A look inside SuperSport's IP1 broadcasting van

[Daniel Puchert]

Inside SuperSport's broadcasting truck at the Soweto Derby

SuperSport invited MyBroadband to experience how it broadcasts one of South Africa's biggest sporting events of the calendar year so that everyone can catch all the action.

After spending some time navigating the congested streets leading to Soccer City, or FNB Stadium as it is formally known, we eventually arrived at what would become a battleground for the next two hours.

 

[genetic]

Here's a video that explains it in detail;

 

[Bliksis]

This is mildly interesting, I might read it later.

 

[6spdmanual]

Well done guys. Even a broken watch is correct at least twice a day. Interesting stuff this.

 

[Dimpie (JIGSAW)]

They're on the ball at sports events .....

If they can now focus on their website regarding the guide that keeps jumping to the beginning while you scrolling through it, that would be nice. Secondly adding actual times to the motorsport events would also be nice ... it used to be there, but was removed with the last update a few years ago and I think motorsports is about the only sports event without time slots.

They have been informed about the above on FB and e-mail, but it fell on deaf ears. @Daniel Puchert ...maak n plan & get this to their attention !

 

[DStvNothingOn]

Saw the truck a few years back at a trade show.
It’s taken them a few years to get their head around the 2110 moving from SDI to 2110 wasn't as easy as I think they thought it would be. Your Fault finding definitely gets more complex.
They use a Cisco as the core router, after all nobody ever got fired for buy Cisco.

An Article with bit more information on truck that dives slightly deeper, as you'll notice the truck wasn't built in SA, so much for mulitchoices commitment to South Africa - and yes there is expertise to build it in SA Broadcast Solutions builds huge new OB for Supersport

Here are some what I would say are better photos of the truck.