THE ROYAL WEDDING OUTSIDE BROADCAST CASE STUDY

S700 SNG our HD OB truck was set up along with the ever jolly Fox News crew that had travelled to join us from the USA.
A three camera live location was installed with cables running back to our truck ready for the live broadcasts.
The day consisted of testing the 3 camera mux for the remote production from The Long Walk OB compound for Fox News. Each camera was separately encoded and sent as a mux back to the studio in America.
The KA dish located on our truck provided 70 hours of continuous bandwidth for Fox’s Dejoro back packs to stream live to the affiliate Fox stations across the USA.
Our man Gary was located next to S700 SNG working for our client Pro Link providing a KA Flyaway for internet access and dedicated bandwidth for LiveU use.
It wasn’t long before the crews mind turned to food!! They made their way to the ‘exclusive’ crew food trucks and stocked up on plenty of yummy stuff to keep them going.

Madness ensued while hundreds of different crews got busy from OB truck operators like us to TV presenters, news agencies, caterers and security all preparing for the biggest calendar event of the year which was to be viewed all over the world.
From day one’s early morning arrival our day crews continuously swapped with the night crews, continuing the rigorous 24 hour operation ensuring that all services were stable and clean to air right through to the close of the event on Sunday 20th for the post wedding interviews and live content.

Harte & Garter Hotel, Windsor Location
Four camera ops and two full ENG camera kits were provided for BBA TV and Eurovision who had an amazing prime location from the balcony of the Harte & Garter which overlooked the Castle grounds. The Royal Wedding Outside Broadcast event was a 3 day operation.

The Wedding Day!
As time ticked by and tons more double checks and tests than we care to remember it was time for the big moment the world was waiting for!!
With full coverage of the Royal Wedding being beamed across the pond to the United States in its full glory we could finally take a relived breathe and enjoy the wedding – all while keeping a close eye on the transmission of course!!
After a touch of celebrity spotting which was fabulous we were ready to catch a glimpse of Prince Harry & Meghan.
Not all of the Links crews were involved in the Royal Wedding – we also had Andy covering the FA Cup Final at Wembley for East Productions (maybe more important for a very small number of the world population) and Dave who was in Hull covering the ALLAM British Squash Open in Hull (we are sure he managed to watch the wedding too somehow!)