German premier league football club 1.FC Cologne continues to develop its documentary format 24/7 FC with PlayerMic systems from Q5X. Q5X microphones and transmitters are compact and lightweight, and are worn directly under the players’ jerseys, so they have no negative effects on mobility or athletics. 24/7 FC is a club-own documentary format, produced and realised by Cologne-based production company Flutlicht-Film OHG.

Project implementation was accompanied by Broadcast Solutions Produkte und Service GmbH, a subsidiary of European system integrator Broadcast Solutions, which is responsible for the distribution of Q5X products in the DACH region. Currently, eight episodes are scheduled for production and will air on the club’s 247.fc.de channel and will be broadcast afterwards on German Pay-TV channel SKY. In the first stage, the microphones and audio transmitters are used during training and test matches.

For the production, Flutlicht-Film uses Q5X PlayerMics. The audio transmitters are compatible with products from Shure, Sennheiser and Wisycom. To gain usability and resistance, the audio transmitters are housed in a flexible, rubber-coated and water-repellent enclosure, that can be placed in pockets integrated into jerseys or glued to pads to fit directly on the player’s body. The devices work up to eight hours on battery power.