TM Broadcast International 58, June 2018

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Events: EUROVISION

and the voting graphics were operated inside the arena under the supervision of EBU. Additionally, we had two video signals that fed the Host Voting System with relevant and specific information and one other to supply all the commentators with relevant data. Digame, the company entrusted to secure the collection and transfer of the voting results provided the voting data, which we integrated.

Also, there was a team of six wTVision operators in the venue. How important do you consider the technical support for this event? Extremely important. It is one thing to supply our technology, but to be there to operate it, knowing that everyone that helped in this project’s development could make sure everything ran smoothly, was a huge help. TMBi - 92

Photo by Ralph Larmann

We had no unexpected trouble during the live coverage and I believe the fact that we had wTVision’s team on the venue had a lot to do with it.

What were the main challenges you had to overcome?

The final part of each broadcast was probably the most critical aspect of our operation because Eurovision Song Contest is a very particular show. Every time we had to change the scoreboard or announce the winners we had to coordinate


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