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Often with Gemstone Media, if you’ve seen one production, you’ve seen one of them.  That is to say, we pride ourselves on delivering purpose-built solutions in tune with each of our clients’ needs and budgets:  tailored, not templated.

Read below about some notable recent productions, and learn more about Gemstone Media’s scope of operations here.

USA Diving

Gemstone Media streamed two key events including Junior Nationals in Los Angeles, and Winter Nationals in Midland, Texas. We were able to stream every dive from both events over multiple streams with real-time graphics from Streamline using IP.

We were supported by TAKEITLIVE for video and technical assistance at both venues, sending us all the camera angles and audio over SRT.  We pulled those signals into our vMIX broadcast systems and streamed each event.

Multiple competitions happened at the same time, so by having multiple streams, it let the viewer choose with event they wanted to watch. During the Winter Nationals, we added more cameras and replay to the finals. These will become showcase pieces as USA Diving endeavors to be carried on ESPN.

American Conference CXC

Gemstone Media produced the American Conference Cross Country Championships in Concord, North Carolina.

We sent multiple cameras to the event, with the signals returning back to our home office using LiveU technology. A mixture of a cart cam, drone, and handheld cameras made for seamless cutting of the event with real time graphics provided by Manhattan Running.

“LiveU came in clutch as each camera was constantly being moved around the course to grab precise angles of each running group,” explained Tristan Morhous, Director & Production Supervisor.

Jacksonville University

We’ve mentioned our MPU-1 Truck shows previously, but when sports cross-overs are in effect, especially February and March, there’s so much more to cover than one truck and crew can produce.  This is where Gemstone employs more Fly Pack (as seen in the Instagram post) and REMI setups, to pull off the massive amount of games the Dolphins athletes play.

For a REMI, we send multiple LiveU Solos to campus, where all student camera operators are on-site with a Gemstone engineer.  The Solos stream the action back to our office, where the full production is cut and mixed, and transmitted to ESPN.  By using these workflows in addition to the truck, we are able to maximize the amount of games that Jacksonville University can broadcast per season.

“We don’t do one-size-fits-all, because no two teams or sports are alike,” emphasizes George Birnbaum, Gemstone Media’s CEO & Founder.

Gemstone Media has covered some of the best football matchups in The American Conference on ESPN.  This season we’ve traveled to the University of Alabama-Birmingham, East Carolina University, UNC-Charlotte, and the University of South Florida–with at least 9 games to go!  Here are some of our favorite behind the broadcast shots so far.

I reached out to another friend in the business, whom I have not worked with in almost 10 years, recalling his core production work in Southern California includes swimming and diving.   I explained to him the hurdle—or platform, as it were—and he countered, asking if I wanted to collaborate on this project, mainly because he was stretched with staff on another swimming event during this time.

My answer?  “Absolutely!”

His company, Takeitlive.com would be our LA “boots on the ground” handling camera positioning and operations, streaming encoder configuration and operation, along with intercoms and audio sends.

We also worked with another company—actually a Interventional Radiology Doctor—who built an application that provided live scoring graphics for each of the 600 divers, ranking them accordingly.  This was sent to Gemstone via internet and married to each of the cameras, to match what board each diver was competing on at that time.

The convergence of live cameras, audio, and graphics were done remotely, here at Gemstone in Jacksonville, along with insertion of event schedules, welcome messages, and sponsorship videos—all streaming live on the USA Diving YouTube channel.

Challenge accomplished!

“Gemstone was up for the challenge to cover CLAW’s inaugural draft. With it being a remote broadcast, there had to be constant communication between Atlantic City and Jacksonville. With our crew arriving a day early on site, this helped prepare us for the following night,” recalled Tristan Morhous, Director & Production Supervisor.

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For Immediate Release:

The CSX Hazardous Materials Team has chosen Gemstone Media for their Contractor of the Year award.  CSX officials praised the company for outstanding performance in developing a national training program for first responders.  Gemstone was chosen from among dozens of companies, system-wide, providing services to the railroad.

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Gemstone Media produced 96 ESPN+ broadcasts for Jacksonville University from August 2024 through May 2025!  We are honored to have played our part in this non-stop athletic season, we are delighted by its success, and we are proud to share these reflections.

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Gemstone Media produced the broadcast for the 2025 American Men’s Golf Championship, from opening tee to sudden-death playoff! 

Here are reflections from Maria Trivelpiece, Director of Video Communications and Reporter for the American Athletic Conference:

“Working the Men’s Golf Championship with Gemstone was fantastic. There was great coverage of the event throughout the course before, during and after play was going on. The ability to add multiple camera elements were great, and I think that the event was covered well making it a great experience for student-athletes. 

“As a reporter, the communication between myself and the producer was great as well and was happy to be a part of the event.”

Take a look inside Gemstone Media’s MPU-1 Mobile Production Unit.

With our MPU-1, Portable Production System, and Fly Pack, we can produce your event from anywhere, and broadcast it everywhere!

Gemstone Media is a versatile production company designed to help you tell and amplify your story.

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A testimonial received from Michael Kelly, University of South Florida Vice President for Athletics: 

Michael Kelly

“Gemstone Media Inc. has been an invaluable partner in elevating USF Athletics’ 21 programs through top-tier production quality and innovative storytelling while also inspiring the next generation of broadcasters through our student intern program.