7/8/07, was a carefully chosen date to mark the long awaited debut of Boeing’s 787 commercial airliner. That day also marked a revolution in large scale broadcastevents as
The Production Network produced the largest televised live corporate event in history, with over 200 million potential viewers via satellite and webcast direct to their homes.
TPN transformed the 787 factory floor in Everett, Washington into a gala celebration with 15,000 seated guests, a 180’ wide seamless video screen, two 60-foot tall Mi-Screen systems, two
80-foot long banner screens, 10 24K HD Projection systems, 9 cameras, 2 camera jibs, 2 Steadicams, 2 microwave cameras and a production crew of over 50.
This event marked an almost four-year journey for TPN’s Creative Group; beginning with the Press Announcement of the 787 Dreamliner in 2003, through to this spectacular, entertaining and
informative premier of the first 787 to come off the assembly line.
The 787 Dreamliner program is an international teaming effort, and TPN’s international production teams brought six of the worldwide 787 factory sites together live by satellite to share the
experience.
