Innovating TV for Live cricket

Pioneering Remote Production for New Zealand’s Summer of Cricket

The 2023–24 summer of cricket was a triumph for TVNZ, with coverage reaching more than 2.5 million viewers across TVNZ 1 and DUKE, and a further 459,000 accounts on TVNZ+. Behind the scenes, another milestone was achieved: the introduction of innovative remote production methods, a first for live sport in New Zealand.

UK-based Whisper, globally renowned for producing live coverage of major events such as Formula One, was enlisted as TVNZ’s production partner. One of Whisper’s biggest challenges lay in the high cost of traditional live sports broadcasting, particularly with the geographic spread of matches across New Zealand. The solution was remote production – a cost-efficient approach that kept most of the crew in Whisper’s Parnell studio, rather than relocating a large team to each game venue.

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