Cannes Film Festival - ENG Coverage and Live Web Production

Each spring Woods TV travels to the French Riviera to cover the Cannes Film Festival for the American cable channel IFC. We provide a staff Producer, an ENG crew and full facilities for 12 days of round-the-clock production. In 2008 we also produced live content for IFC's web site, including a 24-hour web cam and a daily multi-camera web show from a balcony overlooking the red carpet. It was the next best thing to being there.

2011 Women's World Cup - Mobile Studio Facility

For the 2011 Women's World Cup Woods TV joined forces with Movico to provide ESPN with a state-of-the-art mobile studio truck for their live daily coverage from Germany. The unit incorporates a hydraulic platform that can rise 3.5 meters above the ground and expend to create a fully enclosed 26 square meter studio set. The first floor expands to provide space for technical facilities. We outfitted the truck with three studio cameras, a build-out HD MCR with full video/audio facilities, an RF camera and jib. ESPN then branded the unit, dubbed it "Big Blue" and sent it throughout Germany as its primary on-site studio for live pre-game, halftime and post-game coverage. 

The Tour de France, The America's Cup and More...

Since 2001, Woods TV has been working alongside the American sports network Versus for its live daily coverage of the Tour de France. Each summer we provide a pair of OB vans, a mobile studio truck, ENG crews, non-linear edit facilities, a crew of 75 and complete logistical coordination. Over four weeks we move the production through more than 20 different locations as Versus produces more than 100 hours of live coverage. Leading up to the Tour we also produce on-site ENG coverage of select European cycling races, including the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix and the Giro d'Italia. In 2007 we did a double feature for Versus, first for the America's Cup in Valencia, Spain with a build-out MCR/studio and a crew of 30, followed immediately by a full production for the Tour de France. 

Mo'Nique's Fat Chance for Don Weiner Productions - Multi-camera Reality Production

After two successful runs on the Oxygen channel in the United States, the hit American reality show "Mo'Nique's Fat Chance" decided to base its third season in Paris. Woods TV worked closely with the show’s producers to identify and secure more than 20 separate locations for seven days of shooting. In order to avoid a costly PAL to NTSC transfer, we proposed four HD XD Cam ENG kits, each equipped with a PD-6 audio recording deck and up to six RF microphones. We crewed a local team of bi-lingual cameramen, audio engineers, lighting directors, set designers, hair/make-up artists and PAs. Then for the fashion show finale we secured and lit one of Paris’s most spectacular ballrooms.

Formula 1 - Live and Taped Race Coverage

In 2005 CBS Sports broadcast Formula 1 racing for the first time in its history, and it did so again in 2006. Working with a small budget but a strong desire to enhance the international feed they called on Woods to produce their on-site coverage for races in Monaco, Germany, Italy, Spain and Canada. We provided an in-house Coordinating Producer, as well as a Pit Producer and a Race Spotter with extensive Formula 1 experience. We arrived on-site several days before each race with an SNG/OB van and an ENG crew to produce content for CBS’s pre-race segments. Then on race day we hustled to shoot and send back interviews on the grid, during the race and immediately after the checkered flag.

Real World for Bunim-Murray Productions - Multi-Camera Taped Production

In 2003 Bunim-Murray Productions hired Woods TV to provide a complete package of local personnel and services for its production of "Real World Paris" for MTV. We found and decorated the house in which the participants lived. We then sourced, payrolled and managed a local bi-lingual crew of more than 20, including directors, cameramen, audio engineers, set designers, lighting directors and coordinators for more than six months of around-the-clock production.

2007 The French Open - Live Daily Studio Show

In 2007 The Tennis Channel secured the US broadcast rights to the French Open, its first Grand Slam. In addition to live coverage of the tournament, they decided to expand their programming by producing a nightly studio show from multiple locations around Paris. Woods provided a mobile studio truck, with a three-camera studio up top, a build-out MCR down below and a jib all around. We then secured locations with some of the best views in the city, including the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, Bastille and the Chateau Vaux-le-Comte. Each day we set up the production in a new location and each night The Tennis Channel had one of the most stunning backdrops the world has to offer.

Inside the Actors Studio - Multi-Camera Taped Production

When Bravo's celebrated American television program "Inside the Actors Studio" decided to interview Juliette Binoche and Jeanne Moreau in France, they called on Woods TV. We took over one of Paris’ most opulent theatres. For two days of shooting we installed an extensive lighting package and six cameras isolated to an OB van parked outside. We assembled a bilingual team of cameramen and equipment operators, and we brought in one of France's top lighting directors. James, Juliette and Jeanne never looked so good.