In 2020, PLAYO Production began its cooperation with the European Cricket Network, providing live broadcast production for a series of European Cricket Series events in the Czech Republic.
Throughout the summer, our crews covered several weekend tournaments followed by a five-day European Cricket Series event in Prague. The productions took place at cricket grounds in Prague, Brno, Velvary and other locations across the country.
Many of the venues had very limited technical infrastructure, requiring a highly flexible production setup. PLAYO Production provided its own power supply where necessary and constructed elevated camera positions to achieve the required broadcast angles, while deploying our mobile production systems directly at each ground.
Our team provided complete multi-camera live coverage, including live directing, replay, graphics, audio production and delivery of the final programme feed.
A further European Cricket Series production was planned in Iceland in August 2020. Our crew and flight-pack system travelled to the country, but the event was cancelled shortly after our arrival due to the rapidly changing COVID-19 situation.
The 2020 season marked the beginning of our cooperation with European Cricket Network and laid the foundation for a much larger programme of cricket productions across Europe in the following years.
