Remote football production is consolidated in the UK with Riedel's Simplylive: up to 30 simultaneous matches

IMG deploys SimplyLive production suite Riedel to produce and distribute up to 30 matches simultaneously from the Championship, League One and League Two leagues, which corresponds to 50% of the content made remotely from the English Football League.

The remote production setup EFL includes six camera signals of the stadiums of the Championship, four of the League One and two of the League Two, which is an over 60% increase in camera entries compared to previous seasons. All signals are ingested into the centralized environment SimplyLive de IMG, where operators manage the live mix, las repetitions, los later highlights to the party, the regulatory compliance content and the contents for social networks. According to account Brian Leonard, director of engineering, production and workflows at IMG: "Our production teams face a particularly demanding schedule: there are weekends when 34 EFL matches are taking place at the same time. From our facilities, we produce between 50 and 60 matches each weekend, and SimplyLive helps us manage that volume with confidence."

One of the key reasons IMG chose SimplyLive Production Suite was his operational flexibility. Replay traders benefit from intuitive review from multiple angles and quickly create highlights, while directors can create custom workflows using a combination of touchscreen and remote control interfaces. In the words of Sarah Lochmore, IMG People Director: “Our replay operators enjoy the ability to scroll back through all angles at once, quickly find key moments, and create replays or highlight clips in a matter of seconds.”

Beyond live production, the centralized configuration of SimplyLive has unlocked new efficiencies for post-match content delivery. IMG operators can quickly satisfy customer requests. clubs, referees and rights holders, whether for broadcast distribution or social media interaction. By having all the Instant camera angles, response time is drastically reduced and editorial quality is improved.

He software based design It has also opened the door to faster onboarding of new staff, allowing IMG to expand its operator base with talent from both broadcasting and other non-traditional fields. "The system also supports a hybrid control approach: users can work with touch screens, remote controls or both. There is no single 'right' way to work with SimplyLive. You can create a workflow around the operator, rather than the other way around," says Lochmore.

Brett Stoneham, commercial director of live production at Riedel Communications, highlights the deployment of SimplyLive in the EFL: "IMG's implementation of SimplyLive Production Suite is a powerful example of what flexible, software-based workflows can achieve at scale. By centralizing operations and adapting to the needs of each operator, they are delivering more content more efficiently and raising the bar for remote production in football."