The Members’ Meeting, Festival of Speed, and Revival are all covered by the deal
Gravity Media has agreed a five year deal with Goodwood to produce the broadcasts of its events.
The deal includes the Members’ Meeting, Festival of Speed, and Revival, with Gravity to supply over 90 hours of live content across the three events, including six days of live coverage for ITV. There will also be world feeds for international partners. dedicated digital production, exclusive partner content and fully crafted highlights shows for domestic and international fans.
In addition to end-to-end production, Gravity will handle a full design and rebrand of the onscreen graphics, support Goodwood’s digital content strategy and deal with project management across all events and partner activities.
Sustainability will be taken into account, with onsite flyaway infrastructure, state-of-the-art OB truck, Pictor, and remote operations from the Gravity Media London Production Centre. In addition, the full edit and EVS workflow will be provided by a dedicated team.
Will Kinsman, events creative director for Goodwood, said: “We will be creating more than 10 hours of content from each day of the Members’ Meeting, Festival of Speed and Revival, and offering that feed via big screens at the events, as well as providing both a live stream and clips for motorsport fans watching around the world. Our presence on ITV will also be expanded, with live broadcasts on Saturday and Sunday afternoons from each event as well as the traditional highlights shows. It marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for Goodwood.”
Blair Wood BD director at Gravity Media added: “Goodwood really is the perfect project and partner to demonstrate the true power of Gravity Media as a single brand and we are delighted to be working on such prestigious motorsports events. Our history in motorsport, particularly as an innovative technical partner, is something we are very proud of, but this contract can take that to a different level.
“With the peerless Martin Turner at the helm, we have assembled an excellent production team and an exciting new on-screen talent line up. When you combine them with Gravity Media’s own rich array of expertise across technical, production and post-production operations, we are looking forward to bringing fans both on ITV, Goodwood’s digital platforms and at the events themselves, closer to the action than ever before.”
Ed Tischler MD at Gravity Media commented: “We are already enjoying early interactions with Goodwood, a partner who truly matches our values and one that we look forward to establishing a long and successful relationship with. We feel extremely proud to have been chosen by such an important British legacy motorsport brand as Goodwood. It is another key moment to allow us to showcase our fully integrated end-to-end solutions, leveraging the scale and expertise of our team.”
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