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It's a TMO's paradise... 34 different cameras will cover the RWC semi-finals and final
Television match officials at the World Cup are going to be spoilt for choice when it comes to reviewing footage at the finals.
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The 2019 tournament is the first World Cup where broadcast production will be completely produced and controlled by World Rugby.
One of the steps that will be taken to enhance coverage of the sport is to have a total of 34 cameras covering all angles for the semi-finals and the final, rising from the 28 and 23 camera plans used for other categories of matches during the six-week tournament.
That multi-angle coverage is aimed at setting new standards in rugby broadcast production in the hope of achieving a record global footprint by attracting new fans and showcasing the sport in higher quality than ever before.
World Rugby reckons Japan 2019 will set a rugby broadcast record as the action is set to be available to more than 800million households in 217 territories once all rights deals are announced, surpassing the 683m homes record in 2015.
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The governing body claims these figures underline its commitment to expand the sport’s reach from its current 800m following and to engage with the next generation of fans across the globe.
“Our mission is to grow the global rugby family and our World Cup 2019 broadcast plans reflect that mission – providing more content to more people with more innovation than ever before,” said Bill Beaumont, the World Rugby chairman.
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“We are excited that new standards will be set in the broadcast and social media presentation of World Cup, as fans will experience the action from more angles and feel even closer to the world’s top players and the stories that will mark a historic and very special event.”
In a further enlivening development, augmented reality (AR) graphics will be incorporated into the coverage for 34 of the 48 matches for elements such as team line-ups, player comparisons, statistics and tables.
Rugby World Cup 2019 by the numbers
1st Rugby World Cup hosted in Asia
6 worldwide partners renewed in record time with a record value
9th Rugby World Cup
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12 host cities from Sapporo in the north to Kumamoto in the south
20 teams
48 matches
55 team camps
94 teams involved in the qualification
217 broadcast territories *when all broadcast deals are announced
3,000 media in attendance
13,000 volunteers
25,000 disadvantaged children in Asia who will benefit from ChildFund Pass It Back support
400,000+ international visitors
600,000 tickets sold to international fans from the Antarctic to Russia
1.16 million Impact Beyond Asia 1 million project participants to date
1.5 million+ tickets sold to date
£1.5 million pledged to ChildFund Pass it Back from fans and commercial partners
1.8 million attendance
5.5 million tickets applied for
14 million rugby fans in Japan
40 million anticipated domestic broadcast audience for the opening match
90 million+ RWC awareness in Japan (77.4 per cent of the population)
112 million rugby fans in Asia
500 million+ live broadcast audience
800 million broadcast households
Y216.6 billion (£2.97BN) added value to the Japanese economy – a record
WATCH: Part one of Operation Jaypan, the two-part RugbyPass documentary on what the fans can expect to experience at the World Cup in Japan
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The game was already over leave the bloke alone ….from a Welsh fan 😀👍
2 Go to commentsShamefully the Toulouse players acted like footballers, falling down feigning injury at the slightest knock. About time refs penalised this play acting.
5 Go to commentsAnother non Scot for the anti Scot Townsend. Soon there will be no Scottish born and bred players in the National team.
1 Go to commentsGreat comeback to the playing field by Richie Mo’unga after the loss of his father. A great performance by Richie . I know him well and he is a great guy. On and off the field one of the greatest for the Crusaders. Scott Robertson would have loved him in his All Black’s side. A very missed player and person.
1 Go to commentsYeah nah he comes across as a funny bloke, but that stopped abruptly after the Nutcracker Prince debacle✋
2 Go to commentsAt this point I can’t watch him without thinking he’s a dirty slimebag. He should have been banned for the same amount of time that Quinn was out. It took Tupaea near on a fricking year to get fit enough to play again and his leg will never be the same. The other crap thing is that he was at ABs level and now he has to claw his way back there when he could have had several games under his belt.
4 Go to commentsThe Black Ferns 7’s have been without Captain Sarah Hirini now since Dec 23 in Dubai where she suffered a bad ACL injury - hopefully she is on the road to recovery for Madrid and Paris. Now also have Tyler King and Shiray kaka on the Injured List but the Team still found a way to win in Singapore and claim the overall Title.
1 Go to commentsUtter grub, hope he gets his leg broken. Shocking he is still playing after intentionally breaking quinn tupaeas knee
4 Go to commentsGreat to see NZ 7s teams finally coming into form and playing at the level that is expected of them.
2 Go to commentsChief Cheapshot on the market again.
4 Go to commentsCrusaders went all in to buy Hotham and Kemara staight from Hamilton Boys. Then they picked up Reihana and Hohepa; all have been dropped for superstar Havili, who is a very good fullback, that’s it. Ennor and Goodhue were schoolboy stars too but went backwards at the Crusaders. Maybe they have finally decided to give another poach Levi Aumua the ball?
13 Go to commentsJoe S has some talent to pick from. The Reds loosies look the best in Super? Aus might just give Razor a headache this year. Int. experience v Cantab greenhorn:) Should be fun.
13 Go to commentsEnd to end play, “THE FANS” this game was entertainment of the best. The conditions added to the spectacle.
1 Go to commentsSorry to say, but sadly the sadas were just ordinary and havilli at 10 as an abs selection just won’t cut it. He’s better suited in the centre’s and is a victim of past charge down kicks, he’s too slow under pressure. There’s better talent further north and I don’t mean dmac however I believe razor will sort him out. A feature of his presents on the park is the fact that the guys will follow him.
13 Go to commentsMarler was brilliant throughout both in the scrum and open play. His slap made virtually no contact with Ramos who milked it for a penalty when he could have been a decent sportsman and laughed it off, it was non-violent and shouldn't have been penalised. Smith failed repeatedly to kick when necessary and put up a couple of bombs into the TLS 22 that just handed back possession at key moments to the other side.
3 Go to commentsCros was outstanding and rightly awarded France TVs player of the match award. Mallia was brilliant as usual (the y is below the 6 on a UK keyboard and he deserves better than that). Level also seems to have been scored harshly as he walked the ball into touch under pressure from a Lynagh kick from well outside his own half which should never have led to a 50-22. Agree with BullShark that Dupont, while class at times, seemed to go missing for patches in the second half with props, hookers and wings frequently filling in at 9 as he couldn't get off the deck and up to the next ruck on time. A 7 by his standards at best, his kicking was also too long, too often. Kinghorn's overall contribution was worth well more than a five.
5 Go to commentsThe Harlequins team must be in minus figures. Did the reporter actually watch the game?
5 Go to commentsHow on earth did Walker escape a red card? Not dangerous? Dupont has his face in a mask earlier this season. Shocking decision. What is the point of TMOs? We had the Fassi ‘non-penalty try’ yesterday and now this.
2 Go to commentsCould have been a different result but yet again French tv able to affect the result by not showing the very clear high shot on harlequin centre if this would have been on a French player would have been on screen at least five times
3 Go to commentsAmazing. The losing team’s ratings are higher than the winning team’s. Mallia definitely didn’t deserve a y. What game were you watching? Should have got a w or an x. ADP hardly featured in that second half. At one point I wondered when he’d been subbed. Seems to me as if he gets an automatic 9 just for getting onto the team sheet.
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