Input Media taps Net Insight for Women’s World Cup remote production
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Joseph O'Halloran
| 07 July 2019

On the eve of the final of the tournament that has smashed viewing records in the UK, Net Insight has revealed that sports TV production company Input Media selected its remote production solution to produce the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the BBC.

The specialist in facilities, live, fast-turnaround programming and post-production has been producing all programming from France remotely for BBC Sport since kick off on 7 June and when reigning champions the USA (pictured) and the Netherlands slug it out in the final, Input Media will have produced 27 live games by distributed remote production from its recently upgraded Manchester production base.

Net Insight was selected to deliver its remote production solution based on the Nimbra platform, designed for high-quality media transport over IP. Nimbra provides the contribution of main match feeds from the Paris international broadcast centre to London, and a suite of video and audio feeds between Input Media’s London hub and the Manchester facility across a dedicated network. The main broadcast technical core equipment has been hosted at its London Production Centre in Chiswick, with both the Paris IBC and Input Media Manchester facility all connected.

In France there have been three separate and dedicated teams made up of BBC presenters and commentators along with Input Media’s producers, camera operators, sound, satellite engineers and facility partners presenting from the different host stadiums in Paris, Nice, Lyon, Le Havre, Rennes, Reims, Grenoble, Montpelier and Valenciennes.

“We are really excited to deliver this ground-breaking production and Net Insight was the perfect choice since [it has] well-proven solution and long experience of live sports remote production,” explained Nick Symes, director of technology at Input Media. “And together with our London broadcast core, Manchester production base and our key technical staff, Net Insight are the right partner for reliable and robust remote production contribution”

“We are delighted to [have worked] with Input Media during the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019,” added Net Insight CEO Henrik Sund. “Earlier this year we collaborated with SVT and Grass Valley enabling the largest remote IP production ever during the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships as well as the IBU World Championships Biathlon and we will share our experiences of those events with Input Media.”