“League of Legends World Championship S7” 2017 marked the debut appearance of the series in China and thus it was regarded as a phenomenal event not only for the E-game industry but also sports production community. The 60 days event started from Wuhan, later on had its tour in Guangzhou, Shanghai before its final was staged in the “Bird's Nest”. Unsurprisingly, the Bird’s Nest witnessed a full-house turnout which occupied all of the 50000 seats offered by the stadium .
Momenta was honored to work as the local production partner with “Riot” for global coverage production. During the two months games-time, we provided five systems for each venue in four cities , 42 cameras for live production, more than 500 hours signal production, and developed techical & operation plans of more than 1000+ pages. This was the first time that such a large number of world-class E-sport competitions have been produced in China. The biggest challenge lied not only in providing 1080P end to end systems but also in operation. Momenta managed to organize two groups (group A and B) for 4 cities within the overlapping schedules, which consisted of more than 100 people including engineers, producers and cameramen.
· 5 Broadcast systems for each venue
· 50+ Camera positions
· 500 Signals management
· 1000+ Pages of tech & operation plan
· 1080P end to end workflow in China
With ground-breaking concepts for TV production, The coverage relied heavily on brandnew technologies such as automation and preset workflow. With a long period of well thought of design and planning, Momenta renewed its quality-oriented production principles in the ever-growing E-sports coverage.