delivered weekly multicamera coverage from major venues across the UK, along with single-camera coverage for every other match. “We are delighted to have been the host broadcast partner for the PWR alongside our partners Buzz 16 and TNT Sports for the past two seasons,” says Wilkie. “To deliver this contract, we deployed a full remote production to service world feed coverage and TNT Sports’ domestic coverage. We’re at the forefront of full remote production, delivering the PWR across two incredible seasons of growth directly to TNT Sports.” Due to the nature of match timing being non-continuous during a rugby game, a custom integration into the Moov Orion graphics control system was created to give a live connection to the on-site timing devices via cloud-hosted systems provided by Limitless. “Every broadcast pick consists of eight-camera coverage with full pitch-side presentation, reporter,
on-site commentary, big-screen video, fan radio, remote Television Match Official, Hawkeye integration, remote replay, analysis and highlights operations, remote graphics via our partner Moov, GenAI super slow- motion and analyst feeds. Both finals consisted of 12- and 18- camera coverage,” explains Wilkie. Buzz 16 provides all production and digital content production for the PWR and host broadcast production for TNT Sports. “We
work together looking to get the very best output for the PWR, ultimately to get more eyeballs on the sport and more fans coming to the game,” adds Wilkie. “The stats are only just recently out, and PWR saw an 86% increase in broadcast views, a 134% increase in streaming subscribers and reached over 24 million accounts across social channels, plus it had record attendances for double- headers and stand-alone games. We are so proud to have played our part in this success and growth of a sport close to our hearts.” Also new for the 2024/25 season, Limitless launched a pioneering ultra- low-latency return vision solution. The technology was developed in-house and provides near real-
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