EMG / Gravity Media, a world leading provider of complex live creative production and media services, is again delivering camera technology designed and developed in Australia for the global coverage of this year’s Indian Premier League.
EMG / Gravity Media Australia’s Globecam specialty camera unit is providing its ground-breaking UmpireCam to add further depth to the broadcast coverage across all matches in this year’s Indian Premier League.
EMG / Gravity Media has been delivering specialist camera technology for the Indian Premier League for the past eleven years.
EMG / Gravity Media’s UmpireCam and HelmetCam form key components of international cricket coverage, and building on UmpireCam’s role with the IPL, HelmetCam will again be mounted on the helmets of players in both the men’s and women’s tournaments in the forthcoming The Hundred cricket league in the United Kingdom.
HelmetCam and UmpireCam are high definition 1080i format lightweight cameras weighing only 75 grams.
EMG / Gravity Media Australia’s Globecam unit is renowned for creating ground-breaking, high-definition digital miniature live broadcast devices that entertain and engage viewers all over the world with footage captured from exciting new angles and perspectives.
Globecam is behind a number of world-first innovations, including speciality in-car camera technologies for the Supercars Championship in Australia, the NetCam tennis solution, which has been used at all four Grand Slams since its launch in 2018, and the Live JockeyCam, which has been beaming horse racing images around Australia since 2019.
Globecam sporting applications now span tennis, cricket, rugby, motorsport, cycling, horse racing, golf, athletics and sailing.
Greg Littrich – General Manager SNG/RF and Specialty Cameras for EMG / Gravity Media Australia:
“We are delighted that our relationship with the BCCI and the IPL continues for another year.
“UmpireCam has been a feature of the IPL television production since its debut in 2014 and we have worked each year to develop the very latest upgrades in technology into our specialty camera devices, ensuring that the production and the millions of viewers worldwide enjoy the best viewing experience. The action from the middle has never looked better.”
