Sky Germany, in partnership with O2, has recently delivered a handball match between SG Flensburg-Handewitt and Füchse Berlin via O2’s high-end 5G network. The production was executed in the cloud with Vizrt’s switching, graphics, and sports analysis tools, all deployed in AWS.

The German broadcaster has used Viz Vectar Plus for switching, Viz Libero for sports analysis, and Viz Engine and Viz Arc for graphics. The Vizrt tools were facilitated NDI Bridge that brought the program feed from the cloud back to Sky HQ in Munich.

On the pitch, Sky Germany’s production included a mixture of broadcast and mobile phone cameras through 5G transmission, powered by LiveU and coordinated by Vizrt and the previously mentioned company ensuring quality to audiences.

“After the successful first live broadcast last year, we were once again demonstrating the potential of using 5G in live sports with another end-to-end production. Together with our partner O2 and with the support of Vizrt, we were bringing the handball action very close to the TV viewer in unprecedented 5G transmission quality, allowing fans to immerse themselves particularly deeply in the live action in the arena.” said Alessandro Reitano, Senior Vice President Sport Production at Sky Deutschland.

“For the first time ever, someone is doing an end-to-end 5G live production leveraging the brand new NDI® Bridge and our cutting edge graphics, analysis and production tools – all in the cloud. We are extremely proud to work with Sky on this boundary-pushing production.” said Daniel Url, Global Head of Product Management at Vizrt.