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production studio for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, creating 26 3D environments using Unreal Engine, allowing it to bring presenters, experts and athletes together, despite being half a world away. With 5G bringing improvements on bandwidth


and latency, “new technology and remote production will open up smaller and niche events and much smaller sports,” observes Gough at North One. Remote isn’t all plain sailing. “There’s a danger


of putting technology in front of journalism,” says Gough. “We still have to get to the heart of the story, we need face to face contact and strong journalism on the ground.” There’s also the motivation of crew, who might


not have signed up for a life in a gallery thousands of miles from the action. They need to stay connected. At Sky, Wessely says that instead of being at the event, production team members might “go on recces, get to meetings, or play the golf courses if they can.” Beyond remote, “technology wise, the challenge


is to be really immersive, to get closer and into areas where you’ve not been before,” says Cole at Whisper. This includes experimenting with cameras. Sony is a minority stake holder in the indie, giving access to Sony’s Innovation Lab. It used a Sony A7S3


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“NEW TECHNOLOGY AND REMOTE PRODUCTION WILL OPEN UP SMALLER AND NICHE EVENTS”


ROBERT GOUGH, NORTH ONE


with 35mm Prime lens, Variable ND Filter, DJI RS2 Ronin with RF capacity to bring a different depth of field to the Women’s Super League. “You see it a lot in documentary but haven’t seen a lot in live… You can get up close with a personality, pre- and post-match.” Giving the viewer a richer experience with higher


definition is slowly gathering pace. Sky has added a dedicated Formula 1 UHD channel, while the BBC’s expanded coverage of Glastonbury last year included a UHD platform for the first time. Clever use of data and data capture is also giving


new perspectives. Sky is developing its use of data to programme avatars to recreate and analyse shots and bowling trajectories (see box). All this - at a time of consolidation and a cost of


living crisis - only if there’s the budget. Wilkinson at Collective says budgets at pre-Covid levels call for adjustments. “The price for suppliers has gone up, so we’re already having to dig deep and be creative.” Done +Dusted has found new business with


big tech companies super-sizing their corporate messaging, it has diversified into immersive events and its offices in the US and the Middle East give it a bigger pool to fish in. However, says, CEO Pizey, “in the UK it’s a small industry. It doesn’t take much for everyone to feel the pinch here.”


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