Jason O'Malley 🌱🌎☁️📺

Embarking on an ambitious project to digitize 3300+ broadcast video archive asserts to our AWS cloud account.

Project Challenges:
•Sourcing & choosing quotes from production houses to do the digitization work
•Transported and keeping track of 3300+ video tape assets
•Working with discontinued tape formats
•Achieving price & quality goals under a very tight window
•Working with Systems Architect to implement required conversion presets, IAM permissions and AWS S3 storage… Show more

Embarking on an ambitious project to digitize 3300+ broadcast video archive asserts to our AWS cloud account.

Project Challenges:
•Sourcing & choosing quotes from production houses to do the digitization work
•Transported and keeping track of 3300+ video tape assets
•Working with discontinued tape formats
•Achieving price & quality goals under a very tight window
•Working with Systems Architect to implement required conversion presets, IAM permissions and AWS S3 storage buckets
•Manage cloud storage of over 400 TB of data during production phase
•Establish workflow for revising technical and creative issues with assets
•Created custom solution to apply audio and video fades to the more than 20,000 eventual files
•Ensure quality meets stakeholders expectations Show less

During CONAN's week of shows at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con, Team Coco Digital again was on the cutting edge of incorporating brand new 360° cameras and custom-printed Google Cardboard headsets. For the first time the 360° camera was incorporated on stage and offered a virtual view of the on-stage experience with the casts of productions like The Hunger Games, Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead. We released multiple clips each night and coincided their release with the broadcast on TBS just… Show more

During CONAN's week of shows at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con, Team Coco Digital again was on the cutting edge of incorporating brand new 360° cameras and custom-printed Google Cardboard headsets. For the first time the 360° camera was incorporated on stage and offered a virtual view of the on-stage experience with the casts of productions like The Hunger Games, Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead. We released multiple clips each night and coincided their release with the broadcast on TBS just a few hours after taping. I oversaw the post-production workflow and provided other technical liaison communications related to the planning and operation of the project. Show less

CONAN and Team Coco have several ongoing streaming projects including Live Q&As with Conan and writers, a weekly video game live stream (Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, Mixer) and other behind the scenes looks at the show.

For the Live Q&As and game streams I designed and built our streaming system using a very economical approach that allowed us to tap heavily into existing hardware. I oversee signal flow, technical directing, audio levels, network tests and coordination with our platforms… Show more

CONAN and Team Coco have several ongoing streaming projects including Live Q&As with Conan and writers, a weekly video game live stream (Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, Mixer) and other behind the scenes looks at the show.

For the Live Q&As and game streams I designed and built our streaming system using a very economical approach that allowed us to tap heavily into existing hardware. I oversee signal flow, technical directing, audio levels, network tests and coordination with our platforms to ensure successful streams. These streams have been viewed over 22 million times around the world. Show less

I edited more the 50% of the CONAN rehearsal outtake Scraps that were used in the episode and coordinated with the on-air team for asset delivery.

To celebrate Conan O'Brien's 25th anniversary we jumped at the opportunity to digitize and upload Conan's classic NBC remotes to a custom dedicated experience housed at teamcoco.com/conan25. Late Night with Conan O'Brien spanned 17 years at NBC. Over the course of a year we set about to digitize the NBC broadcast masters (on D-3, MPEG-IMX, HDCMA, and HDCAM-SR), uploaded them to AWS' S3 storage, implemented a custom CMS, edited the remotes into a single clip, and published it in the highest… Show more

To celebrate Conan O'Brien's 25th anniversary we jumped at the opportunity to digitize and upload Conan's classic NBC remotes to a custom dedicated experience housed at teamcoco.com/conan25. Late Night with Conan O'Brien spanned 17 years at NBC. Over the course of a year we set about to digitize the NBC broadcast masters (on D-3, MPEG-IMX, HDCMA, and HDCAM-SR), uploaded them to AWS' S3 storage, implemented a custom CMS, edited the remotes into a single clip, and published it in the highest quality it has ever been offered in online. Along with some extremely talented coworkers and vendors we are extremely proud of the accomplishment. Show less

I acted as the Technical Manager for Team Coco’s ambitious 24 hour mobile gaming marathon that Team Coco Digital produced as part of a sponsored Google Play live stream. For 24 hours straight comedians and CONAN staffers played Google Play store games on Android tablets against a chroma key background. The stream broadcast simultaneously to Team Coco's Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch channels.

Key Challenges For This Project:
•Devising a way method capture a stable and consistent video… Show more

I acted as the Technical Manager for Team Coco’s ambitious 24 hour mobile gaming marathon that Team Coco Digital produced as part of a sponsored Google Play live stream. For 24 hours straight comedians and CONAN staffers played Google Play store games on Android tablets against a chroma key background. The stream broadcast simultaneously to Team Coco's Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch channels.

Key Challenges For This Project:
•Devising a way method capture a stable and consistent video single from an Android tablet for the full 24 hours
•Hire streaming specialists to cover shifts over the 24 hour period
•Hired & tested connection with international stream syndicating vendor
•Integrate existing equipment to maintain save on production costs Show less

Team Coco's Comedy Club is an animated stand-up comedy show produced by TBS and Team Coco Digital and is available exclusively on Snapchat. The show is currently in its first season.

For this project I acted as the Senior Video Editor and Post-Production Supervisor. I was heavily involved in adapting our brand to the portrait video style using creative combinations of split-screens, fast-paced editing and on-screen text to help match the unique style of the other Snapchat original shows.… Show more

Team Coco's Comedy Club is an animated stand-up comedy show produced by TBS and Team Coco Digital and is available exclusively on Snapchat. The show is currently in its first season.

For this project I acted as the Senior Video Editor and Post-Production Supervisor. I was heavily involved in adapting our brand to the portrait video style using creative combinations of split-screens, fast-paced editing and on-screen text to help match the unique style of the other Snapchat original shows. It was a challenging project in the best way possible to help guide the various media elements from the live comedy shoot, the animation studio and the various creative input from all of the stakeholders involved in this project. Show less

For our fourth iteration of Conan360, we outdid ourselves once again and produced 4 hour-long live preshows from the roof of the Spreckels Theater in San Diego during Conan's week of Comic-Con broadcast specials. Working with the production company 30 Ninjas, we wired four Nokia Ozo cameras at four different locations including: the roof, the stage, the talent entrance, and with the fans in the lobby. We had interviews with the cast members from ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Kingsmen,’ in addition to… Show more

For our fourth iteration of Conan360, we outdid ourselves once again and produced 4 hour-long live preshows from the roof of the Spreckels Theater in San Diego during Conan's week of Comic-Con broadcast specials. Working with the production company 30 Ninjas, we wired four Nokia Ozo cameras at four different locations including: the roof, the stage, the talent entrance, and with the fans in the lobby. We had interviews with the cast members from ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Kingsmen,’ in addition to exclusive guests for the stream, games with fans, highlights from the broadcast show and even a live daily segment with Conan himself.

The show itself was very groundbreaking. Live streaming in 360 degrees is complicated in and of it self. Not only did we stream live in 360 to multiple platforms, but we did it with four different cameras that were switched by a director, added in animated lower third graphics in 360, and we even rolled in pre-taped 360 videos. Rolling in pre-taped 360 videos was a concept that we had never seen before and it enabled us tell a much more immersive story. For the pre-taped segments we shot Conan giving several tours around our offices at Warner Bros. Studio in Burbank during the lead-up and planning for our week of shows. We also captured Conan behind the scenes in 360 as he taped some of his trademark "remote" segments. In addition to that we also had three hosted tours of the various super hero & cinema museums on the Warner Bros. Studio Lot.

The show was streamed live simultaneously to Facebook, YouTube, and TeamCoco.com. Highlights were also featured on the VR-centric LittlstarVR & SamsungVR platforms. It was a true technical accomplishment and a remarkable achievement for our team. Show less

For Conan's week of shows at the historic Apollo Theater in New York City, Team Coco Digital built and released a Pokémon GO parody iOS & Android game called ‘Catch Coco.’ In the app fans were encouraged to seek out 12 different hoagie-eating "Conans" that were placed at 12 NYC landmarks. After arriving upon a "Conan" in the wild, fans would then enter an AR battle mode and would toss several of Conan's iconic desk ornaments in an effort to capture the "Conan." The first fans to successfully… Show more

For Conan's week of shows at the historic Apollo Theater in New York City, Team Coco Digital built and released a Pokémon GO parody iOS & Android game called ‘Catch Coco.’ In the app fans were encouraged to seek out 12 different hoagie-eating "Conans" that were placed at 12 NYC landmarks. After arriving upon a "Conan" in the wild, fans would then enter an AR battle mode and would toss several of Conan's iconic desk ornaments in an effort to capture the "Conan." The first fans to successfully capture each Conan won a bag of prizes and even had a chance to meet Conan himself.

For this project I started with the role of Technical Manager and ended up finishing the app in a Project Manager role. We delivered the app on time with less than an 8 week turnaround including a nearly 24 hour work cycle with our international developers. The app was a huge hit with our fans, a technical achievement and a timely parody in the heyday of Pokémon GO. Show less

After delivering unprecedented 360° experiences during the CONAN travel weeks in both 2014 & 2015, Team Coco delivered another huge technical leap forward during the 2016 travel week by offering 4 different 360° views from inside Spreckels Theater. Viewers were able to watch parts of the show from unique vantage points including on-stage, in the audience, up on the balcony and even backstage during the arrival of celebrities. Using 4 Nokia Ozo cameras, we recorded a program feed and even had a… Show more

After delivering unprecedented 360° experiences during the CONAN travel weeks in both 2014 & 2015, Team Coco delivered another huge technical leap forward during the 2016 travel week by offering 4 different 360° views from inside Spreckels Theater. Viewers were able to watch parts of the show from unique vantage points including on-stage, in the audience, up on the balcony and even backstage during the arrival of celebrities. Using 4 Nokia Ozo cameras, we recorded a program feed and even had a live on-air preview when Andy Richter watched our live 360° program feed via an Oculus Rift headset. Clips were trimmed down and posted online the same night to coincide with the linear broadcast on TBS.

I acted as the technical liaison between the 360 vendor and the CONAN production crew and also oversaw the post-production process. Show less

Edited and oversaw media delivery and approval for the majority of CONAN rehearsal outtakes for the hourlong television broadcast special.

Conan O’Brien’s web-only talk show, ‘Serious Jibber-Jabber’ is an hourlong discussion with artists, historians and biographers. The long-form nature of the show enabled a much deeper dive into topics that wouldn’t fit into a standard segment on our daily show.

For Serious Jibber-Jabber I developed a sustainable post-production process involving editing in coordination with the show’s director and segment producer.

I edited more than 50% of the CONAN rehearsal outtake Scraps that were used in the episode and coordinated with the on-air team for asset delivery for this one hour broadcast special.

Designated and tested the various iterations of video encoding profiles for TeamCoco.com and Team Coco's mobile apps and syndication feeds.

I acted as one of the camera operators, video editors and video. Sprite design for Conan O'Brien's popular video game review series Clueless Gamer. These Clueless Gamer videos have been viewed over 140 million times to date.

I operated and supported a 360° camera during the pioneering CONAN360 production that was a first of its kind in late night television. During the week we captured unprecedented 360° looks at what it's like to go on a remote shoot with Conan O'Brien as well as the excitement during live tapings of CONAN at the Majestic Theater in Dallas. I was also the primary editor and oversaw the post-production workflow for the project.

In January 2013 the TBS show CONAN became television's first late-night talk show to present an episode featuring scenes entirely re-created by fans. I participated in the planning of how to divide up the show, how to process incoming submissions and how to coordinate the delivery of the media to the on-air team. The show went on to be nominated for an Emmy.