Arqiva Secure Cricket World Cup Support Contract

Arqiva has announced securing a contract with TWI, the sports production arm of IMG Media, to provide production support for the BBC’s coverage of the Cricket World Cup.
Arqiva will provide both Occasional Video (OV) and studio production facilities to enable the quick turnaround of the highlights packages, broadcast each night for the duration of the tournament. The Cricket World Cup highlights will be broadcast on BBC1 until 28 April 2007.
Arqiva’s OV division is handling high volumes of downlink and line feeds incoming from the West Indies. These are being fed to a combination of three digital linear suites and EVS systems which will then collate the daily feed highlight packages for rebroadcast via Arqiva’s Chalfont Grove production galleries.
Simon Wheeler, Executive Producer at TWI, said: “The Cricket World Cup has a huge following and it’s important that cricket fans don’t miss out on any of the action from the tournament. Arqiva’s expert technical support means that the daily programmes can be packaged as quickly as possible to make for great viewing.”
Stan Hollins, Head of Studios at Arqiva said: “Given the high volume of footage coming through from the West Indies, we’ve worked closely with TWI so they can isolate the best moments from the Cricket World Cup and facilitate a seamless production for the highlights programme.”
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