10/3/2013
The World Athletics Championships: AMP VISUAL TV in Moscow
The World Athletics Championships, the biggest track and field event of the year, take place from 10 to 18 August and AMP VISUAL TV is in the Russian capital to provide coverage. Our teams have an unusual assignment and equipment that is at the forefront of technology. For AMP VISUAL TV, the World Athletics Championships are a unique challenge. We are in charge of all the RF work at the competition, both inside and outside Luzhniki stadium. The occasion marks a real increase in global awareness of our expertise in RF broadcasting.
Alongside Eurovision, we are supplying eight on-site OB vans with RF images, for total coverage of all stages of the World Championships. For those disciplines taking place inside the stadium, we are using eight RF links, which will also link up with a cable cam. For outdoor disciplines like walking and the marathon, we are using an RF system made up of three RF motorcycles, a lead car (a car that follows right behind the race), a helicopter with a Cineflex gyro-flex camera and two Beauty cameras. During the outside races, our RF system has been designed to bring the most complete solution possible which does not require a plane and which simultaneously relays the signal between different transmitters. This was yet another challenge we met.
Coordination on the ground between our team and the different people involved was made considerably easier thanks to our regular presence in Russia for various shoots. This confirms the success of our new Service Factory 'technical coordination' service, a subject we'll come back to soon.
We are proud to count ourselves amongst the French teams involved in the World Championships. Now it's down to our athletes to bring back as many medals as they can!
In France, you can watch the World Athletics Championships on France Télévisions and Eurosport.