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UFC 306, Sphere’s First Live Sports Event, Sets Records For League And Venue
UFC and Sphere Entertainment said their 'UFC 306 At Riyadh Season Noche UFC, set records for highest-grossing UFC event of all time and highest-grossing single event at Sphere.
The work was created by Carlos López Estrada, produced by Valerie Bush for Antigravity Academy, and co-produced by Emmy-Award winning Nexus Studios. Its innovative use of production technology capitalized on Sphere’s state-of-the-art audio and video capabilities to deliver a live experience never before witnessed in the history of sports,” the partners said. The event featured four audio channels including Spanish as well as English and Red Corner and Blue Corner commentary, via cell phones; the first use by UFC of TAIT’s Automated Camera System to capture wide shots; four unique transmissions to Australia, New Zealand, Canada and France produced live from a single control room at the Broadcast Operations Center in Vegas; film narration and fighter features transmitted English, Spanish, French Canadian and Portuguese; and, since it couldn’t rig mics over the Octagon due to the absence of the traditional UFC lighting truss, UFC installed Shure Digital Microphone Array Technology, an audio product not yet available on the market, under the Octagon’s four camera platforms
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