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the coronation
BBC Studios Events Production will be producing the Coronation and the Coronation Concert. On Saturday, 6th May, The Coronation
Service will take place at Westminster Abbey, following The King’s Procession from Buckingham Palace. The BBC Studios team will be
drawing on many years’ experience, including The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II last September, where the team was headed up by BBC Studios Live Events creative director Claire Popplewell. The funeral coverage involved 213 cameras (no drones), 14 OB trucks, provided by NEP, transmitting from 10 locations. In 1953 the BBC TV OB operation for
Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation was the largest and most complex OB attempted to date and at the cutting edge of the technology of the time. 70 years later, 2023’s Coronation will still be a hugely complex undertaking. The goal is to give audiences everywhere the best seat in the house. On Sunday 7th May, The Coronation
Concert will be staged in the grounds of Windsor Castle. It will mark the first time the private grounds of the Castle will have hosted a celebration on this scale - when 20,000 people will be invited to the Coronation Party. BBC Studios will produce, stage and broadcast the event live, with a bespoke stage set in The King’s Garden and artists from across the globe continuing the weekend celebrations. A national Coronation Choir made up of community singing groups will reflect the many faces and voices of modern Britain and the event will feature lasers, drones and illuminations. Sustainability will be a priority.
Renewable power solutions such as battery sources and HVO fuel will be used instead of their more harmful alternatives. And the staging and set for the Coronation Concert will be constructed using recycled or pre- purposed materials wherever possible and donated, recycled or repurposed after the show through the various donation partners.
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understand the characters and the challenges they face,” says Gough at North One. Whisper is working with FIFA on content for
the Women’s World Cup this Summer. Last year, it partnered with the BBC, UEFA and the FA to deliver coverage of the UEFA Women’s Championship, where the triumphant English lionesses, including Lucy Bronze, Beth Mead, Chloe Kelly, became household names. “You’re starting to see those characters emerge, that’s the key to the buzz around the Women’s Euros,” says Cole. In the world of golf, “Lydia Ko, Ko Jin-Young,
Nelly Calda, Brooke Henderson, fantastically talented, athletic women at the top of the game, make it very entertaining,” says Jason Wessely, Director of Golf, Sky Sports. Sky’s data tells them that it’s still largely men that watch women’s golf, “so the trick will be converting women’s sporting audiences to watch,” says Wessely. “We’re trying to keep production values equal to the men’s golf.” For the Women’s Euros football championship,
“we wanted to do it on a par with any men’s world cup and championship,” says Cole. “We wanted this to be the most talked-about, most watched event everywhere.” He describes “collective ambition” with partners, despite budget constraints. Hollywood star Natalie Portman waived her fee for kicking off the tournament. For the finals, collaboration with news gave them a helicopter and with UEFA, a Spidercam. Coverage of women’s sport is growing. In cricket, Sky has landed the rights to the first Women’s
Premier League. Last year saw the inaugural Tour de France Femmes, covered by Warner Bros Discovery Sports, which shows all the stages of Women’s World Tour. This year will see the deal that merges the sports
rights for Warner Bros Discovery and BT Sport take the shape of the rebranding of BT sport to TNT Sports in the UK and Ireland. Discovery+ Eurosport channels will rebrand after the 2024 Olympics. With the big rights holders all paying closer
attention to their Environmental, Social and Governance standards, there is a greater push for sustainable production and inclusivity, both on- screen and behind the camera. Whisper is already doing the groundwork for the
Paralympics, Paris 2024, recently hiring Paralympic gold medallist Liz Johnson as Executive Producer. It’s aiming for more than the 16 per cent disabled crew on the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. Creating broad, inclusive coverage to reflect and
engage with fans requires a broad production skillset, “being able to deliver different things for all those partners – digital, branded, documentary,” says Cole. Wilkinson at Collective reports a significant
increase in working with marketing and social media departments of sports’ governing bodies. “In the past you would turn up, go behind the scenes and slap it on Instagram. Now we’re working with them to say let’s announce our host, let’s tease, create demand for it a month or two out. They get great content and we get increased awareness of our show.”
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