It has teamed up with Whisper Films and others
SailGP will be showing its second season in 146 territories around the world.
In addition, the organisation has added analysis, graphics, app features, and more to enhance their broadcast around the world. It will be remote produced by Timeline from their Ealing Broadcast Centre, and use its studio.
There have been several additions to SailGP’s coverage for its second season. First, it has added a SailGP Analysis Hub – a bespoke augmented reality graphic that breaks down select race sequences to explain the action.
Viewers on the English feed will receive this, and it comes with former America’s Cup racer Matt Cornwell giving expert analysis from a studio in London to supplement on-site commentary from from Ed Leigh and Lisa Darmanin after each fleet race.
Internationally, a new graphics package will be used after collaboration with cloud technology company Oracle. It will supply real-time analytics to fans to five a better understanding of what is happening in the races.
New broadcast deals for SailGP season 2
- Sky Sports (UK and Ireland): live event coverage plus a regular highlights show through the season
- TBS BS (Japan): highlights following each event to complement live coverage on DAZN
- TV 2 (Denmark): TV 2 Sport will show SailGP live coverage and highlights for the next two seasons. Plus, the second day of the Copenhagen 2020 event will be on the main TV 2 network
- Claro Sports (Central and Latin America): the exclusive broadcast partner in both areas, showing live and delayed coverage on linear sports channels
- Sport24: will provide live and elayed coverage on its in-flight and cruise line systems
- CBS (US and Canada): extended deal to continue coverage on CBS Sports Network and will show San Francisco and New York events on main network
- In addition: Canal+Sport (France and French speaking territories), FOX Sports (Australia, Southeast Asia), SuperSport (Sub-Saharan Africa), Flow Sports (Caribbean), Sky Sport (New Zealand), BeIN Sport (Turkey), and Sport 1/2 (Israel)
Talisman Sport & Media handled the distribution of the rights to Sail GP this year.
Meanwhile, Whisper Films has worked with SailGP to create the world feed. Using patented LiveLineFX technology, the broadcast will include live event racing and highlights packages, in-venue live feeds, information packages and pre-produced vignettes, athlete-focused features, and pre- and post-race analysis.
Finally, the SailGP app has been reworked with partner Apadmi to provide more information. Users will now be able to watch a video feed from any races from season one or two – through a multi-season menu that allows them to jump to specific events.
There will also be alternate commentary tailored to a younger audience available, from broadcasters Jody Shiels and Marc Ablett.
SailGP’s second season gets underway this weekend, with Sydney the first host from 28-29 February. There will be five races in total for this campaign, with the others being in San Francisco, New York, Cowes, and Copenhagen.