Television Engineering & Operations

Your Project.
Expert
Leadership.

Experienced project management purpose-built for broadcast facility builds, system integrations, and operations transitions.

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40+ Years in Broadcast Engineering
2× Technical Emmy Award Recipient
$30M+ Annual Budget Managed
PMP Certified Project Manager
The Problem We Solve

Your best engineers are already busy.

Large-scale broadcast and media facility projects — control room builds, studio construction, origination centers, infrastructure migrations — too often land on the desk of an engineer or department head who is already carrying a full operational load.

The result is projects that slip, budgets that drift, and teams stretched past their limits. TechVision exists to close that gap.

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Industry-Native Leadership

Not a generalist who learned broadcast. A career broadcast professional who learned project management.

SME Coordination

We manage your subject matter experts, vendors, and integrators so your team stays focused on operations.

No Permanent Headcount

Expert project leadership when you need it, without adding to your org chart.

Executive Communication

We translate between the technical and the executive — keeping stakeholders informed and decisions moving.

What We Do

Services

01
Project Oversight & Consulting

End-to-end project management for broadcast facility builds and system deployments. Schedule, budget, risk, and stakeholder management.

02
Technical Program Management

Multi-phase programs requiring coordination across internal teams, systems integrators, and equipment vendors.

03
Vendor & Budget Management

RFP development, vendor evaluation, contract oversight, and budget accountability for complex capital projects.

04
Operations Transitions

Managing facility relocations, system migrations, and operational handoffs with minimal disruption to on-air operations.

Mike Donovan
Mike Donovan
Principal
Michael B.
Donovan
Founder & Principal
MBA, University of Tennessee
PMP Certified
AWS Cloud Practitioner Certified
SMPTE Member since 1988
US Patent Holder

Mike brings more than four decades of hands-on experience in television engineering, broadcast operations, and technical project management to every engagement.

Two-time Technical Emmy Award recipient — recognized for the Scripps Networks Delivery Confirmation System and for work with Thomson Multimedia broadcast video servers.

Mike served as Senior Vice President of International Operations & Distribution Technologies at Scripps Networks Interactive (now Warner Bros. Discovery) — home of HGTV, Food Network, and Travel Channel. In that role he led a globally matrixed team of 60 operations personnel across four regions, with full accountability for a budget exceeding $30 million annually.

When you engage TechVision, you're not getting a generalist project manager learning your industry. You're getting someone who has lived it.

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Selected Engagements

Our Work

Every engagement below involved active, on-air operations where schedule failures carry immediate, visible consequences. Delivering on time and on budget isn't a goal — it's the baseline.

Via Scripps Networks Interactive M&A Technical Due Diligence

International Acquisition Technical Assessment

Served as senior technical resource for due diligence on the €1.5 billion acquisition of TVN, a major Central European broadcaster based in Warsaw, Poland. The engagement required rapid, in-depth assessment of broadcast infrastructure, operations technology, and systems integration across an international media organization — translating complex technical findings into executive-level analysis to support the investment decision.

Broadcast Infrastructure Assessment Executive Reporting International Operations
Via OneDiversified Multi-Phase Program

Global News Operation Campus Relocation

Served as senior project manager on a multi-phase program to consolidate a major media company's global news operation to a new campus in Atlanta. The program encompassed studio construction, production control room builds, and data center infrastructure — all requiring precise coordination between internal engineering teams, systems integration vendors, and facilities contractors across a complex, multi-stakeholder environment.

Studio & Control Room Construction Data Center Infrastructure Multi-Vendor Coordination
Via Encompass Digital Media Facility Transition

Regional Sports Broadcaster Facility Transition

Led the transition of a regional sports broadcaster to a new broadcast facility, encompassing media management, broadcast origination, and satellite uplink systems. The project required migrating an active, on-air operation with minimal disruption — a high-stakes environment where any schedule failure carries immediate audience-facing consequences.

Broadcast Origination Satellite Uplink Live Operations Migration
Via Encompass Digital Media Multi-Market Deployment

27-Station Centralcast Hub

Managed construction and deployment of a centralized broadcast hub serving 27 over-the-air television stations — a project requiring coordination across multiple station markets, equipment vendors, and regulatory considerations. This type of centralization project demands both deep broadcast knowledge and rigorous schedule management to keep all stakeholders aligned across geographies.

Centralized Broadcast Operations Multi-Market Coordination OTA Station Infrastructure

Engagements are described in general terms to respect the confidentiality of end clients. Integrator relationships are cited with permission.

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Ready to talk about your project?

Whether you're planning a facility build, managing a complex system integration, or navigating an operations transition — let's have a conversation.

info@techvisionpm.com