[Newshound47]

I think a lot of the postponements were to do with policing requirements - I don't remember hearing too much about a squeeze on OB resources. There's a reasonable amount of flexibility in the industry, and broadcasters are usually fairly pragmatic about going with a slightly lower spec scanner if scheduling requirements, mechanical breakdown, or major state events means that they can't get the truck they were expecting.

That said, there will be some Thursdays in October and November where Europa/Europa Conference League matches will be using a lot of sat trucks, which may make it trickier to hire some in from across the channel.


IIRC it was Sky who had a camera at every count. You probably wouldn't want to rely on it at the most high-profile declarations - more people around to suck up the mobile bandwidth, plus big metal-framed exhbition halls are often a big Faraday cage.

The 12th December 2019 (Election 2019j was an Europa League match day last time but they are double the matches now with the Conference league as well.

The 17th October would be perfect for the election on this purpose. The international meet up is the weekend before but ends on Tuesday so they won’t be any top level football matches on the Thursday across Europe needing trucks.

For Thursdays in October and November

Internationals
10th October (England among the teams playingj
14th November (England among the teams playing)

UEFA club competitions
3rd October
24th October
7th November
28th November