SEPARATED FEEDS IN NORDIC WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS, FOR CROSS COUNTRY RACES
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I prefer to show you by my own, slowly and simply, my proposal.
I would like to show a new plan of:

  • technical project
  • tv direction
  • graphics and timing

in order to offer the international signal, as we know it, and also separate feeds for each athletes.

It's very simple why the cross country races are never offered as separate feeds.

For the athletics - in the field events - the competitors race each by each.
Instead, for the individual races in the cross country ski, the athletes catch up, overpass and gather themselves, since the first timing station.

The tv direction can't follow the athletes each by each.
It's why the separate feeds for each timing station have not been offered before.

But we have also to consider that each athlete and all the athletes pass in front of one camera and cross the timing station in the field of view of that camera.

At the end:

- we can't see the performance of each competitor shot by every camera of the Obvan
- we can see them pass in front of one camera and the timing station, if the camera is in a good position.

In witch way the separate signals could be realized?

  1. The technical project should offer the international signal and also the separate feed of one camera with graphics for each timing station;
  2. for each timing station, the tv direction have to put a camera at 20, 30, 40 mt. after the timing point, using them without panning or approaching by zoom;
  3. the Data Processing Company (the WIGE MIC, in this case) has to give us one more equipment for each timing station, to offer (also automatically, I think) all data informations.

The same cameras and the same timing equipments can be used for the mass start races, Gundersen or relays. In this case, graphics will give the order of classification and the distance from the first athlete.

In this way, as for the spotter system (pre-timing system) every broadcaster knows the own athletes arrive at the timing station, they can pass from the international to the dedicated feed.

I think that the chance to see own athletes widen the interest on the Nordic Ski to a lot of Countries and it could improve this magnificent discipline.

You can find this proposal on the Internet link www.sportregiatv.it (Altri sport - Fiemme 2003). I ask you to think about the reasons and the practicability of my proposal and give me your opinions and suggestions, before the next Pre-World Championship. Thank you.

 

FIEMME 2003 – WORKSHOP  9/5/2001
FIRST AGREEMENT WITH  WIGE MIC

We agree about:

  1. THE SAME TIMING STATION (for International and separated feeds)
     
  2. THE DIFFERENT GRAPHICS:
     
    1. FOR INTERNATIONAL FEED: as we know it
       
    2. FOR SEPARATED FEEDS: with scrolling graphics (number, name, position, distance )  in four spaces
      1. for INDIVIDUAL RACES
      2. for ALL OTHER RACES

 

VAL DI FIEMME 2003 - FILOSOFIA DI RIPRESA - APPUNTI

I have to say some words about the working in progress for the coverage of the WC.

During last months we made three surveys, for the 5 km East, 5 + 2.5 km West and the Stadium. What are the criteria we have been worked?

For the mass start races, gundersen and relays, we archive to cover the entire track.
For the individual races, we have foreseen cameras on places of the track witch are very interesting, either for the effort of the athlete, or from the point of view of the timing.

In this way, we think to ask 3 timing stations for each track, East and West. The forth timing station could be available at the Stadium.
We will put 5 cameras for each timing station on the track: 2 before the point, 1 on the point, 1 for the exit and 1 camera dedicated to the athletes.

For the mass start races, gundersen and relays, the same tracks are covered by 23 cameras at East and 20 cameras on West. At the stadium, we will have 14 cameras, for starting, passing by and arrivals. We will follow the athletes by a rail camera of about 70 mt; we will use 2 12 mt cranes and one platform, 30/40 mt hight like a beauty shot. Maybe we will use also some microcameras under the snow.

You can see the result of the coverage and the positions of the camera on the map.

Our philosophy? Our aim is to correctly show the event, exciting the performances of the most possible number of athletes.
 
Giancarlo TOMASSETTI

info@sportregiatv.it