Joshua Kyles
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Live broadcast production

Drone-based race cameras, a custom wireless link built where there was no internet, and a broadcast-grade encode — full live coverage for outdoor regattas and races, delivered start to finish.

What I bring to a production

Drone-integrated coverage

Drone feeds brought directly into the live broadcast as race cameras — flexible positioning with no fixed rig, adaptable to whatever the course or venue demands.

Custom wireless bridges

When a venue has no usable internet, a point-to-point wireless bridge gets a signal out from wherever a connection actually exists — designed and deployed on-site as needed.

Efficient, broadcast-grade encoding

Fluent across modern codecs and encoding pipelines, tuned to hold up under real event conditions — whatever hardware and software fit the job.

Timing & graphics integration

Live results, on-screen graphics, and searchable event playback, integrated in partnership with timing and results providers.

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Swiftwater Sprints 2026

Produced, filmed, and directed the live stream for the Swiftwater Sprints rowing regatta on Vashon Island, in partnership with The Rowing Channel. The venue's limited viewing space, ferry access, and parking made the race hard to watch in person — the goal was a high-bitrate 1080p web broadcast that made it accessible to spectators and families anywhere, built entirely around drone cameras instead of a fixed rig.

The bigger challenge was connectivity: neither the boathouse nor Jensen Point Park had high-speed internet. A Ubiquiti point-to-point bridge carried the signal across the harbor from a residential connection on Maury Island, feeding a MacBook running OBS for the encode. The Rowing Channel handled timing integration, on-screen graphics, and searchable event playback.

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Port Angeles Beach Sprints 2026

A proof-of-concept broadcast for beach sprint rowing — a sprint format making its Olympic debut in 2028. This site had no internet at all, not even within line of sight, and no power on location, so the whole setup ran self-contained: on-site power and a custom cellular bonding rig built to carry the stream out.

The picture quality didn't hit the bar set by the Swiftwater Sprints broadcast, but the test proved the format holds up beyond a single fixed event — a starting point for covering beach sprints as the discipline grows toward 2028.

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