The 2022 European Aquatics Championships competition took place in Rome in the Foro Italico, the legendary pool complex, which was the home of the 1983, 1994 and 2009 FINA World Championships.
Movicom provided a total of 11 specialty cameras for the event. One of the most unique was the Robycam 2D that used a single winch, but double ropes to drive the camera head to cover the artistic swimming competition, which is a fan favorite. Along with the 2D Robycam a gyro stabilized Robyhead R3 head was used to augment the coverage of the artistic swimming pool.
A separate point-to-point Robyline system was provided for the diving events as well as swimming Races over a different pool in the complex. A 50m underwater railcam in the main swimming pool covered all the swimming races and was complemented by several of Movicom’s D1 – PTZ remote heads. A few mini-cameras were also rigged at the starting blocks for the races.
RAI, the host broadcaster, produced over 120 hours of live television coverage over the course of the games, at one point reaching some 1.5 million viewers. The event was also available pay-per-view on Sky where the international viewership was also impressive.
