EMG has successfully delivered broadcast facilities, on behalf of UEFA across all 31 matches of the UEFA Women’s EUROs football championships.
A significant logistical undertaking, EMG had a fleet of five NOVA OB trucks for 31 matches in ten stadiums spread across England, including the iconic Wembley Stadium and Old Trafford, the home of historic Premier League team Manchester United. The distance between these stadiums, driving times, where team members were located, time to rig, de-rig and transmit, all had to be factored in and calculated by the EMG team in producing a sustainable and environmentally friendly crew schedule for the tournament.
Considerable effort was applied to ensuring staff could work at games held near to their homes. This not only helped to ensure the team recorded less hours on the road, but that EMG was operating more sustainably by keeping travel to a minimum. As has been company policy for some time, each EMG compound featured recycling facilities, alongside water coolers to remove any reliance on single use plastic with trucks running on HVO Green D+ fuel.
Sunset & Vine provided the full production team to successfully deliver the tournament, bringing their expertise through a creative team of directors, production managers, floor managers and world feed producers. From the EMG family, specialist camera provider, ACS supplied minicams and the ACS SMARTgrip, Broadcast RF supplied RF cameras and Boost Graphics provided graphics and data processing. UHD native graphics were managed with NEXT, the EMG graphics solution, and coupled to the UEFA data feed to capture live statistics, such as team line-ups and VAR decisions, automatically. Four experienced operators managed by BOOST worked on machines embedded into the main OB.
