Sports live streaming in the UAE: how a multi-camera broadcast is planned.

We are a live production company based in Dubai. We produce live streaming for sports events for clubs, federations and event organisers. Here is our record, stated exactly as it stands.

If you have a date and a venue, our live event streaming service is where scoping starts. The rest of this guide shows how we plan a sports broadcast, so you know what to ask any sports broadcasting company.

Every camera plan has the same job: one camera that shows the play clearly, closer cameras that show who did it, and angles that show how it happened again in replay. The sport decides where those cameras go.

Court sports

Basketball, futsal, volleyball and handball start with an elevated main camera on the centre line. Lower cameras at each end give close shots and reverse angles. A handheld covers benches, reactions and presentations. The hard part is speed: play moves end to end in seconds, so operators need clear sightlines and a director who cuts on the play, not after it.

Field sports

Football needs a main camera high on the halfway line, a tight camera beside it to follow the ball carrier, and cameras level with each penalty area. Cameras behind the goals and on the touchline add replay angles. A league or rights holder often sets the minimum camera plan for its matches. Ask for that document first, because it decides the budget.

Target and shooting sports

Shooting is the sport we know best. The target is small and fast, and the moment lasts less than a second. Cameras cover the athlete on the line, the target, a range wide, the stands and the scoreboard. Every position is agreed with the range officials and kept clear of the line of fire. Scores come from the official results, not from what the cameras see.

Combat sports

Boxing, MMA and other combat formats use two ringside cameras at an angle to each other, an elevated wide of the full ring or cage, and a handheld for walkouts and corners. Through cage mesh, the lens sits close to the wire with a wide aperture so the mesh falls out of focus. A high frame rate camera gives slow-motion replay of the decisive moment.

These are starting points, not quotes. The survey and the format of your event decide the final number.

A sports audience expects the score and the clock on screen at all times. Graphics usually include a score bug, a clock or round counter, line-ups, athlete lower thirds and results tables.

Live streaming sports events means sending the right version of the broadcast to each destination. Write the delivery list down before the survey, because it changes the equipment.

Have these answers ready and the planning moves quickly.

• Rights and permissions. Who owns the broadcast rights, any rules a federation or rights holder sets, and the venue's filming permission.
• The schedule. Match or session times, courts or ranges in use, breaks and ceremonies.
• Venue access. A contact who can confirm power, camera positions, cable routes and the production area.
• Scoring. Your results provider and how scores are published.
• Commentary. Who commentates, in which languages, and whether you supply them or we do.
• Brand assets. Logos, line-ups, athlete names and sponsor marks, with one person who approves them.
• Destinations. Every platform and every rights-holder feed, with access details.
• One decision-maker. One person on the day who can say yes or no.

We quote with assumptions stated: the number of days, courts or fields, cameras, commentary positions and destinations. Change one assumption and you see exactly what it changes. To start, tell us the sport, the venue and the date through our live event streaming service.