2008 Olympics Torch Relay

Sunday 6 April, London is host to the Olympic flaming torch, as part of the 85,000mile world tour the torch arrived in the capital from Russia before heading off to Paris. The Olympic torch relay is meant to symbolise the spirit of the games, the London organisers were keen to create a day of celebration, with the torch being carried through 10 boroughs by a host of stars and Olympians, some of which included Sir Steve Redgrave, Dame Kelly Holmes and England cricketer Kevin Pietesen.

The torch relay commenced at 10.30 in Wembley, the journey concluded with a grand finale at the O2 Arena. The finale focused on the final torch bearer lighting the Olympic cauldron, in addition there were performances from gymnasts and the Sugarbabes.

CT performed the difficult task of ensuring all switching requirements were executed effortlessly. With multiple mobiles on site and a Phillips screen permanently installed at the O2, CT managed the switching between numerous sources, including a feed from the BBC, News 24, the CT supplied Hippotiser media server and the laptops needed for the graphics.

CT Project Director Scott Burges comments, “The event was hugely high profile, it was attended by the queen, CT are no strangers to working on events of this nature. When the show was on, it was a hectic couple of hours, needless to say it was an honour to work on it and was really good fun”.