Gravity Media, a global leader in production and content and media services and facilities, has announced the renewal of its long-standing relationship with the Automobile Club de Monaco (ACM), one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious automobile clubs, founded in 1890.

The new multi-year agreement continues Gravity Media’s role as a trusted broadcast partner for Monaco’s most iconic motorsport events.

Under the renewed contract, Gravity Media will continue to deliver host and co-host live coverage of all racing events taking place on the street circuit of Monaco. The agreement marks the extension of a relationship that began in 1998, which has evolved alongside the Principality’s motorsport calendar to incorporate new formats and technologies.

Gravity Media’s team in Belgium will continue facilitating the production requirements for these world-renowned events, in collaboration with Gravity Media’s French team who is responsible for delivering the RF facilities, with the technical and operational backing from the global Gravity Media team.

The onsite coverage utilises one of Gravity Media’s large flypack production systems specifically designed to meet the distinctive challenges of capturing the live coverage from Monaco’s street circuit.

For the Historic Grand Prix, editorial enhancements are delivered by Boost Graphics, Gravity Media’s creative agency specialising in live graphics, design, and virtual production. Using pixel tracking and other advanced storytelling tools, Boost continues to bring the historical atmosphere of the event to life for audiences around the world.

John Newton, Chairman and CEO of Gravity Media said:

“We’re honoured to extend our relationship with the Automobile Club de Monaco, an organisation that embodies the heritage and excellence of motorsport. This renewal underscores the trust ACM places in Gravity Media’s production expertise, technical innovation, and long-standing commitment to delivering world-class coverage from one of motorsport’s most iconic locations.”

Gravity Media is home to a vibrant community of content creators united by a passion for storytelling and technical excellence. At the heart lies a longstanding tradition of delivering premium content and world-class live productions for some of the biggest brands in sport and entertainment.

Operating daily at the top tier of global broadcasting, Gravity Media provides fully integrated, end-to-end solutions across every project from concept to transmission.  This unwavering commitment to quality and innovation continues to position Gravity Media as a trusted leader in live production and cutting-edge broadcast technology worldwide.

 

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Gravity Media, a world leading global provider of complex live creative production and media services, today detailed a broadcast and technology partnership with Aurora Media to deliver coverage of the upcoming Australian round of FIM World Supercross Championship across multiple international territories.

Gravity Media in Australia will provide 8 camera coverage, including speciality PTZ cameras, in a broadcast and technical collaboration to deliver the all-screens production of the World Supercross Australian GP at Gold Coast’s Cbus Stadium on 29 November.

Gravity Media and Aurora Media will deliver live coverage of the World Supercross Australian GP across major international broadcast and digital platforms, including 7plus in Australia, Sky in New Zealand, beIN Sports in the United States, Canada, and Turkey, and DAZN globally excluding Australia, South Africa and India Subcontinent.

The FIM World Supercross Championship is the high-octane combination of live action motorsport and an elevated level of adjacent entertainment, including live music, pyrotechnics, freestyle motocross shows and more.

The action is heading to the Gold Coast for the first time ever with Cbus Stadium transforming into the ultimate dirt battlefield for an epic night of unmissable action and intense competition racing including reigning World Supercross 450 Champion and 2-time AMA Supercross 450 Champion Eli Tomac and 2-time World Supercross 450 Champion Ken Roczen.

Nigel Naseby, Account Manager – Media Services & Facilities at Gravity Media, said:

“Gravity Media is excited to partner with Aurora Media to provide broadcast technical services for the third round of the FIM World Supercross Championship. This is the first time the Australian GP will be held in the Gold Coast and we will utilise our extensive broadcast experience with World Supercross to ensure flawless coverage.”

 

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Gravity Media, a world leading global provider of complex live creative production and media services, once again delivered its expertise to the global television coverage of the 2025 Macau Grand Prix, deploying cutting-edge camera technology designed and engineered in Australia.

Gravity Media and its Globecam team delivered more than 30 specialty on-board and in-car cameras across Formula 3, World GT Cars and Guia Race Cars and also motorbikes that competed in the Moto Series through the streets of Macau across 13 – 16 November.

To achieve the best perspectives, Gravity Media’s engineers custom-built a range of lightweight and aerodynamic camera housings, including specialised rear spoiler and wing mounts, allowing for discreet installation and dynamic new viewpoints from within the vehicles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gravity Media’s specialist teams have been a trusted part of the Macau Grand Prix broadcast since 2008, providing world-class imagery from one of the most challenging street circuits in motorsport.

Celebrating its 72nd edition this year, the Macau Grand Prix is one of the world’s most prestigious international racing events, renowned for its high-speed straights, tight corners and iconic city backdrop.

Greg Littrich, General Manager, SNG, RF and Specialist Cameras at Gravity Media, said:

“It’s a privilege to continue our long-standing partnership with the Macau Grand Prix. Our Australian-designed specialist camera systems once again helped showcase the excitement and skill of this world-class event to audiences around the globe.”

Andrew Vong, Secretary General of Macau Grand Prix Organizing Committee, commented:

“During the period of cooperation, Gravity Media confirmed their high professionalism in their uniqueness of specialist services, while meeting the circuit safety regulation of the Macau Grand Prix.”

 

  

 

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Supercars, the premier motorsport category in Australasia, and Gravity Media, the leading force in production and content, media services and facilities, today confirmed details of their partnership to deliver all-encompassing, all-screens coverage of this year’s Repco Bathurst 1000.

The undertaking is internationally acknowledged as one of the most significant and complex broadcasting projects in sports coverage.

Across more than 175 television cameras on-track, in-car, in the pits, around the track, embedded in concrete kerbs and walls, in the air and across sections of the track on a wire, and accessing four state of the art high definition outside broadcast trucks, specialty in-car camera technology designed and developed by Gravity Media in Australia, 52 kilometres of broadcast cable and a total production crew of more than 250, Gravity Media and Supercars will capture every moment of Australia’s Great Race.

In a significant shift to its 2025 calendar, the Repco Bathurst 1000 will now serve as the final race of the Ryco Enduro Cup. Following the AirTouch 500 at The Bend, the two-race series will culminate at Bathurst, where the highest-scoring driver pair will be awarded the Cup and the primary driver of the pairing will also secure an automatic entry into The Finals.

On the eve of the Repco Bathurst 1000 will be the Repco Bathurst 1000 Street Party, returning after its inaugural success in 2024, bringing all 27 Supercars of the Great Race from track into the heart of the city with Gravity Media providing 5-camera live coverage on Fox Sports and Kayo.

The Repco Bathurst 1000 will be broadcast on Fox Sports, Kayo Sports, the Seven Network and 7plus across 9 – 12 October.

Coverage of this year’s Repco Bathurst 1000 will be broadcast around the world via Supercars’ international broadcast partners, including Sky in New Zealand and SuperView on the Supercars website and YouTube for outside Australia and New Zealand.

Key production details for television coverage of the Repco Bathurst 1000:

  1. Ten production trucks, including four high definition outside broadcast trucks driving the overall television production.
  2. More than 175 cameras across the track, in the pits, in and across cars, on driver helmets, mounted in race walls and track kerbs, including manned trackside, RF handheld and specialty extreme super slo-mo cameras, plus live helicopter coverage.
  3. 52 kilometres of television production cable and fibre, enough to lap the circuit more than eight times.
  4. Broadcast and production team of more than 250 across Gravity Media and Supercars Media.

Nathan Prendergast, Head of Broadcast at Supercars, said:

“What makes the Bathurst 1000 unique is not just the race itself, but the way we bring it to life for audiences.”

“With more than 175 cameras, state-of-the-art broadcast trucks and a world-class production crew, we can tell the story of every lap, every pit stop and every moment that matters.”

Ben Madgwick, Sales Director at Gravity Media in Australia said:

“As Australia’s largest and most complex broadcast production, the Repco Bathurst 1000 continues to inspire us to innovate and elevate what’s possible in live sports coverage. Partnering with Supercars, Gravity Media is proud to deliver a broadcast that matches the scale and intensity of the event itself.”

More than 145 in-car cameras will be accessed across Repco Bathurst 1000 and other races across the weekend.

This in-car camera technology was designed and developed by Gravity Media’s Globecam unit which is renowned for creating ground-breaking, high-definition digital miniature live broadcast devices that entertain and engage viewers all over the world with footage captured from exciting new angles and perspectives.

In addition to the broadcast partnership with Supercars, Gravity Media also provides the technology and systems for Supercars’ team radios, along with isolated camera coverage for the Gravity Media developed and bespoke Gravity Review System, used by the motorsports judiciary and race control in the management of every on-track moment in the Repco Bathurst 1000 and across every race in the Repco Supercars Championship.

Gravity Media’s broadcast facilities and technology collaboration with Supercars, which produces the global and Australian television coverage of the Repco Bathurst 1000, commenced in 2011.

Beyond the Repco Bathurst 1000, Gravity Media’s long-term partnership with Supercars also encompasses the television production of each of the rounds in the 2025 Repco Supercars Championship, including Gravity Media’s acknowledged specialty and in-car camera technologies.

 

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EMG / Gravity Media, a world leading global provider of complex live creative production and media services, in collaboration with TEG Sport, today outlined the complete broadcast technology and television production undertaking for the Australian and global all-screens coverage of this year’s Race of Champions, held for the first time in Australia.

Appointed by TEG Sport as the “host” broadcast company for the event, EMG / Gravity Media Australia’s technology, logistics and production undertaking saw the deployment of state-of-the-art high definition outside broadcast trucks and satellite units and more than 25 cameras, coupled with cellular and cloud-based technologies, and EMG / Gravity Media’s internationally acknowledged in-car speciality miniature cameras and RF communications solutions designed and developed in Australia.

Beyond providing broadcast technologies and as “host” broadcast company for the Australian and international coverage, EMG / Gravity Media Australia also delivered the specific broadcast and technology requirements for the Network Ten and 10 Play coverage of the Race of Champions held over two nights on a purpose built track taking centre stage at Accor Stadium in Sydney.

The Race of Champions is renowned for gathering some of the best drivers in the world, including superstars from Formula 1, Le Mans, NASCAR, Supercars, World Rally and World Rallycross.

This year’s Race of Champions in Sydney included: 4-time Formula 1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel, 10-time Formula 1 Grand Prix Winner Valtteri Bottas, 9-time FIA World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb, Supercars champion Brodie Kostecki, reigning Supercars champion Will Brown, Bathurst 1000 winner Chaz Mostert, 13-time Formula 1 Grand Prix Winner David Coulthard, Extreme E champion Molly Taylor, 11-time X-Games Gold medallist Travis Pastrana, former F1 driver and current WEC driver Mick Schumacher, 7-time FIA World Rallycross Champion Johan Kristoffersson, 2-time European Rally Champion Hayden Paddon, father and son rally champions Petter and Oliver Solberg, 2-time Dakar winner Toby Price, NASCAR champion Kurt Busch and Kiwi Formula star Louis Sharp.

Ben Madgwick, Sales Director for EMG / Gravity Media Australia said: “With a longstanding motorsport pedigree in Australia, EMG / Gravity Media is proud to have delivered world-class broadcast solutions, integrating its bespoke technical facilities right into the heart of the action on a temporary track within one of the country’s largest stadiums.

“In collaboration with TEG Sport, the team at EMG / Gravity Media was committed to showcasing an innovative and seamless broadcast.

“The integration of cutting-edge broadcast technology at Race of Champions Sydney 2025 marked a significant milestone for EMG / Gravity Media as it continues to lead the way in delivering bespoke solutions for live sports events.”

Supercars Media and EMG / Gravity Media, a world leading global provider of complex live creative production and media services, today outlined the all-encompassing broadcast and technology partnership that will deliver coverage of this year’s Repco Supercars Championship across Australia and multiple international territories. 

EMG / Gravity Media Australia and Supercars Media will travel more than 40,000 kilometres over the next ten months to deliver more than 400 hours of coverage of the Championship on FOX Sports, Kayo, the Seven Network and 7plus and international broadcast platforms. 

The first race of this year’s 13 event Repco Supercars Championship sees Supercars race in twilight in Sydney across 21-23 February. The Repco Bathurst 1000 will be run across 9-12 October. Following the Repco Bathurst 1000, racing shifts to the streets of Surfers Paradise in late October. The season ends on the streets of Adelaide for the VAILO Adelaide 500 across 27-30 November. 

The Championship is a significant technology and logistics broadcast undertaking accessing EMG / Gravity Media Australia’s state-of-the-art high definition outside broadcast trucks coupled with new cloud-based broadcast technologies.  

The opening round of this year’s Repco Supercars Championship, the upcoming Thrifty Sydney 500, will see EMG / Gravity Media deploy 25 cameras covering every on-track moment. 

In addition, each of the 24 Supercars competing in the Championship carry four in-car and on-board EMG / Gravity Media Australia designed and developed specialist cameras. 

At the Championship peak, with the Repco Bathurst 1000, EMG / Gravity Media and Supercars Media will access 200 cameras on track, in the pits, in the air, in cars and around the circuit. 

Supercars Head of Broadcast, Nathan Prendergast, said:  

“It’s great to be working with EMG / Gravity Media again to bring Supercars to fans all over the world. The scale of what we do each season is massive, and having a partner like EMG / Gravity Media, with their technology and expertise, makes all the difference. From in-car cameras to cloud-based production, we’re always looking for new ways to bring fans closer to the action, and this partnership helps us do exactly that.” 

Ben Madgwick, Sales Director, EMG / Gravity Media in Australia, said:  

“EMG/ Gravity Media is proud to continue its long partnership with Supercars as their preferred supplier for host broadcast, in-car and team radio communications, on-site edit and post production along with Supercars on-track requirements for this year’s Championship.  

Following our recent collaboration with Supercars Media for the Bathurst 12 Hour, we are excited to return to Sydney Motorsport Park and the opening round of what will be a terrific Championship. 

Our partnership with Supercars signifies a shared passion for delivering cutting-edge, high-quality broadcast experiences as we capture and elevate the experience for fans at the track and watching those watching live on Fox Sports and the Seven Network.” 

In addition to its partnership with Supercars Media on the all-screens production, EMG / Gravity Media also provides the technology and systems for Supercars’ team radios, along with 32 channels of isolated camera coverage for the EMG / Gravity Media Australia developed and bespoke Gravity Review System, used by the motorsports judiciary and race control in the management of every on-track moment in the Supercars Championship. 

Beyond the Repco Supercar Championship and the Repco Bathurst 1000, EMG / Gravity Media’s broadcast facilities and technology collaboration with Supercars Media also includes the global and Australian television coverage of the Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour for FIA GT3 cars. 

EMG / Gravity Media Australia’s long-term broadcast facilities and technology collaboration with Supercars Media, which produces the global and Australian television coverage of the Repco Supercars Championship, commenced in 2013. 

PRESS COVERAGE

EMG / Gravity Media, a world leading global provider of complex live creative production and media services, has completed its 40,000 kilometre journey criss-crossing Australia across nine months to deliver more than 400 hours of live broadcast coverage for this year’s Repco Supercars Championship across Australia.

This is the twelfth year for EMG / Gravity Media Australia’s collaboration with Supercars Media which produces the global and Australian television coverage of the Repco Supercars Championship across the 12 rounds of the Championship on FOX Sports, Kayo, the Seven Network and 7plus in Australia and Supercars’ international broadcast partners.

The Championship is a significant technology and logistics broadcast undertaking accessing EMG / Gravity Media Australia’s state of the art high definition outside broadcast trucks coupled with new cloud-based broadcast technologies.

At its peak, with the Repco Bathurst 1000, EMG / Gravity Media and Supercars Media accesses 200 cameras on track, in the pits, in the air, in cars and around the circuit.

A key component of EMG / Gravity Media’s partnership with Supercars Media are the specialist and in-car camera technologies designed and developed by EMG / Gravity Media in Australia.

Each of the 26 Supercars include four EMG / Gravity Media Australia specialist cameras.

In addition to its partnership with Supercars Media, Gravity Media also provides the technology and systems for Supercars’ team radios, along with 32 channels of isolated camera coverage for the EMG / Gravity Media Australia developed and bespoke Gravity Review System, used by the motorsports judiciary and race control in the management of every on-track moment in the Supercars Championship.

EMG / Gravity Media congratulates and acknowledges Supercars Media on this year’s outstanding coverage and looks forward to riding with them, the drivers, the teams and the fans again in 2025.

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Photo and video credit: Supercars / Supercars Media

EMG / Gravity Media, a world leading global provider of complex live creative production and media services, has again played a key role in the global coverage of this year’s Macau Grand Prix, deploying its camera technology designed and developed in Australia.

EMG / Gravity Media Australia and its Globecam team delivered more than 30 specialty on-board and in-car cameras across Formula 3, World GT Cars and Guia Touring Cars and also motorbikes competing in the Moto Series through the streets of Macau across 14 – 17 November.

EMG / Gravity Media Australia’s specialist teams have been delivering in-car and on-board camera technology at the Macau Grand Prix since 2008.

The team from EMG / Gravity Media Australia headed to Macau after successfully deploying its specialist UmpireCam technology at the recent Hong Kong Sixes cricket tournament in Hong Kong.

EMG / Gravity Media Australia’s UmpireCam role in the television coverage of the Hong Kong Sixes builds further on the role of Gravity Media Australia’s UmpireCam in the coverage of the Indian Premier League.

UmpireCam and its partner technology HelmetCam – high definition 1080i format lightweight cameras weighing only 75 grams and designed and developed in Australia – now form a key component of cricket coverage around the world.

Greg Littrich, General Manager, SNG, RF and specialist cameras, at EMG / Gravity Media Australia:

“EMG / Gravity Media Australia is delighted to once again have played a role in this year’s television coverage of the Macau Grand Prix and we are proud that our Australian designed specialist camera technology was selected to add a further dimension to the television coverage of the Hong Kong Sixes.”

EMG / Gravity Media Australia Specialist Camera Technologies:

EMG / Gravity Media Australia’s Globecam unit is renowned for creating ground-breaking, high-definition digital miniature live broadcast devices that entertain and engage viewers all over the world with footage captured from exciting new angles and perspectives.

Globecam is behind a number of world-first innovations, including speciality in-car camera technologies for the V8 Supercars Championship in Australia, the NetCam tennis solution, which has been used at all four Grand Slams since its launch in 2018, and the Live JockeyCam, which has been beaming horse racing images around Australia since 2019.

Globecam sporting applications now span tennis, cricket, rugby, motorsport, cycling, horse racing, golf, athletics and sailing.

Supercars Media and EMG / Gravity Media, the leading force in production and content, media services and facilities, today confirmed details for the all-encompassing all-screens coverage of this year’s Repco Bathurst 1000.  

This is the twelfth year for EMG / Gravity Media Australia’s broadcast facilities and technology collaboration with Supercars Media which produces the global and Australian television coverage of The Great Race. 

Across more than 175 television cameras on-track, in-car, in the pits, around the track, embedded in concrete kerbs and walls, in the air and across sections of the track on a wire, and accessing four state of the art high definition outside broadcast trucks, speciality in-car camera technology designed and developed by EMG / Gravity Media Australia, 52 kilometres of broadcast cable and a total production crew of more than 250, EMG / Gravity Media Australia  and Supercars Media will capture every moment on Fox Sports, Kayo Sports, the Seven Network and 7plus across 10-13 October.  

In addition, coverage of this year’s Repco Bathurst 1000 will be broadcast around the world via Supercars’ international broadcast partners.  

Coverage of the Repco Bathurst 1000 has expanded dramatically over the years. The first race saw three television cameras cover the event in 1963. The first pit-lane portable camera coverage and use of on-screen computer lap-scoring was unveiled in 1969. The first “live” helicopter coverage was deployed in 1977. The first “live” in-car camera coverage was delivered in 1979. 

Nathan Prendergast, Head of Broadcast, Supercars Media, said:  

“Supercars is pleased to once again be working with EMG Gravity Media Australia at the Repco Bathurst 1000. Our coverage in 2024 expands to five days on-air with the action beginning Wednesday night with a live show from downtown Bathurst to capture all 26 cars driving into the city from the famous Mt Panorama Circuit along with the finals of the Pirtek Pitstop Challenge. The on-track action starts from 7:30am Thursday and carries through right the way through to the end of the 1000 classic on Sunday, delivering more than 42 ½ hours of coverage from the Mountain.” 

Ben Madgwick, Director, Media Services and Facilities at EMG / Gravity Media Australia said:  

“All of us at EMG / Gravity Media Australia take great pride in our partnership with Supercars Media. It is the biggest and most complex undertaking in broadcast production in Australia. We are committed to continuing to evolve, innovate and enhance EMG / Gravity Media’s broadcast technologies and production undertakings to capture every moment of this remarkable event.” 

Key production details for television coverage of the Repco Bathurst 1000: 

In addition to the broadcast partnership with Supercars Media, EMG / Gravity Media also provides the technology and systems for Supercars’ team radios, along with isolated camera coverage for the EMG / Gravity Media Australia developed and bespoke Gravity Review System, used by the motorsports judiciary and race control in the management of every on-track moment in the Repco Bathurst 1000 and across every race in the Repco Supercars Championship. 

EMG / Gravity Media Australia has a long partnership with Supercars Media in the television production of each of the rounds in the Repco Supercars Championship, including Gravity Media’s acknowledged speciality and in-car camera technologies.  

EMG / Gravity Media Australia’s Globecam unit is renowned for creating ground-breaking, high-definition digital miniature live broadcast devices that entertain and engage viewers all over the world with footage captured from exciting new angles and perspectives. 

Globecam is behind a number of world-first innovations, including speciality in-car camera technologies for the Supercars Championship in Australia, HelmetCam and UmpireCam which are now a key component of cricket coverage, the NetCam tennis solution which has been used at all four Grand Slams since its launch in 2018, and the Live JockeyCam which has been beaming horse racing images around Australia since 2019. Globecam sporting applications now span tennis, cricket, rugby, motorsport, cycling, horse racing, golf, athletics and sailing. 

The partnership with Supercars Media for the Repco Bathurst 1000, the Repco Supercars Championship and the Bathurst 12 Hour builds on EMG / Gravity Media Australia’s acknowledged broadcast technology and production partnerships across major sports in Australia include the Australian Open and the Summer of Tennis, the Melbourne Cup and all major horse racing events in Australia, the Perth International Football Cup, a broadcast and technology partnership with Australian Professional Leagues for the A-Leagues Football, the ESL Intel Extreme Masters Sydney, the World Athletics Cross Country Championships, the Tour Down Under, Cadel Evans Road Race, the PGA Tour of Australasia, the Stawell Gift, the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) in Melbourne, the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, the Adelaide Equestrian Festival, Crankworx Cairns, the UCI MTB World Championships, the UCI BMX Racing World Cup, the FIM World Supercross Championship, the BMX Racing World Cup in Brisbane, and the delivery of broadcast and production technology requirements for coverage of the rapidly expanding and developing AFLW, and a partnership with Cricket Australia for the coverage of multiple cricket competitions. 

Through its studios, production, post-production, outside broadcast facilities and specialist camera technologies, EMG / Gravity Media Australia is currently involved with major production companies, television networks and pay television and streaming platforms in Australia across projects including The Voice, Australian Idol, Dancing with the Stars, The Masked Singer, Australia’s Got Talent, Would I Lie to You?, The 1% Club and I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. 

EMG / Gravity Media Australia’s post-production centre, Gravity House, plays a key role in the production of major international television productions across broadcast, subscription and streaming platforms, as well as movies from the Marvel Universe and projects from multiple US and international studios, and many of Australia’s leading independent film productions. 

PRESS COVERAGE

Supercars Media and Gravity Media, a world leading global provider of complex live creative production and media services, today confirmed the broadcast and technology partnership to deliver coverage of this year’s Repco Supercars Championship across Australia and multiple international territories.

This year, Gravity Media Australia and Supercars Media will travel more than 40,000 kilometres to deliver more than 400 hours of coverage across the 12 rounds of the Championship on FOX Sports, Kayo, the Seven Network and 7plus and international broadcast platforms.

As part of the partnership to create and produce this year’s coverage, Supercars Media and Gravity Media Australia are accessing specialist and in-car camera technologies designed and developed by Gravity Media Australia.

This is the twelfth year for Gravity Media Australia’s broadcast facilities and technology collaboration with Supercars Media which produces the global and Australian television coverage of the Repco Supercars Championship.

The first race of the Repco Supercar Championship sees Supercars take on the iconic Mount Panorama for the Thrifty Bathurst 500 across 23-25 February. The Repco Bathurst 1000 will be run across 10-13 October. The season will end on the streets of Adelaide for the VAILO Adelaide 500 across 14-17 November.

For the opening round in this year’s Championship, the Thrifty Bathurst 500, Gravity Media and Supercars Media will deploy more than 172 television cameras on-track, in the pits, in-cars and around the track, and access state of the art high definition outside broadcast trucks, more than 40 kilometres of broadcast cable, new cloud-based broadcast technologies and a total production crew of more than 140.

Of the more than 172 cameras covering the event, 144 are Gravity Media Australia’s internationally recognised in-car specialist cameras installed in Supercars and other support racing categories for the Bathurst 500. Each of the 24 Supercars include four Gravity Media Australia specialist cameras.

In addition to its partnership with Supercars Media, Gravity Media also provides the technology and systems for Supercars’ team radios, along with 32 channels of isolated camera coverage for the Gravity Media Australia developed and bespoke Gravity Review System, used by the motorsports judiciary and race control in the management of every on-track moment in the Supercars Championship.

Beyond the Repco Supercar Championship and the Repco Bathurst 1000, Gravity Media’s broadcast facilities and technology collaboration with Supercars Media also includes the global and Australian television coverage of the Repco Bathurst 12 Hour held across the weekend before the opening round of the Supercar Championship. 

Nathan Prendergast – Head of Broadcast, Supercars Media

“Gravity Media has been a trusted partner of Supercars for 12 years.

“Working alongside the Supercars Media in-house team, Gravity Media Australia has helped deliver an award-winning coverage in an extremely challenging broadcast environment.

“With huge venues and large camera counts combined with state-of-the art in-car technology, Gravity Media continues to be instrumental in helping Supercars reach a passionate national and international audience.”

Ben Madgwick, Director Media Services and Facilities at Gravity Media Australia:

“Gravity Media Australia is proud to be the technical partner for Supercars to this special start to Season 2024, with the City of Bathurst playing host to a unique double weekend of motor racing, culminating with the 500 race on the second weekend after the international teams have departed following the Bathurst 12 Hour.

“Bathurst is the spiritual home of Australian motorsports and for us to be there for three weekends of racing in 2024, the Bathurst 12 Hour, Bathurst 500 and later this year the Bathurst 1000, is something very special indeed.

“February is a wonderful time of the year to be at Mount Panorama with Gravity Media Australia’s broadcast, in-cars and team radio crews again working hand in glove with Supercars Media and Motorsport Australia to deliver an outstanding television coverage and also deploy our technology and systems across team radios and race control to benefit the safety of all drivers, pit crews and race officials.”

PRESS COVERAGE

Supercars Media and Gravity Media Australia today confirmed details for the Australian and global all-screens coverage of this year’s Repco Bathurst 12 Hour.

This is the 9th year for Gravity Media Australia’s broadcast facilities and technology collaboration with Supercars Media which produces the global and Australian television coverage of the Repco Bathurst 12 Hour.

Across more than 140 in-car cameras and 37 television cameras on and around the track, embedded in concrete kerbs and walls, and accessing state of the art high definition outside broadcast facilities, 24 kilometres of broadcast cable and a total production crew of more than 120, Gravity Media and Supercars Media will capture every moment on Fox Sports, Kayo, the Seven Network and 7plus.

In addition, coverage of this year’s race will be broadcast on Sky Sports NZ and around the world on YouTube through SRO’s “GT World” platform and other international streaming partners. Radio Show Ltd, the home of Radio Le Mans, will also carry the international video and audio feed coverage.

The field, representing world-class brands including Audi, Mercedes-AMG, Porsche, Lamborghini and McLaren, will tackle Australia’s internationally acknowledged endurance race at the iconic Mount Panorama across 16-18 February.

In addition to its undertaking for the Repco Bathurst 12 Hour, Gravity Media Australia has a long partnership with Supercars Media in the television production of the Repco Bathurst 1000 and each of the rounds in the Repco Supercars Championship, including Gravity Media Australia’s acknowledged speciality and in-car camera technologies.

Nathan Prendergast – Head of Broadcast, Supercars Media:

“We are very happy to continue our relationship with Gravity Media in producing broadcast coverage of the Repco Bathurst 12 Hour for the ninth consecutive year.

“The Bathurst 12 Hour is one of the most thrilling races in the world and features the best GT teams and drivers on Earth battling it out around our beloved Mount Panorama.

“It’s a fantastic way to kick off Australia’s motorsport season, and the race always delivers incredible drama like only the Mountain can.

“With domestic coverage on Fox Sports and Seven, and a passionate audience tuned in around the world, we look forward to presenting Australia’s international enduro, the Repco Bathurst 12 Hour, with the Gravity team.

Ben Madgwick – Director, Media Services and Facilities at Gravity Media:

“Gravity Media values its partnership with Supercars Media.

“We look forward to once again be working closely with Supercars Media in creating and delivering the Australian and global television coverage of the Bathurst 12 Hour.

“Gravity Media has a long and deep connection with the 12 Hour and the Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama. It is a significant broadcast and technology undertaking and we look forward to providing Gravity Media Australia’s internationally acknowledged specialised broadcast services and camera technologies that will take audiences even closer to the action across the event.”

PRESS COVERAGE

The Lamborghini World Finals are an annual unmissable event organized by Lamborghini, bringing together owners and fans of the Italian automaker. The event provides a unique opportunity to witness and experience the latest Supercars designed and crafted in Sant’Agata Bolognese, and a chance to meet other enthusiasts, learning about the brand’s history and culture. The 2023 edition took place at Vallelunga, Italy, and, as every year, attracted over 1,000 participants from around the world.

“This is a production to which we have devoted our attention since 2016,” says Antoine Bulos, Executive Producer of EMG Italy. “Personally, I handle everything related to production, including event design for Lamborghini Squadra Corse. With this prestigious client, we go beyond television, addressing crucial aspects such as editorial content, advertising placement along the track, international and national distribution of the feed, and the implementation of integrations for on-site broadcasters.”

EMG Italy has once again been confirmed for the entire television production, reflecting Lamborghini’s preference for the quality, stability, and policies of a large international group, headquartered in Italy with an Italian “head and heart.”

Worldwide Races

It’s no coincidence that this choice is reaffirmed based on excellent results from a specific vote expressed after each race by professionals closely involved with the production. The evaluation covers various aspects, including team collaboration, image quality, smoothness and adherence to timing, and guarantees of worker safety—crucial aspects in productions at circuits. The races preceding the Lamborghini World Finals are organized locally and regionally worldwide. They are open to all Lamborghini owners, regardless of their experience or the type of supercar they own. Winners from local and regional races, with participants from around the world, qualify for the Lamborghini World Finals.

“After 30 years of experience as a project manager in television production,” Antoine Bulos continues, “transitioning from major Superbike and MotoGP events, the Lamborghini racing department team trusts my work and EMG Italy’s production. In practice, we provide them with a complete package, overseeing the entire project from graphics to timing, managing relationships between various sectors, and supervising everything that goes on air. The client wants autonomy for instructions on which cars to install onboard cameras, and we handle the installation of equipment. Another client choice is the graphic templates provided by their graphic department.”

Twelve races are held every weekend, and in the Vellelunga World Finals, the Nova 126 mobile unit with a configuration similar to other high-end motorsport productions is used. Filming at Vallelunga was carried out using 15 Sony 4300 cameras with long lenses, plus five miniaturized cameras mounted onboard the cars.

On-Track Cameras and Fibers

In Vallelunga, in addition to the 5 onboard cameras on cars managed with remote switching systems, three other cameras are connected via RF, with 12 cameras positioned on gantries around the circuit. Two of the RF-connected cameras are dedicated to pit reporters and interviews in English and Spanish, while the third captures the start, exciting moments of the race, and the audience’s enthusiasm. The technical equipment also includes a high-speed super motion camera at 6X and one at 3X for replays.

“Unlike other sports like soccer, basketball, and volleyball,” Antoine Bulos explains, “there is more meticulous technical work in motorsports circuits: the preparation is much more challenging for several reasons, and one of the main ones is the need to lay a very long optical fiber structure covering the entire circuit for the numerous cameras, up to 13 km (where in the past, it even reached 20 km). Except for two cameras near the control room, all others are connected with intermediate hubs and specific conversion devices with dual power and UPS for electrical continuity guarantees. The entire fiber system is the result of careful planning that considers safety and optimization.”

Preparation

The races run from Friday to Sunday afternoon, and on the evening of the last day, the technical crew dedicates itself to dismantling the equipment. However, preparation begins the Monday before; on Tuesday, the riggers’ team does all the cabling, Wednesday involves setting up the cameras with the intervention of loyal cameramen and assistants, Thursday sees internal technical tests and those with the director, and Friday starts with the broadcast.

The technical/editorial workflow also includes an external drone supplied by a company that has long collaborated with EMG on various projects, certified by EMG’s production (Robe di Droni in Turin): the insertion was necessary to capture the large number of vehicles (84) and the circuit’s layout by flying over the asphalt from above. EMG Italy handles not only the entire progressive HD production but also the broadcast of images worldwide through an SRT system for high-quality video streaming.

“After gaining experience last year with this type of live streaming,” Antoine Bulos says, “for the first time, SKY Italia, the broadcaster that aired these races in Italy, was convinced of the quality and reliability of this distribution method. It is based on special high-quality encoders remotely managed by a NOC wired from the public network in a white list. The servers physically in the Netherlands receive the signals and rebroadcast them worldwide, including a dedicated channel on YouTube and on SKY Germany, in addition to other global rights holders.”

Streaming on SRT and the Crew

The full HD signal is conveyed by a dedicated Vodafone internet connection with which EMG is developing significant agreements, through a 100MB upload network capable of transporting a very high-quality signal to the NOC. International English commentary and SKY’s national customization are done on-site at the circuit to overcome the latency issue. The EMG Italy crew for Lamborghini is international, with predominantly Italian technical and artistic staff, including Spanish personnel, such as an EVS operator, video mixer, and the renowned director, Eduard Porta.

The EMG Italy team for the Lamborghini Finals includes about twenty people, and in addition to the aforementioned Antoine Bulos as Executive Producer, Moreno Roncon serves as Technical Coordinator and an expert in motorsport television production.

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