The issue includes features on sports docs, virtual fans, teleporting athletes, Watch Together apps, diversity in sports production and lots more. Issue #6 of Broadcast Sport magazine (Winter 2020) is out now. The magazine was paused after our previous issue came out at the beginning of March 2020 just before lockdown hit the country. This […]
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Salsa Sound brings virtual fans to National Women’s Soccer League
Company behind the virtual crowd noise system says it’s simple enough for non-audio professionals to use. The virtual crowd sound for the National Women’s Soccer League Challenge Cup is being created by Salsa Sound’s Crowd DJ technology. This creates responsive crowd sound the company says can “easily respond to every event on the field of […]
COMMENT: How to create authentic fan sounds for empty stadiums
DAZN’s Andres Veredas Salazar on creating authentic audio for the Bundesliga’s return to live matches. The sounds are pieced together in real-time from an archive of last season’s matches to create realistic soundscapes for each game. Replicating the atmosphere created by 70,000 fans is no easy task but by adapting existing DAZN technology, we felt […]
LaLiga to use virtual fans and audio to liven up empty stadiums
Stands will “closely resemble how they looked and sounded before the competition was postponed.” LaLiga is to use digitally recreated fan audio and virtualised stands for the rest of the season, and for as long as matches are played behind closed doors. It will also introduce new camera angles. The stands will be filled with […]
OZ Sports fills empty stadiums with the sight and sounds of virtual fans
The tech filling empty stadiums with virtual fans. Sports tech company OZ Sports has launched an AR product called OZ Arena to bring fans from home into live broadcasts when football resumes. Fans will appear as personalised avatars, and will make genuine cheers from home via an app. They will even be offered their preferred […]