A Design Sold By Whoever Profits From It
When the advice comes from the company selling the gear, the recommendation follows the margin. You buy what they stock, not what the room needs.
Consulting & Broadcast Readiness · New York / Manhattan
The Judgment That Belongs Before A Dollar Is Spent.
Broadcast Consulting Before The First Purchase.
Site surveys, system design, Broadcast Readiness assessment, technical planning, and vendor-independent advisory. Thirty years of judgment applied before you commit budget, so the design is right the first time. One 30-year broadcast engineer who answers to your outcome, not a product line.
A limited number of dates each quarter, so the specialist on your design is the specialist on your board.
01 / The Stakes
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The Costliest Mistakes Are Made On Paper.
By the time a room is built or a show is booked, the expensive decisions are already made. Here is what goes wrong when there is no independent judgment early.
Budget Spent On The Wrong Things
Money poured into visible gear while the network, power, and signal spine, the parts that actually decide reliability, go under-funded.
No Honest Read On Your Readiness
No one has told you, plainly, where your production actually stands and what would fail under pressure. The gaps surface on show-day instead of on a report.
A Plan That Ignores What You Already Own
A proposal that assumes a teardown, when a measured assessment would have found real headroom in the systems you already have.
02 / What's Included
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On Every Engagement
Judgment Applied Before The Spend
Not a sales call. An independent read on your room, your production, and your plan, from an engineer with no gear to sell you.
Broadcast Readiness Assessment
The core deliverable. JMG's proprietary BRI, a 56-point, measurement-backed score across audio, video, streaming, operators, network, lighting, and documentation, with a clear picture of where you stand and what to fix first.
- BRI Assessment
- 56-Point Scoring
- Maturity Banding
- Prioritized Roadmap
Site Survey & Advance
On-site measurement of the room, power, RF, and sightlines. These are the real conditions a design has to survive, captured with instruments, not assumptions.
- Site Survey
- On-Site Measurement
- RF & Power Survey
- Sightline Analysis
System Design
Signal flow, audio, video, and network designed on paper with redundancy on every critical path. A documented design you own, independent of any vendor.
- System Design
- Signal Flow
- Redundancy Planning
- Design Documentation
Technical Planning
Advance, load-in, power, crew, and run-of-show planned to the minute. The operational plan that keeps a live date from being improvised.
- Technical Planning
- Production Logistics
- Run-Of-Show
- Load-In Planning
Vendor-Independent Advisory
Advice that answers to your outcome, not a product line, plus operator training so your team can run what gets built.
- Vendor-Independent Advisory
- Procurement Guidance
- Operator Training
- Second Opinion
One Accountable Specialist
Every discipline above runs through the same person, from the first survey to the last frame. That is the difference the giants can't offer.
- No Handoffs
- No Account Layer
- One Name On The Outcome
03 / Why JMG
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Independent Judgment. No Gear To Sell You.
Advice That Answers To You.
The recommendation follows your outcome, not a margin. There is no product line behind the advice, only thirty years of judgment on what the room and the show actually need.
Measured, Not Guessed.
The assessment is backed by real measurement. Acoustics, RF, power, and coverage captured with the same instruments a certified install tech carries. The read is grounded, not opinion.
A Design You Own.
The drawings, the BRI score, and the plan are yours. Documentation you can take to any builder, not a proposal locked to one vendor.
Thirty Years Behind The Read.
The person assessing your readiness has run high-stakes broadcasts for three decades. The gaps that would surface on show-day get named on the report instead.
04 / Recent Work
Cultural Institution
House Of Worship
An Honest Read That Changed The Plan.
Institutional clients expect discretion. Work is described by sector and scope only. No client names, no logos, by policy.
Pre-Build Readiness Assessment
A measurement-backed BRI assessment and system design delivered before construction, so the institution funded the network and signal spine, not just the visible gear, and built a room that holds.
Independent System Review
A vendor-independent second opinion on a proposed install that found real headroom in existing infrastructure, reshaping the plan and the budget before a dollar was committed.
Work is shown qualitatively and true to each engagement. Exact figures are shared only once confirmed. Never invented to fill a page.
Deciding Before You Commit Budget?
Tell us the room, the show, or the decision on the table. You will speak with the engineer who would assess it, with no gear to sell you.
05 / Our Process
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A Predictable Path To A Show That Holds
Six defined stages, every time. You know exactly how the work will run, and nothing on show-day is improvised.
Discovery
We map the stakes, the audience, the format, and what has to go right, before any design begins.
Site Survey
On-site measurement of the room, power, RF environment, and sightlines. Nothing assumed.
System Design
Signal flow, audio, video, and streaming engineered on paper, with redundancy on every critical path.
Technical Planning
Advance, load-in, power, crew, and run-of-show planned to the minute and confirmed with your team.
Production Execution
Built and proven on site before doors, then run live by the same specialist who designed it.
Post-Event Support
Recordings, archive delivery, and a debrief. The same specialist stays on call for the next date.
Questions
Questions Buyers Ask
What Does A Broadcast Production Consultant Do?
Thirty years of judgment applied before a dollar is spent. Site surveys, system design, Broadcast Readiness assessment, production logistics, and vendor-independent advice, so the design is right the first time.
Is Your Advice Vendor-Independent?
Yes. There is no brand to push and no inventory to move. The recommendation is the one that serves your show, not a rental list.
What Is A Broadcast Readiness Assessment?
It is a structured, scored review of an institution's audio, video, streaming, operators, network, lighting, and documentation, delivered as a report that shows exactly where the gaps are and how to close them.
Can The Problem Be Fixed Without Buying New Equipment?
Often, yes. Most quality problems are tuning, coverage, and operator issues rather than a shortage of equipment. The assessment establishes what the systems you already own are capable of before anyone recommends replacing them.
Is James Media Group Insured?
Yes. James Media Group carries errors-and-omissions and professional liability insurance, and a certificate of insurance is available on request.
06 / Contact
Speak With A Broadcast Engineer, Not A Sales Desk.
When you reach out, you reach the broadcast engineer who will assess your production, not an account rep with a quota. Tell us the room or the decision, and you will have a reply within one business day.
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