LIVE SPORT TV
WHAT’S NEXT?
Mo-Sys uses Epic Games’ Unreal Engine to add AR spectators
This has been challenging because there was no excess in the system to begin with. Fortunately, our presentation team in particular has been assembled to multi-skill across TV, radio and digital. “We have had to work with the
ECB to redesign commentary areas to ensure social distancing,” Lyle adds. “We have had to carefully plan around interview positions to ensure distancing with players and also change from our normal kit, such as using booms instead of personal microphones. “In short, the bubble has meant
looking at every area of production practice and ensuring that it can be done adhering to social distancing and the other fundamental rules of stopping the spread of coronavirus.” That caution extends throughout
the production chain. “We’ve redesigned the layout of
OB trucks so that people are socially distant,” says Adam Berger. “We’ve now got distancing screens fitted to all our trucks, with one-way systems going in and out. The air conditioning has also been upgraded to change the air faster so keeping the air fresher” “We sterilise the OBs before they
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get to site, and after daily use they get sterilised overnight, by a device that actually removes all the oxygen from the OB, thus killing any bacteria in the atmosphere, so we know it’s safe to use the next day” he adds.
KEEPING FANS ONSIDE With no fans allowed, broadcast production companies are adding virtual crowds: a new real-time tracking system is being offered by Mo-Sys that uses Epic Games’ Unreal Engine to add highly photo-realistic AR spectators filling the stands to be integrated into live production. Meanwhile Amazon and other UK broadcasters are already adding EA’s Atmospheric Audio crowd effects, courtesy of the Premier League. “It’s not as straightforward as
“EVERYONE
EXPECTED REMOTE PRODUCTION TO COME,
BUT NO ONE
THOUGHT WE’D HAVE PEOPLE
playing a tape, on every match there’s a sound person whose responsibility is to manage the ‘canned crowd’ effects; it’s a dynamic system running on a PC to match the activity on the pitch,” says Berger. Sport and broadcasters continue
to adapt to keep fans happy. Amazon is bringing its remaining Premier
COMMENTATING FROM THEIR HOUSE”
League fixtures for the current season free of charge. “Beyond this we have made a number of additions that bring extra choice to our customers in how they watch, from full-crowd Stadium Atmosphere to streaming our Prime Video fixtures on leading streaming service, Twitch,” says Alex Green. In Glasgow, Sunset+Vine Scotland
will produce matchday programming for Scottish Premiership giants Celtic from next season after being appointed as the club’s production partner. Bringing in a team led by executive producer Grant Philips, Sunset+Vine Scotland will create the content as part of a televised ticket offering to supporters should they be unable to access Celtic Park for any period of next season. So, will coronavirus permanently
change any aspect of how live sport is broadcast? “TV sports people are creative,”
says Philips. “Everyone expected remote production to come, but no-one thought we’d have people commentating from their house, the co-commentator in another house, while the presenter is in another country. Remote production will be the preferred option for a lot of sports.”
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