Best Live Event Coverage Shortlisted


Leonardo Live PhilGrabskyFilms.com in association with Leopard Films for Sky Arts Broadcast simultaneously on Sky Arts and in cinemas around the UK, Leonardo Live provided viewers with a preview of the National Gallery’s exhibition Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan. One of the biggest chal- lenges was limiting disruption to audience members, which called for pre-rigged and camouflaged cabling, no moving of camera equipment, limited lighting and prescribed routes for the presenters.


The FA Cup Final IMG Sports Media for ESPN


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SPN decided to roll back the years for its coverage of the FA Cup Final between Manchester City


and Stoke. Working with production company IMG, the broadcaster took its cue from the BBC coverage of the past, stretching it across the entire day. It resulted in a 12-hour broadcast that


took in five live shows from Wembley, three taped shows (The Greatest Goals, The Road To Wembley and FA Cup Legends), live links from the team hotels, two presentation trucks and eight match cameras to supplement the host broadcast. The coverage incorporated a number


of firsts. The lead presentation position was pitchside, featuring a panel of four football experts. The production team looked to the NFL Super Bowl for inspi- ration for its lighting and studio rig. The production went to great lengths


to use every aspect of the iconic stadium, and in another first for the FA Cup Final, a camera was placed in the Manchester City dressing room. Mark Chapman and Steve Bunce presented ‘Pardon The


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Interruption’ live from pitchside, while ‘Talk of the Terrace’ came from the fifth- floor balcony overlooking Wembley Way. The FA Cup Final Live Show began


with lead presenter Ray Stubbs intro- ducing the programme from the side of the pitch with the four experts, which


‘It perfectly captured the passion, affection for and sense of fun of a great


English sporting icon’ Awards judges


IMG said gave it a completely different perspective from the conventional studio position. The production aimed to pull in as


many disparate venues and feeds as pos- sible, while still making the coverage feel like one seamless show. The judges agreed – they said the coverage, which peaked at 450,000 viewers, “perfectly captured the passion, affection for and sheer sense of fun of a great English sporting icon”.


Radio 1’s Big Weekend: Lady Gaga Live BBC Music Entertainment for BBC Three Concern that Lady Gaga’s late appearance would diminish the audience’s appetite for her Radio One’s Big Weekend performance was unfounded as the programme pulled in 1.2 mil- lion viewers, making it the highest-rated music programme ever on BBC Three. The hour-long build-up with guest interviews and backstage reports was extended by half an hour, helping to build anticipation of the headline performance.


The World Sheepdog Trials North One TV for More 4 The outside broadcast, which showcased 240 handlers and their dogs competing in the Cumbrian countryside, used kit more com- monly seen at major motorsports events. Super-slow-motion cameras, mini-cameras rigged into fence posts and accelerometer and GPS systems attached to the dogs to illustrate G-force and distances covered were all part of the 4 x 120-minute shows and the 60-minute highlights show.


Tour De France 2011 V Squared for ITV4 A mobile team of 15 staff in France, together with a similar number in London, produced 100 hours of programming over 23 days. The series, which peaked at 873,000 viewers, aimed to show the complexities of the race for cycling devotees, and the entertainment and skulduggery of the event for those less familiar with the sport.


World Match Racing Tour Red Handed TV for multiple broadcasters Taking in nine stops around the world, Red Handed TV created three daily live shows, a three-hour live show and a daily highlights show of the sailing event. The production tried to emulate the BBC’s Masters golf coverage by dropping in and out of races to give an over- view of the event, with MTV-style VTs and highlights packages.


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