it can hold your show. Not 2 hours. Not “maybe 6 if we’re careful.” Hundreds of hours — depending on your storage config