Live production expertise with systems thinking
Sam Heitzman is a live production specialist and broadcast consultant based in Manchester, working with sports organisations, venues and education partners to design and deliver reliable live broadcast workflows.
Practical experience under live conditions
Sam's work combines hands-on live sports and event production with deep technical knowledge of cameras, audio, graphics, data, networking, and streaming distribution. Over the past 15 years, he has delivered, designed, and supported live production workflows across sports leagues, corporate conferences, educational partners, and digital media channels.
Specializing in vMix software production consoles alongside physical SDI, NDI, Dante, and SRT signal distribution, Heitzman Media Production builds technical frameworks that are highly resilient, scalable, and easy to operate. Our core focus is on removing single-point-of-failure risks and creating smooth workflows that volunteers, staff, or student crews can run confidently under time constraints.
Based in Manchester, Sam works with sports clubs, corporate clients, and creative institutions across the UK, delivering regular live sports broadcasts and professional hybrid conference streams.
Technical Scope & Expertise:
- ■ Based in Manchester, working UK-wide
- ■ 15+ years live production experience
- ■ Multi-camera sports & event delivery
- ■ Specialist in practical, repeatable workflows
- ■ vMix system rack integration
- ■ SDI, NDI, Dante & SRT networks
- ■ Scoreboard data & graphics overlay link
- ■ Operator training & documentation handover
Delivering broadcasts across multiple disciplines
Practical, hands-on production and engineering across live sports leagues, hybrid conferences, and creative webcasts.
Indoor Courts
Extensive experience in basketball and netball broadcasts, integrating Bodet and Daktronics scoreboard clocks, shot clock graphics, and overhead robotic camera systems.
Outdoor Pitches
Football, rugby, and tournament matchday production. Weatherproofing camera connections, routing over long distances (fiber/SDI), and setting up wireless commentary links.
Events & Conferences
Hybrid webcasts, AGM streams, and multi-camera panel events. Combining slide layouts, presenter returns, and audio integration for clients like TABI and Manchester Poetry Library.
Education & Training
Designing studio layouts and training curricula for media students and university production crews, enabling groups to independently deliver match broadcasts.
Real-Time Data Automation for Court Sports
We don’t just deploy standard broadcast systems—we build the software that runs them. I created CourtSync to bridge the gap between official data feeds (Genius Sports / FIBA LiveStats) and on-air graphics engines. By turning raw data into ready-to-air vMix endpoints and commentator dashboards, CourtSync ensures absolute data accuracy for live sports productions.
Visit CourtSync.co.uk →Genius Sports & FIBA Integration
A local venue or cloud collector that feeds live team statistics, lineups, and commentator tools under game-day pressure.
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