Post Production Systems Architect in the Hudson Valley
If you have a production in the Hudson Valley, Hudson Valley Media Systems designs post production systems, media infrastructure, editorial workflows, and deployment plans that keep creative teams moving. From temporary production builds to integrated post environments, HVMS brings large-market systems architecture and support to regional productions.
HVMS supports editors, producers, and technical teams with Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Pro Tools, shared storage, remote editorial, media asset management, SaaS tools, and cloud media services across the Hudson Valley and New York region.
Media Workflow Services for New York Productions
From camera ingest through editorial delivery, Hudson Valley Media Systems helps production teams design, deploy, and troubleshoot the systems that keep media moving: Avid NEXIS, EditShare, QNAP, Synology, NAS storage, cloud services, archive workflows, workstations, user access, and production network infrastructure.
Production Systems Architecture and Engineering
Post Production Systems Architecture
Avid Media Central Production Services (Interplay), EDC Media Transcoding Acquisition Workflows, Adobe, Avid, Blackmagic, onsite or remote outside broadcast.
Editing Systems
HVMS specializes in production-ready editing systems prepared for immediate integration into active workflows. Media Composer, Premiere, Resolve, Pro Tools, Cubase and more.
Network & Storage
High-performance NAS and shared storage systems engineered for reliability and scalability. Avid NEXIS, EditShare, QNAP, Synology, whether file sharing or editing, HVMS can help.
Services
Post Production Consulting
Strategic consultation for new or existing productions. We analyze workflow, storage, and editorial requirements and recommend solutions that meet both technical demands and budget goals.
Production Systems Architecture & Design
Infrastructure design, Visio documentation, vendor coordination, and technical planning for scalable post production environments.
Avid, Storage & Workflow Troubleshooting
When problems arise, we evaluate your systems to ensure they meet vendor specifications and reduce downtime and support cycles.
Installation & Deployment
On-site installation, configuration, and deployment of editing systems, shared storage, and production infrastructure.
Workflow, Cloud Services & Media Management
Engineering efficient pipelines from camera ingest through editorial delivery, ensuring your media moves quickly, securely, and reliably.
About the Owner
Jay Harvey brings over two decades of broadcast IT, media infrastructure, post production systems architecture, and engineering experience spanning Hollywood studio lots to national news organizations. His career includes senior leadership roles supporting high-profile productions at major studios including Sunset Bronson Studios in Hollywood and Radford Studio Center in Studio City.
Formally the Senior Technical Engineer of Production Services for Paramount Global | CBS Media Ventures Division, Jay led infrastructure strategy, system design, deployment, and operational support for productions including Entertainment Tonight, Inside Edition, The Drew Barrymore Show, Judge Judy, and numerous Emmy-winning teams.
His expertise spans Avid production systems, Media Central, shared storage architecture, remote editorial environments, SaaS and cloud media workflows, archive systems, and enterprise-level Active Directory administration. Jay has engineered and supported post production environments coast to coast in multiple countries.
Hudson Valley Media Systems was founded to bring that same Hollywood-level systems design, production infrastructure, and support to productions working in the Hudson Valley and New York region.
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jayharvey
Contact
Need help with post production, media workflows, or SaaS/cloud services?
Serving Newburgh, Beacon, Kingston, Middletown, Poughkeepsie, Orange County, Green County, Ulster County, Dutchess County, Westchester, NYC, Stamford, CT, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, MetroPark, NJ, the US, the Northern Hemisphere, and worldwide.
Services
The work starts at the top: understanding what the production needs to make, what the technology can realistically support, and where the gaps are between creative goals, budget, infrastructure, and delivery.
1. Executive & Production Discovery
- Meet with executive, production, editorial, and technical leadership to understand needs, concerns, budget, deadlines, and current limitations.
- Translate production goals into technical requirements across ingest, edit, storage, MAM, archive, delivery, and user access.
- Identify user concerns early, from camera formats and TV feeds to how media lands in the MAM system and reaches producers or editors.
2. Architecture & Workflow Design
- Design a practical balance between future-proofing and real-world budget constraints.
- Determine what should stay on prem, what belongs in SaaS or cloud services, and whether the production should be on prem, hybrid, or fully cloud-based.
- Establish or identify a house codec so the workflow stays stable from ingest through edit, approval, export, and delivery.
- Produce alternate workflows when traditional systems need to change, such as EditShare to Avid NEXIS, QNAP to Synology, or EditShare Flow to Avid Production Management.
3. Technical Validation & Vendor Coordination
- Review inventory, aging servers, storage, networking, hardware, software, and vendor support status for new or existing productions.
- Test new technology, document ports, permissions, relay requirements, security rules, and handoff details for IT teams.
- Bridge gaps with vendor feature requests, scripting, automation, and workflow adjustments that reduce friction for end users.
4. Production Deployment & Training
- Work with onsite technical teams to configure systems that are stable, documented, vendor-supported, and ready for production use.
- Integrate newsroom and realtime tools such as iNEWS, MOS gateways, K2, EVS, Ross, Chyron, and related systems when the workflow requires them.
- Implement and train teams on capture scheduling, ingest operations, transcoding, media movement, and daily support workflows.
5. Post Production Optimization
- Design workflows that get footage to producers and editors quickly, including rundown-driven environments using iNEWS, Rundown Creator, and similar tools.
- Match the software to the job: Media Composer, Premiere, Resolve, EDIUS, Pro Tools, Cubase, or other systems based on speed, collaboration, and delivery needs.
- Use automation and AI-assisted scripting to remove redundant tasks and reduce the time between capture, codec conversion, producer access, edit, approval, and export.
- Keep the central question in focus: how fast does the team need to move from idea, to edit, to approval, to delivery?
Portfolio
Jay Harvey has worked small and large scale productions, from compact road builds to national broadcast environments. Here are some examples of the accomplishments and production problems that shaped Hudson Valley Media Systems: practical systems, clear workflows, and support built around how real teams actually work.
National Broadcast Rooms
Production infrastructure for shows where downtime is not abstract: Entertainment Tonight, Inside Edition, The Drew Barrymore Show, Judge Judy, Hot Bench, The Rachael Ray Show, Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy promos, and network news environments.
Avid at Scale
Avid Media Composer, MediaCentral, Production Management, Interplay, shared storage, and remote editorial systems built around real producers, editors, assistants, and deadlines, not diagrams that only work in a conference room.
Road Builds & Live Pressure
Sports, outside broadcast, jungle builds, UFC rooms, NBA and Stanley Cup setups, EVS, K2, MOS, realtime systems, and field kits that had to travel, boot, pass signal, and keep working after the room filled up.
Automation, Cloud & Remote
PowerShell, FFMPEG, media processing platforms, VPN enclaves, Citrix, OKTA, Leostream, HP ZCentral, AWS, Azure, OCI, and SaaS tools used to remove friction without making the workflow harder to support.
Productions
Systems, Equipment & Tools Jay Has Worked On
Protocols & Standards
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Training
HVMediaSystems will be offering beginner editing classes and workshops on Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Cubase and more. Contact Jay Harvey for details.
Contact
Need help with post production, media workflows, or SaaS/cloud services?