The Fifa 2010 World Cup will be the biggest TV broadcast production for M-Net's sports arm, SuperSport, in the 23 year history of the sports broadcaster.
For the Soccer World Cup in June SuperSport plans AT LEAST 4 specially produced World Cup TV channels, of which 3 will broadcast for 24 hours. The 4th one will be the SuperSport HD channel that will be used to broadcast high definition football matches.
For the World Cup SuperSport also plans 4 unique daily magazine shows: Chase the Makarapa, Woza Lunchtime, Supernova and Harambee. ''This is the closest the TV viewer will be to the World Cup,'' says Tex Teixeira, SuperSport's head of production. ''Picture clarity, the number of cameras, replays, graphics and super-slomos will be better than ever before''.
SuperSport will receive the live feed for broadcast from HBS, the Swiss-based host broadcaster of the tournament. Where matches in the 2006 World Cup used 26 TV cameras, this will be bumped up to 29 per match, with 3 more to be used for selected matches. These include, for the first time, an aerial camera and an ultra motion camera that produces between 300 and 1000 frames per second in HD, allowing for the capture of 20 to 40 times more frames compared to a standard camera.
SuperSport is also building a multi-purpose high definition studio set - the biggest sports studio in SuperSport history. Regular anchors Robert Marawa, Thomas Mlambo, Neil Andrews, Gary Bailey and Thomas Kwenaite will be joined by Charles Anazodo of Nigeria. The four magazine shows will be hosted by Elana Afrika, Bobby Skinstad, Michelle McLean and Nonhle Thema.
