Delivering Sports and Future Broadcast Professionals

Woody Hayes was the first major college football coach to use motion picture cameras as an instructional tool, and upon finding his student managers "completely inept" in classic Woody terms, he started the film and television instruction program at The Ohio State University. What began as a desire to use film, to teach both his athletes and his students, became a hallmark of the great teams he built and the many great coaches - like Bobby Knight - that were inspired by the fiery football coaching legend. Now, whether it's an account executive at a major ad agency or the latest directing talent at the Sundance film festival, you see the inspiration of a devoted educator. Similar to the influence Woody Hayes had on a generation of filmmakers and producers, Arlington ISD has partnered with venerable TV sports executive and philanthropic businessman Ed Frazier, founder of Home Sports Entertainment, and his daughter Kindle Coren, to deliver high-level sports broadcast instruction to area high school and college students. While big-name programs like Southlake Carroll are featured each year on broadcast television, only AISD games are shot in multi-camera, full-length digital broadcast quality for worldwide enjoyment on the web. For young military men and woman overseas in places like Afghanistan and Iraq, Penny Entertainment delivers home football broadcasts, in addition to making the games available for family members of athletes who live all over the country and around the world. That kind of far-reaching impact and worldwide availability is the true innovation the Internet has brought to broadcasting. As we watched the Beijing Olympics, many of the sports were available in full-length on the Internet, a concept that Penny Entertainment helped pioneer. With NBC and the NFL now agreeing to simulcast all Sunday night football games on the Internet, the promise of viewing TV-like programming online has become a reality. For a firsthand look, Bryan Yearg, PE's Senior Producer and an Arlington Bowie grad, recommends this year's football schedule, which will feature the talents of players like Matt Joeckle from Arlington High and Christian Matthews of Bowie. In a You Tube era, there are still sports fans out there that want to see the whole game and not just one play or a single player's accomplishments, and that's exactly what PE broadcasts deliver. More importantly, the program gives smart, aggressive young people like Mr. Yearg a chance to showcase their talents in one of the most competitive businesses in the world. Currently, area TV stations including KXAS Channel 5 and WFAA Channel 8 feature PE staffers like Chris Ghanbari and Jessica Trober. Now as industry professionals, both Trober and Ghanbari will continue their involvement as adult mentors in a program that combines instruction, industry mentoring, and a dedication to broadcasting excellence. Whether you just like great local sports action, or you want to see young people being successful in a vocational effort, PE delivers. - Log on at www.pennyentertainment.com.