Client
Blue Origin
Location
Van Horn, Texas; Kent, Washington; Washington, D.C.
Venue
Launch Site One
Year
2025
Broadcast Management Group partnered once again with Blue Origin to produce the live broadcasts of its NS-32 and NS-33 missions, marking the 32nd and 33rd flights of the New Shepard program, and two of the largest fully cloud-based REMI broadcasts ever executed.
NS-32 marked a pivotal shift for both BMG and the industry, as it showcased the power of BMG’s proprietary REMI workflow and its centralized production approach. Unlike NS-31, which required over 60 crew on-site in Texas and a full fleet of production vehicles, NS-32 was produced primarily from BMG’s Network Operations Center (NOC) in Washington, D.C., reducing the carbon footprint by approximately 90% without sacrificing visual complexity or production quality.
NS-33, which aired just weeks later, used the same cloud-powered infrastructure and production plan, validating the scalability, reliability, and repeatability of the system. With minimal on-site crew, full technical redundancy, and seamless integration across two coasts, both broadcasts represent the future of high-profile live production.
BMG delivered comprehensive technical management and infrastructure for both NS-32 and NS-33, utilizing a cloud-based REMI production model. This approach significantly reduced the on-site footprint while expanding production scale, flexibility, and redundancy.
At Launch Site One in Van Horn, Texas, BMG integrated 27 live camera feeds, including drones, robotic cameras, tracking cameras with multiple lenses, and fixed cameras positioned across the launch site. A single BMG engineer was deployed to oversee signal flow, manage local encoding, and coordinate with the remote team. All feeds were transmitted live to BMG’s Network Operations Center (NOC) in Washington, D.C.
At Blue Origin’s headquarters in Kent, Washington, BMG worked with a local crew to support a remote studio setup featuring two Blue Origin anchors delivering live coverage throughout the show. The Kent studio contributed four live camera feeds, which were also routed into the NOC and combined with the Texas feeds in real time.
All core production operations, including switching, graphics, replay, teleprompter, transmission, and audio mixing, were handled from BMG’s NOC in D.C., staffed by a decentralized team of operators with experience from previous Blue Origin missions. Nearly the entire crew was based in the D.C. area, with only a few specialty positions brought in to ensure continuity. The production ran entirely on BMG’s cloud-based infrastructure, which included full system redundancy to safeguard against failure—a key advantage over traditional on-site systems.
Blue Origin provided the show’s executive producer, director, and on-air talent, while BMG handled all technical infrastructure and both above- and below-the-line crew. The production was completed in six days (compared to nine for NS-31), and the infrastructure put in place allowed NS-33 to be delivered in just three days.
