FROM STAGE TO STREAM: HOW TCP BUILT A CUSTOM CINEMATIC BROADCAST SYSTEM FOR GOOSE’S BIG MODERN TOUR
Thunder City Pro is powering the cinematic broadcast video system for Goose’s 2026 Big Modern tour, supporting a run built around live energy, improvisation, fan connection, and high-quality streams that carry the experience far beyond the venue.
Goose has become one of the defining live bands of its generation, growing from Connecticut basements into sold-out rooms and some of the most iconic stages in the country, including Radio City Music Hall, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Forest Hills Stadium, and Madison Square Garden. Along the way, livestreaming has become a core part of how fans experience the band with most every stop on their 2026 world tour featuring a live stream.
For a band with their live identity, the broadcast system has to be able to translate the energy of each show to audiences with high fidelity, efficiency, and clarity so they can feel the electricity of the moment from beyond the venue. TCP provides a system designed to support the band’s live video production with reliable infrastructure, state-of-the-art equipment, and world-class technical support so their team has the tools they need to make the broadcast feel new, exciting, and alive night after night.
A fully custom Hybrid Cinematic-Broadcast System
TCP’s approach for Goose is built around a hybrid cinematic-broadcast workflow, combining the image quality, vivid colors, and shallow depth of field of cinema cameras with the speed, control, monitoring, and signal flow expected in live broadcast.
The system features Sony FX6 full-frame cinema cameras, Sony BRC-AM7 advanced PTZ cameras, Fujinon Duvo and Sony lens packages, live monitoring at workstations around the venue, fiber transport, 96 kHz Dante audio transport, NAS-based archiving, and a fully custom flypack designed around the way Goose’s production team works.
The Sony FX6 gives operators the creative feel of a cinematic camera, with shallow depth of field, strong low-light performance, vivid color, and a more cinematic texture than a traditional broadcast camera alone. TCP outfitted the FX6 packages with custom controls that add broadcast functionality, including tally, painting, remote control, and return monitoring, giving operators the control, speed, and efficiency of a broadcast workflow while preserving the artistry of a cinema camera.
Sony BRC-AM7 cameras add another layer of flexibility, capturing striking video from nearly any angle in the venue. Custom Treefort rigging with redundant safety features allows the BRC-AM7 to be hung from high in the lighting truss for an iconic sky-cam look. All together, the camera system gives Goose’s production team their custom visual toolkit to build shows with movement, scale, depth, and artistry.
The lens package is designed for the range of a Goose show, which can move from intimate to massive in seconds. A custom Fujinon Duvo and Sony lens package gives the team options for wide stage coverage, tight artist shots, crowd perspective, power zoom control, and cinematic-broadcast flexibility. Every piece of the system is intentional and gives operators the tools they need to create their magic on camera.
Expanding the System at Madison Square Garden
For Goose’s two sold-out Madison Square Garden shows, TCP provided an additional engineering support team on-site and expanded the camera system, including a 32-foot jib designed to match the scale of the room.
The jib brought sweeping movement, crowd perspective, and dramatic stage reveals into the broadcast, helping the team capture moments that felt as big on screen as they did inside the Garden. By providing reliable equipment, expert operation, and a setup aligned with the production’s needs, TCP helped bring the team’s creative vision to life while simplifying the logistical process behind it.
The Flypack and Technical Workflow
At the center of the system is TCP’s fully custom cinematic-broadcast flypack, built for 4K 24 fps production, fast deployment, clean operation, and the demands of a moving tour.
The flypack ties signal flow, monitoring, recording, audio, communications, control, networking, and archiving into one deployable system. It supports Blackmagic HyperDeck ISO recording with direct-to-NAS capture over a 10 Gbps storage backbone, Teranex AV standards conversion, Magewell Ultra Encode SDI Plus encoding, RTS OMS Advanced intercom, Stream Deck Studio control, Netgear AV and MikroTik switching and routing, UPS protection, and Synology NAS-based archiving.
TCP’s workflow also includes 96 kHz Dante audio transport and AJA Dante/SDI conversion, allowing audio to move cleanly between stage, mix, record, stream, monitor, and archive destinations. For a band and fans who care deeply about the details of each performance, TCP ensured that the audio path was as intentional as the camera system.
Fiber transport systems, TAC fiber looms, SFP transceivers, 12G optical conversion, 12G-SDI infrastructure, and stage box systems create a clean, repeatable signal path from stage to broadcast. For a tour moving across the US and beyond, that means faster setup, cleaner troubleshooting, and a more reliable workflow night after night.
TCP also provides a system of monitors with live stage feeds to give the FOH audio, monitors, lighting, broadcast audio, and instrument technician teams dedicated views of the stage so each department can stay connected to the show and improve their workflow in real time. From using the live feed from the sky-cam to dial in framing shutters on the lighting console, to helping the audio team see an issue on the stage they might have not been able to see from the angle of their position, the video system provided by TCP is detail-oriented and aims to provide the entire team with solutions.
Built to Support the Creative Team
TCP works behind the scenes to build efficient, customized workflows so Goose’s production team can focus on the show. From custom engineering to ongoing remote technical support, every part of the system is built to make the production more reliable so the team has the tools and space to be more creative.
When the technology is stable, operators can focus on capturing the movement, angles, depth, timing, and energy that bring the broadcast to life. TCP finds the technical solutions that make creative visions possible, providing the support that makes complex productions feel simpler and big moments feel even bigger.
Technical Highlights
• Fully custom cinematic-broadcast flypack built for 4K 24 fps
• Sony FX6 full-frame cinema camera packages
• Sony BRC-AM7 advanced PTZ auto-framing cameras
• Fujinon Duvo & Sony lens package
• Treefort specialized rigging for Sony BRC-AM7
• 96 kHz Dante audio transport
• Blackmagic HyperDeck ISO recording with direct-to-NAS capture over a 10 Gbps storage backbone
• Teranex AV standards conversion
• Magewell Ultra Encode SDI Plus encoder
• Netgear AV and MikroTik switching and routing infrastructure
• RTS OMS Advanced intercom system
• Stream Deck Studio control
• Synology NAS-based archiving
• Fiber optic infrastructure with TAC fiber looms, SFP transceivers, and 12G optical conversion
• Workstation monitoring with 4K HDR displays
