Wire Cam Systems

Here is how this works in practice. Our wire cam systems across Australia cover stadium installs, concert tours, and feature drama long-runs with CableCam by Outline, ChyronHego/Spidercam-class systems, and Defy Dactylcam Pro for compact rigs. Stabilised heads carry ARRI Alexa Mini LF, Sony Venice 2, RED Komodo, and Sony HDC-3500 broadcast packages, fibre-tethered through NEP Australia and Gravity Media OB infrastructure (the country's two dominant outside broadcast vendors).

Here is the short of it. Sydney venues — Allianz Stadium, Stadium Australia (Olympic Park), Sydney Cricket Ground — anchor NRL and Big Bash League wire cam coverage. The MCG (100K-capacity largest stadium in the Southern Hemisphere), Melbourne Park, Suncorp Stadium Brisbane, Adelaide Oval, and Optus Stadium Perth cover AFL Grand Finals, Australian Open tennis (800K+ attendance), the Boxing Day Test, and the F1 Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park. Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama draws wire cam coverage each October.

Here is the breakdown. Australia's wire cam heritage is anchored by the multi-Olympic broadcast custom. Sydney 2000 Games, the 2003 Rugby World Cup, the 2006 Melbourne and 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games — plus the long major-stadium concert touring market in Sydney and Melbourne arenas (Splendour in the Grass Byron Bay annual July, Bluesfest Easter, Falls Festival, Laneway).

Here is what that looks like on the ground. We set up ACMA wireless frequency licensing for camera RF and downlink, Safe Work Australia rigging compliance (working-at-height tickets, scaffold and EWP qualifications, rated rigging hardware), venue authority approvals (Venues NSW, Melbourne and Olympic Parks Trust, Stadiums Queensland), MEAA crew agreements with reciprocal IATSE recognition for visiting global shoots, and full public liability insurance for cable spans routinely running 100-300m at heights of 30m+.