A system for minimizing delay time for controlling media content capture during live video broadcast production, the system comprising: a plurality of cameras (21A, 21B) located at a live event and configured to capture media content of a live event and generate respective media streams of the captured media content; at least one high speed encoder (120A, 120B) coupled to the plurality of cameras (21A, 21B) and configured to encode the plurality of media streams in a first encoding format to generate respective high speed media streams for the captured media content; a control center located remotely from the live event and configured to receive the high speed media streams and to display the captured media content according to the first encoding format on a user interface; a video switch controller configured to receive at least one control instruction from the user interface and to transmit the at least one control instruction to at least one of the plurality of cameras (21A, 21B) to control capture of the media content by the at least one camera; at least one broadcast production encoder configured to encode the respective media streams generated by the plurality of cameras (21A, 21B) in a second encoding format different than the first encoding format, with the second encoding format being configured for video broadcast production; and a time alignment and processing component that is configured to generate the video broadcast production and that is located at one of a video broadcast production truck and in a cloud computing environment, which is remote from the control center; wherein the control center includes video production equipment configured to generate a control sequence that includes timestamps and that is transmitted to the time alignment and processing component as control decisions for switching between the plurality of media streams in the second encoding format for the video broadcast production; wherein the time alignment and processing component is configured to receive the plurality of media streams from the at least one broadcast production encoder in the second encoding format and to apply the control decisions in the control sequence received from the video production equipment of the control center to mutually align the control decisions based on the timestamps to the received plurality of encoded media streams for switching between said encoded media streams to remotely produce a live video stream for the video broadcast production based on the time-aligned encoded media streams, and the plurality of media streams encoded in the first encoding format are configured to be transmitted at a higher data transmission speed than the plurality of media streams encoded in the second encoding format. a plurality of cameras (21A, 21B) located at a live event and configured to capture media content of a live event and generate respective media streams of the captured media content; at least one high speed encoder (120A, 120B) coupled to the plurality of cameras (21A, 21B) and configured to encode the plurality of media streams in a first encoding format to generate respective high speed media streams for the captured media content; a control center located remotely from the live event and configured to receive the high speed media streams and to display the captured media content according to the first encoding format on a user interface; a video switch controller configured to receive at least one control instruction from the user interface and to transmit the at least one control instruction to at least one of the plurality of cameras (21A, 21B) to control capture of the media content by the at least one camera; at least one broadcast production encoder configured to encode the respective media streams generated by the plurality of cameras (21A, 21B) in a second encoding format different than the first encoding format, with the second encoding format being configured for video broadcast production; and a time alignment and processing component that is configured to generate the video broadcast production and that is located at one of a video broadcast production truck and in a cloud computing environment, which is remote from the control center; wherein the control center includes video production equipment configured to generate a control sequence that includes timestamps and that is transmitted to the time alignment and processing component as control decisions for switching between the plurality of media streams in the second encoding format for the video broadcast production; wherein the time alignment and processing component is configured to receive the plurality of media streams from the at least one broadcast production encoder in the second encoding format and to apply the control decisions in the control sequence received from the video production equipment of the control center to mutually align the control decisions based on the timestamps to the received plurality of encoded media streams for switching between said encoded media streams to remotely produce a live video stream for the video broadcast production based on the time-aligned encoded media streams, and the plurality of media streams encoded in the first encoding format are configured to be transmitted at a higher data transmission speed than the plurality of media streams encoded in the second encoding format.