SIS LIVE Captures McCoy's Magical Moment

SIS LIVE was there providing its usual high-quality coverage for shops and At The Races, and were able to make sure McCoy’s achievement was captured in full.  SIS LIVE’s HD1 outside broadcast vehicle was deployed to produce coverage of this momentous event, with eight race cameras located at various points around the track and two extras rigged to follow the winners into the paddock. A specially installed super slow motion camera on the finish line caught the historic win in exquisite detail and an RF presentation camera captured the celebrations of McCoy and his team. SIS commentators added their typical colour to the event, ensuring the moment could be savoured and appreciated completely.

In addition to the race coverage on fibre optic cables, one of SIS LIVE’s satellite uplink units - SIS 30 - was also on site with three camera operators providing additional presentation services for William Hill and ATR. A dedicated SIS LIVE engineer handled the uplinking of signals from site to the company’s teleport and MCR facility at Milton Keynes. From here race and presentation feeds were downlinked, routed into the SIS production studios and used to create programming which was then transmitted via satellite to licensed betting offices all over the world.

McCoy, having inched closer to the 4,000 mark over the last week, needed just one winner from two rides at Towcester – and he came home on Mountain Tunes in front of a bumper crowd at the Northamptonshire track. The race could not have been more exciting, with Mountain Tunes two lengths down at the final flight but getting up a head of steam, stumbling on landing but able to quickly regain momentum and with the will of the bumper crowd carrying him along, gradually overhauling Jamie Moore on Kris Spin.

Afterwards, mobbed by well-wishers and having been showered in champagne, McCoy said: “It was just amazing, it couldn't have worked out any better. Racing people are fantastic; they are so pleased for me.”

David Meynell, Managing Director, SIS LIVE said “SIS LIVE covers thousands of races every year but this one was quite special and really captured the attention of sports fans across the UK.  Our racing OB teams have unparalleled experience of covering racing in the UK and it was great that there was so much interest in the material they produced.  We decided to use a super Slo-mo, which added to the drama of the day and are now considering making this a standard offering for all of our racing coverage. We continue to innovate for UK racing and look forward to the next milestone, which I am sure our teams will deliver to their usual exceptional standards.”

SIS is one of the world’s leading companies in the television broadcasting industry. It is the foremost supplier of television programming and data services to the UK and Ireland betting industry. The company’s broadcast business, SIS LIVE, operates the largest satellite uplink fleet in Europe. SIS LIVE offers a complete broadcasting solution including global distribution via teleport and fibre, satellite internet and IP provision, special camera systems, wireless camera solutions and broadcast systems integration services. SIS LIVE also designs and manufactures an innovative, market-leading range of satellite and broadcast products. The company covers over 100,000 hours of live events worldwide each year and delivers approximately 80% of live news feeds across the UK.