Case Study: Big Table Media achieves $12M annual savings and streamlined TV production with Claris

Do It Yourself television company manages production using a custom app they built themselves using the FileMaker Platform

Big Table Media, a Sacramento–based TV production company that creates 12 series (156 episodes a year) for networks including HGTV and The DIY Network, faced the complexity of coordinating large-scale post‑production workflows, communications, crew logistics and tight delivery deadlines. Manual processes—emails, calls, scattered edits and paper call sheets—made tracking progress, costs and credits error‑prone and time consuming.

They built TableTop, a custom app on the FileMaker Platform, to manage everything from footage ingest through editing, mastering and delivery, with real‑time dashboards, automated alerts, mobile scouting and digital release forms on iPad Pro. The system eliminated thousands of manual communications, caught costly errors in beta, improved visibility across teams, and delivered roughly a 30% reduction in production costs—about $12 million in annual savings.

Big Table Media

Andy Brooks

Director of Information and Digital Video Technology