EMG / Gravity Media and ATP Media have introduced a new remote production workflow for ATP Media Studios, with the objective of enhancing its flexibility on delivering different broadcast solutions, as it has claimed in a statement.

At the heart of this transformation are two newly designed remote production pods, built to streamline operations for ATP Masters 1000 tournaments and the Nitto ATP Finals. The initiative looks forward to reducing on-site personnel while maintaining the highest broadcast quality.

Plug-and-Play solution

The project took about a year to develop and was delivered in January, in time for the start of the ATP Tour season. The pods are compact and designed to fit within a Q6 pallet, making them transportable via air and sea freight. The Q6 pallet has a tare weight of 120 kg (265 lb) and a volume of 17.0 m³ (600 ft³) with a height of 243.8 cm (96 in). Their transportable nature has the intention of allowing seamless deployment between venues: while one pod is in use, the other is en route to the next tournament.

The system provides a plug-and-play solution that integrates with ATP Media Studios’ existing engineering infrastructure, supporting world feed contribution and court feed distribution—the backbone of ATP Media’s broadcast operations.

Features of the ATP Media Studios pods

• Compact, mobile design: Small enough to fit into a Q6 pallet for logistics between tournament venues. 

• Dual-unit system: Two pods operate in rotation—one in use at an event while the other is being transported to the next venue. 

• Integrated technology: The system utilises encoding and decoding technology (H.264, H.265 HEVC, JPEG XS, NDI over RTP), with connectivity provided by Tata Communications’ fibre infrastructure. 

• Scalability: The pods support up to 160 feeds per event, with 90 outgoing video and audio lines​. 

Remote Production at WestWorks

The ATP Media Studios remote production model is integrated with WestWorks, EMG / Gravity Media’s production facility in London.

• Court A: While OB direction remains on-site, video shading, EVS, graphics (GFX), and world feed audio are handled remotely at ATP Media Studios. 

• Courts B, C, and D: These courts operate with full remote production, where only cameras and audio are captured on-site while all other production elements, including graphics, replay, and commentary, are managed at ATP Media Studios​. 

• Post-production workflows: Three Adobe Premiere craft edit suites and a Media Manager Suite oversee post-production processes.

• Behind-the-Scenes Coverage: Additional content is captured through 10 dedicated behind-the-scenes cameras across all courts.