Gravity Media Australia to deliver Australian designed and developed speciality cameras for coverage of the 70th running of the iconic Macau Grand Prix
Gravity Media, the world’s leading global provider of complex live creative production and media services, today outlined the provision of on-board and in-camera technology designed and developed in Australia for the global television coverage of the 70th Macau Grand Prix.
The iconic Macau Grand Prix – held across two weekends in November – sees cars and motorcycles participate at the Guia circuit which threads its way through the streets of Macau.
The FIA GT and Formula 3 World Cups are being held in Macau for the first time since 2019.
Gravity Media Australia and its specialist Globecam teams is delivering more than 30 speciality on-board and in-car cameras across Formula 3, World GT Cars and Guia Touring Cars and also motorbikes competing in the Moto Series at the event.
The new agreement builds on Globecam’s successful deployment of in-car and on-board camera technology at the Macau Grand Prix since 2008.
These technologies also form a key component in Gravity Media Australia’s partnership with Supercars Media in the delivery of the internationally recognised coverage of the Repco Bathurst 1000 and the Repco Supercars Championship in Australia.
Ben Madgwick – Director, Media Services and Facilities at Gravity Media Australia:
“Gravity Media Australia is delighted to once again be working in partnership with the Sports Bureau of Macau and the Macau Grand Prix Organising Committee.
“We are pleased to be deploying Gravity Media’s internationally acknowledged in-car camera technology and working closely with the host broadcaster Sports Bureau of Macau and the Macau Grand Prix Organising Committee to deliver the global coverage of a tremendous event.”
Greg Littrich – Director, Operations at Gravity Media Australia:
“Gravity Media Australia is committed to be at the cutting edge of speciality cameras.
“We take great pride that Globecam’s technologies designed and developed in Australia now form a critical component in the coverage of many international sports events.
“We have a long and deep history with the Macau Grand Prix and are proud to once again be entrusted with delivering our specialist camera technologies.”
Gravity Media Australia In-Car Camera Technology:
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, HelmetCam and UmpireCam which are now a key component of cricket coverage including the Indian Premier League, 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.
Gravity Media Australia:
Gravity Media Australia’s acknowledged broadcast technology and production partnerships across major sports in Australia include the Australian Open and the Summer of Tennis, the Melbourne Cup and all major horse racing events in Australia, the Bathurst 1000 and the Repco Supercars Championship, the Bathurst 12 Hour, the World Athletics Cross Country Championships, the Tour Down Under, the PGA Tour of Australasia, the Stawell Gift, the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) in Melbourne, the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Crankworx Cairns, the FIM World Supercross Championship at Marvel Stadium, a partnership with Cricket Australia for the coverage of multiple cricket competitions in Australia and the delivery of broadcast and production technology requirements for coverage of the rapidly expanding and developing AFLW.
Through its studios, production, post-production, outside broadcast facilities and specialist camera technologies, Gravity Media Australia is currently involved with major production companies, television networks and pay television and streaming platforms in Australia across projects including The Voice, Australian Idol, Dancing with the Stars, The Masked Singer, Australia’s Got Talent, Would I Lie to You?, The 1% Club, Millionaire Hot Seat and I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.
Gravity Media Australia post-production centre, Gravity House, plays a key role in the production of major international television productions across broadcast, subscription and streaming platforms, as well as movies from the Marvel Universe and projects from multiple US and international studios, and many of Australia’s leading independent film productions.
