BBC Ventures team up with BBC Sport to serve up Wimbledon

BBC Ventures Group's businesses are working closely together to develop BBC Sport's coverage of the Wimbledon Championships - an event which continues to be one of the biggest highlights of the sporting calendar.
BBC Outside Broadcasts, which oversees the OB for the event, will be working closely with its sister companies BBC Broadcast, BBC Vecta and BBC Technology to combine technological and creative input to enhance the production team's workflow and maximise the viewers' experience.
BBC Broadcast will be launching the campaign to raise awareness of this year's multi platform coverage with trails aimed at highlighting the deeply competitive nature of both the women's and the men's games. Using the strapline 'Before you can become a Wimbledon champion, you have to think like one', the TV trail features a range of players including champions Serena Williams and Lleyton Hewitt - along with new stars Mauresmo, Hantuchova and Blake, and of course Tim Henman.
At the tournament, BBC Outside Broadcasts will integrate an EVS Live Slo-Mo Machine network for the first time giving the production team the flexibility to grab images and compile highlights packages faster than ever.
As well as being able to access and edit live material simultaneously, the on-site crew will be able to play back slo-mos as soon as the action happens without the need to wait for tapes. The digital non-linear editing network consists of 13 x 6 Channel EVS XT machines providing storage of up to 6,000 clips, 8 x supermotion camera replays, 20 further record sources for slo-mo and match turnaround. In addition, this year BBC Outside Broadcasts has increased the number of cameras in Court One to enhance the coverage of the all the matches.
As part of the outside broadcast, WiScape, a business unit of BBC Vecta, will be providing Digital Radio Cameras (DRC) which will broadcast shots from around the venue simultaneously with Sue Barker's slots throughout Wimbledon.
In addition, BBC Broadcast and BBC Technology will be further enhancing the viewing experience of the tournament by providing streaming of live matches on the BBC Wimbledon website and offering access to the viewer to watch play on all courts through the interactive TV service.
Paul Davies, Editor, BBC Sport comments: "We are delighted to have the teams from the BBC Ventures Group collaborating with us to make Wimbledon as dynamic as possible. It is a huge operation and we are constantly looking at ways to enhance the experience and make it as diverse and compelling for the audience through any media."
(SP)