We want to provide some closure to the great preseason “technical difficulties” panic of 2023. If you’re wondering why the KING-5 NBC broadcast for the Seattle Seahawks vs. Minnesota Vikings game was having all sorts of technical issues, it looks like we have an answer.
Bob Condotta of The Seattle Times reported that “a Vyvx encoder in Burbank, California within master control had a problem requiring a re-boot every time the broadcast went to a break. Took a while to ID it but finally got it figured out at halftime.”
Anyone with a functioning brain knew it was the Vyvx encoder.