Sony and Can Communicate Confirms 3 Year Wimbledon 3D Partnership

Sony and Can Communicate Confirms 3 Year Wimbledon 3D Partnership


Can Communicate confirmed by SONY as technical production partner for the first ever live 3D HD broadcast of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships for the next three years.

World's most famous tennis tournament Wimbledon Championships 125th anniversary will mark for the first time to broadcast live in high definition 3D.CAN will use the same 3D workflow that was successfully deployed at the 2010 FIFA World Cup along with SONY and BBC Sports. CAN will be responsible for broadcast of men's semi-finals and final, and the women's final.

With 5 camera positions comprise 2x SONY HDC-P1 cameras, with Canon lenses fed into a SONY HD fiber adapter mounted onto Element Technica rigs and configured with SONY MPE-200 processors for convergence and interocular alignment per match. Pictures will be processed using SONY 3D broadcast solution and encoded for 3D TV broadcast and 3D cinema audiences.

CAN has extensive experience of capturing major sporting events in 3D, including 2010 FIFA World Cup, 2010 Roland Garros ,and French Tennis Open. CAN has an unrivaled 3D pedigree that also includes the first ever live 3D TV broadcast of an international sporting event, 2008 Six Nations Rugby and other 3D productions like Reebok Amir Khan launch, Ferrari F1, Virgin F1, Usain Bolt street race in Manchester, German Bundesliga and French football Ligue 1.

Can will work as a 3D production partner ,working along with OB supplier, NEP Visions, using the state of the art 'Gemini' 1 & 2 trucks and latest versions of the Sony MPE-200 3D image processor, including the quality control software to deliver a seamless 3D HD transmission of the tennis finals.