ALLIANZ SAILING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023

Host Broadcast Production, Rights Distribution and News

THE BRIEF

Sunset+Vine won a competitive tender to provide production, distribution and news services for World Sailing at the 2023 Allianz Sailing World Championships in The Hague.

This was a vast event: all 10 Olympic classes, around 1,000 boats, two venues and roughly 50 square kilometres of field of play. It was also the fourth consecutive time Sunset+Vine had won the contract.

THE RESULT

The event became World Sailing’s most successful World Championships to date.

Live coverage increased by 75%, highlights rose by 36% and total broadcast hours reached 15,000. It was a strong example of how smart production, rights strategy and news delivery could work together to grow a sport globally.

THE HOW

We assembled a large multinational team and a sophisticated technical plan to deliver live world feed coverage of the medal races and finals.

The production covered up to eight race courses across the main field of play, plus two Para courses, using a mix of RF and bonded cellular transmission. Coverage included two drones, a helicopter with gimbal, live on-board cameras and an Attack RIB that delivered straight-to-social live reporting from the racecourse itself.

Alongside production, our Media Partnerships team secured live and highlights deals with 63 broadcasters, including Eurosport, while our news operation delivered daily coverage into 175 territories in 20 languages.

CREDIT ROLL

Project Director
Andrew Preece

Production Manager
Sarah Bucknall

Director of Technical Operations
Mark Dennis

Executive Producer
Denis Harvey

Director
Wayne Leonard

Head of Media Partnerships
Sarsfield Brolly

Head of News
Sabina Mollart Rogerson

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Sarsfield Brolly