PRESS INFORMATION
7 DECEMBER 2015
SUNSET+VINE AWARDED LIVE EVENTS PRODUCTION SERVICES CONTRACT 2016-2019 BY ICC
- EIGHT EVENTS - INCLUDING NEXT YEAR’S ICC WORLD TWENTY20 COMBINED MEN’S AND WOMEN’S EVENT AND CULMINATING WITH THE ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2019 IN ENGLAND & WALES
- “AN HONOUR AND PRIVILEGE – WE WILL DELIVER EXCITING AND COMPELLING COVERAGE FOR THE ICC’S RIGHTS HOLDERS” (JEFF FOULSER, CHAIRMAN, SUNSET+VINE)
(London) Sunset+Vine, the multi-award winning UK independent TV sports production and media company, part of The Tinopolis Group, has been awarded the ICC’s live events Production Services contract running from 2016 to 2019. The multi events contract covers eight major tournaments including next year’s ICC World Twenty20 Combined Men’s and Women’s event and culminating with the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 in England &Wales.
Executive producers will be Huw Bevan and Gary Franses. Gavin Scovell will be the senior match director with Joanna Lowndes-Lumb head of production.
The first event to be covered will be the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh followed by the ICC World Twenty20 in March/April 2016 in India; ICC Champions Trophy 2017 (England & Wales); ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 (England &Wales); ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2018 (New Zealand); ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018 (Bangladesh); ICC Women’s World Twenty20 2018 (West Indies) and the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 (England & Wales).
Jeff Foulser, Chairman of Sunset+Vine, commented:
“It’s a real honour and privilege to be awarded this amazing contract. Cricket coverage has been in this company’s DNA since the late ‘90’s when we introduced innovations like Hawk-Eye and the Snickometer to Channel 4’s coverage and we look forward to working closely with the ICC’s broadcast rights holders to deliver exciting and compelling coverage for their viewers around the world.”
Campbell Jamieson, General Manager – Commercial, International Cricket Council, said:
“ICC has taken live production in house for the first time and are looking forward to a successful relationship with Sunset + Vine and Broadcast Solutions. ICC aims to provide innovative and compelling coverage of its events using first class broadcast technology to service its fans via Star Sports, ICC’s Global Broadcast Partner, and its other media rights partners.”
Sunset+Vine has a very strong cricket heritage. Between 1999 and 2005 it was instrumental in revolutionising how cricket coverage was seen on television, producing nearly 50 live Test matches, 65 one-day internationals and 348 highlights programmes for Channel 4 in the UK. The company was recently the Host Broadcaster for the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2015
and currently produces daily highlights shows of both England’s domestic Test series and One-Day Internationals for Channel Five.
The company has won 26 major broadcast awards for its cricket coverage including five BAFTAs as well as introducing innovations such as the Red Zone, Snickometer, the Analyst, Hawk-Eye and the ultra slomo camera – award winners in their own right.
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About SUNSET+VINE
Sunset+Vine is a leading independent supplier of sports programming to broadcasters in the UK and overseas. It has won over 40 broadcast awards including nine Royal Television Society awards and six BAFTA’s most recently for “Best Sport and Live Event” in relation to its production of Channel 4’s ground-breaking coverage of The London 2012 Paralympic Games.
Sunset+Vine was appointed as primary production partner for BT Sport (launched August 2013) and now produces the channel’s live English Premier League Football and Aviva Premiership Rugby matches and all support programming. The company was Host Broadcaster of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games as well as for the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-2015. In the Middle East, Sunset+Vine has been Host Broadcaster for the Dubai World Cup for 20 consecutive years.
A leader in Advertiser Funded Programming, the company devised the world’s most watched weekly sports’ show “Gillette World Sport” (shown in 180 countries at its peak) which has recently been re-commissioned. Mobil 1 - The Grid is also amongst its extensive portfolio. The company is part of The Tinopolis Group.
About THE TINOPOLIS GROUP
The Tinopolis Group comprises 17 companies dedicated to the creation and global distribution of world-class content. It is one of the largest remaining independent television producers with significant business bases in London, Wales, Glasgow and LA, producing high quality content for all key networks in both the US and the UK and for a fast-growing stable of brands and agencies. Tinopolis produces and distributes over 2,500 hours of award-winning broadcast and online content, across seventeen companies.
Tinopolis comprises some of the most respected names in the industry across the US and UK, including A. Smith and Co, Base Productions, Daybreak, fFatti fFilms, Firecracker Films, Magical Elves, Mentorn Media, Passion Distribution, Pioneer Productions, Rain, Sunset + Vine and Tinopolis Wales/Cymru. The group recognises the importance of technology in today’s media landscape and invests in solutions to bring added value to its content customers. http://www.tinopolis.com/
For further information on Tinopolis please contact:
Franklin Rae PR: Shereene Witter
T: +44(0) 203 011 1023
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