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Episode description
00:00 - Intro to Episode #27
01:30 - How Dave Kroner got into sports television
02:58 - What Dave wanted to do as a career in sports television
04:20 - What he has seen change over the years with the graphics technology
08:20 - The different types of graphics used on sports tv broadcasts
11:12 - Dave’s role as Sr. Graphics Developer at ESPN
13:30 - How graphics is different internationally
16:12 - Differences working with global sports networks versus regional
19:00 - What goes into designing an on-air graphics look and the relationship with the client
22:15 - What Dave’s process was for creating the Sports In The Making insert graphics look
25:05 - How Dave created the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) graphics look
29:20 - Dave explains the designs that went into creating Marquee’s bug graphics
31:30 - The relationship between the producer, graphics producer and graphics person
35:45 - What went into ESPN’s now defunct 3D graphics package
37:30 - The most memorable graphics package that Dave has worked on in his career
39:00 - How Dave has been able to see the world by working in sports graphics departments
40:10 - How Dave created a company called Xtreme Ninja Challenge (ENC), an obstacle course
45:00 - What ENC is about for participants
47:10 - What Dave would like viewers to know about what graphics does
49:20 - What memorabilia Dave has that is special to him
51:10 - Dave’s favorite sports movie
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