(28/10/2013) Once in a year Timmendorfer Strand is becoming the Wimbledon for beach volleyball. This was also true this year when for the 21th time the German SMART beach volleyball championships were played. For the finale of the SMART beach volleyball tour Timmendorfer Strand was transformed into a meeting place for the beach volleyball fans from all across Germany. Only here AMBION was setting up the Ahmann-Hager arena with more than 5,000 seats. Only here the Olympic champions have their own parking space right next to the arena. Only here the spirit is better than at the Copacabana.
Already in the early 2000s AMBION GmbH (then Ultrasound OHG) was active in a similar constellation for 6 years for the German beach volleyball championships at Timmendorfer Strand. At that time the team tailored a sound setup for the event area and established the Court Party on Saturday night in the middle of the Ahmann-Hager arena, setting the standard for the party crowd.
In 2013 AMBION again got the contract for the setup of technical equipment for the entire SMART beach volleyball tour as well as the German Championships at Timmendorfer Strand. The aim was to develop a high-performance setup with the experience of the learnings during the recent years and with the advanced possibilities offered by today's technology. The focus was on the following aspects: maximum speech intelligibility in the spectator area, fast set-up times, and to comply with all legal requirements (e.g. wind load near the coast) and weather resistance.
The same was the guideline for the setup of the TV equipment to enable SKY Germany to produce beach volleyball as never seen before, neither at World or European Championships, nor at the Olympics. The event picked up spectators in front of the TV with new perspectives, other points of view and never seen before camera movements. SKY took the chance to present beach volleyball completely detached from our learned viewing habits and opened a new window to the presentation of event sports on TV.
SKY decided to work for the live production of the event with TV Skyline. TV Skyline's offering consists of an inhouse department for the development of special cameras in addition to a flexible HD OBVan fleet.
Together with SKY the company was thinking outside the box and developed new camera positions and workflows creating a new playground for the presentation of the sports. All special cameras were controlled by remote operators to offer always the highest level of camera settings.
Another focus was on sound: a lot of additional microphones enabled the TV spectators to participate on everything that happened on the playground: the communication between the players during the match, tactical discussions of the players during time outs, the conversation with the referee in the case of controversial decisions and also the enthusiasm of the spectators in the stands.
SKY Germany produced a total of five events of the SMART beach volleyball series for Sky LIVE
The set-up consisted of up to twelve cameras per event including SuperSloMotion cameras
Eight different special camera systems
CommCam for the commentator and his expert (SPORTS:CAM 5 HD remote)
ScoreCam for the scoreboard and additional impressions of the match ground, spectators, cheerleaders, and warm-up of the players (SPORTS:CAM 5 HD remote)
SandCam camera next to the field, showed the power and dynamics of the players from an unprecedented perspective (SPORTS:CAM 4 HD remote)
BeautyCam at an exposed location with a unique view of the venue (SPORTS:CAM 5 HD remote)
RefCam mounted at the head of the referee, allowing viewers a unique look from the perspective of the referee. The spectators could follow the discussions between players and referee in the case of disputed decisions or different rule interpretation.
Birdy, a lightweight camera crane with an LMP HD -1200 camera, extremely flexible, for match coverage and for moderation, no sight obstruction for spectators.
NetCam attached directly to the net, this remote camera offered great dynamic images of blocks and blares of the actors (Goal:Cam 2 HD); at the final at Timmendorfer Strand, an UltraMotion Pico camera from LMC was used
an Antelope UltraMotion high speed camera from LMC was in action at the finals at Timmendorfer Strand
Interview with Alessandro Reitano, Director Sports SKY Germany
How satisfied have you been with the workflow based on the SportsCam 5 HD camera series from skyline?
AR: Very satisfied. The workflow was fitting perfectly to our requirements. In addition, we were able to generate numerous new camera angles.
Was it worth the production costs?
AR: Yes! We have set new standards in the TV coverage of beach volleyball. With up to 12 cameras, we have presented the sports quite well. In particular we were very pleased with the feedback from athletes: It was very positive across all participating athletes.
Will you present beach volleyball events in the future with similar efforts?
AR: The aim is to maintain the standard we have developed this season also in the next season. In addition, we again want to place new and innovative approaches for next year's TV production.
Which special features do you need to consider for the production of beach volleyball?
AR: The difficulty is to respond to the particular circumstances of each location. Beach volleyball is not produced in locations with existing TV structure therefore we have to adjust the setup accordingly.
copyrighted by liveProduction.tv Which camera positions have proved particularly successful, and are there positions which you will change or no longer use?
AR: Basically, all have camera positions have proven their relevance, however we have slight adjustments in the choice of the lenses. A special highlight was the use of the REF:CAM at the S
Most recent headlines
06/10/2025
France T l visions, France's leading broadcaster, has received the 2025 EBU ...
04/09/2025
Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE), in collaboration with Dalet, has been a...
30/08/2025
WASHINGTON The Federal Communications Commission has adopted its FY 2025 Regulatory Fees Order that establishes the regulatory fee rates for the broadcast stati...
29/08/2025
Australian Red Cross and SBS launch training to help workplaces in the fight aga...
29/08/2025
The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF), an agency of the Department of Sp...
29/08/2025
L3Harris Technologies has concentrated decades of expertise across the entire enterprise to develop affordable and reliable best-of-breed solutions to rapidly c...
29/08/2025
BURBANK, Calif. The CW Network and the Pac-12 Conference have announced a new media rights deal that will extend their broadcast partnership beginning with the ...
29/08/2025
NEW YORK Gracenote has released a new analysis of its global video dataset showing that the number of FAST channels grew nearly 14% from Q1 2025 and 76% since 2...
29/08/2025
SAN JOSE, Calif. Harmonic has announced a series of improvements to its live sports streaming solution that the company said will improve fan engagement, protec...
29/08/2025
NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES Fox Corp. and YouTube TV last night announced a renewal of the full portfolio of Fox networks, including Fox News Channel, Fox Business...
29/08/2025
Budapest, Hungary, August 2025 - The integration of Microsoft Teams Rooms (MTR) with Lightware's Taurus universal matrix switchers delivers a new level of f...
29/08/2025
Frequency, the engine behind many of the world's best-known streaming television channels, today announced it will launch Studio Live, a next-generation uni...
29/08/2025
In an era when AI and cyber resilience are essential, Scality will mark the 10th anniversary of Scality Day on October 16, 2025 in Paris. This flagship global e...
29/08/2025
Disguise's In-House Creative and Technical Teams Pre-Visualised, Programmed and Delivered Content for the Experience, All Powered by EX 3+
Technology solu...
29/08/2025
Disguise will be demonstrating the latest workflows for TV, film and live events on a number of partner booths at the show
Disguise, the industry-leading tech...
29/08/2025
STOCKHOLM, Sweden Accedo will showcase Accedo Compose, its AI agent-powered modular orchestration layer that assists streaming providers in transitioning client...
29/08/2025
LOS ANGELES Cineverse has announced that it is working with Xperi to bring four of its streaming channels to automobiles for the first time as part of the DTS A...
29/08/2025
DALLAS & ATLANTA Gray Media has announced an agreement with the sports streaming service Victory+ to simulcast 17 Dallas Stars NHL games in 15 television market...
29/08/2025
NEW YORK AND CULVER CITY Comcast NBCUniversal and Amazon have announced new and extended distribution agreements that will expand the content available on their...
29/08/2025
FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif. RED Digital Cinema will feature its Cine-Broadcast Module supporting live broadcast workflows during IBC2025, Sept. 12-15, at the RAI Ams...
29/08/2025
29 Aug 2025
Kyivstar Rings Opening Bell at Nasdaq Marking Landmark Listing and ...
29/08/2025
More than half of all NFL games live on Sky for the first timeFriday 29 August 2025
Sky Sports has announced a new three-year deal with the NFL, extending its ...
29/08/2025
Back to All News
RIV4LRIES: The Trailer of the New Series With Samuele Carrino ...
29/08/2025
Get ready for an inspiring and emotional insight into the world of competitive Irish dancing with My Story: Tomi Champion of the World airing on RT 2 this monda...
29/08/2025
RT has today announced that David McCullagh is to be the new presenter of RT Radio 1's flagship Today programme, which airs every weekday at 10am, replaci...
28/08/2025
By Kristin Feeley, Director, Documentary Film & Artist Programs
If you want to tell untold stories, if you want to give voice to the voiceless, you've got ...
28/08/2025
Directed by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, Sundance Institute-supported Amer...
28/08/2025
Corridos have been a cornerstone of M sica Mexicana for generations, telling stories rooted in everyday life. Now, a new chapter is taking shape: motivational c...
28/08/2025
Los corridos han sido un pilar de la M sica Mexicana durante generaciones, contando historias enraizadas en la vida cotidiana. Ahora, un nuevo cap tulo est tom...
28/08/2025
Earlier this month, we promised our Verano Forever party would bring the heat, a...
28/08/2025
L3Harris will provide the Polish F-16V fleet with the Viper Shield electronic warfare system as part of an upgrade program....
28/08/2025
Bilbao, August 26, 2025 - AgileTV, an international television and video technol...
28/08/2025
Ken Wilkinson is an Emmy Awards nominated New York audio engineer who specialises in production sound mixing for film, commercial, episodic and documentary work...
28/08/2025
NEW YORK FuboTV today announced that it will launch Fubo Sports, a skinny bundle that focuses on sports with a subscription price of $56 monthly....
28/08/2025
NEVADA City, Calif. At IBC2025, Sept. 12-15 at the RAI Amsterdam, Telestream will debut its new Global Ingest strategy, introducing a next-generation ingest arc...
28/08/2025
Dr. Rhoda Bernard Releases Groundbreaking Debut Book on Accessible Arts Educatio...
28/08/2025
TAG Video Systems, the leader in software-based IP end-to-end workflow monitoring, deep probing, and real-time visualization, has named Oliver Gappa as Sales Di...
28/08/2025
AI-based voice enhancement will be among a series of innovations making their IBC 2025 debut on the DHD stand B46 in Hall 8 at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Cent...
28/08/2025
Telef nica Servicios Audiovisuales (TSA), the leading system integrator and service provider in the media sector in Spain, with the support of Appear, the globa...
28/08/2025
To fully immerse sailing fans in the world's biggest offshore yacht race, production company, Optical Media turned to LiveU's On-site Production solutio...
28/08/2025
Working with Calrec on its most recent overhaul, radio and television broadcaster, WNED has migrated to a fully IP infrastructure with multiple Type R consoles,...
28/08/2025
Cleeng, the Subscriber Retention Management (SRM ) inventor, has unveiled Cleeng Pro, the first-ever direct-to-consumer (D2C) subscription management platform t...
28/08/2025
Zixi, the industry leader in live broadcast-quality video over IP, today announced that French media distribution platform OKAST has selected Zixi to enable rel...
28/08/2025
Solution offers a streamlined, speaker-free architecture to optimize integration with premium external loudspeakers and advanced loudness metering
Nixer Pro Au...
28/08/2025
Cinegy, the premier provider of software-defined television technology, has announced a strategic partnership with Vision One Touch Film Production Services L.L...
28/08/2025
Telestream, a global leader in media workflow technologies, will debut its new Global Ingest strategy at IBC2025, introducing a next-generation ingest architect...
28/08/2025
Tier 1 operator selects Broadpeak to power high-performance, unified CDN solution across Norway, Sweden and Finland
Broadpeak, a leader in streaming and moneti...
28/08/2025
Leading video software provider, Synamedia, today announced that 24 Frames Digital, one of India's leading live event streaming service providers, has chose...
28/08/2025
Meet VisualOn at IBC2025: See What's Next in AI-Powered Video Streaming Join VisualOn at IBC2025 and discover how our AI-driven Optimizer and advanced media...
(28/10/2013) Once in a year Timmendorfer Strand is becoming the Wimbledon for beach volleyball. This was also true this year when for the 21th time the German SMART beach volleyball championships were played. For the finale of the SMART beach volleyball tour Timmendorfer Strand was transformed into a meeting place for the beach volleyball fans from all across Germany. Only here AMBION was setting up the Ahmann-Hager arena with more than 5,000 seats. Only here the Olympic champions have their own parking space right next to the arena. Only here the spirit is better than at the Copacabana.
