Table Tennis coverage

Table tennis, fast enough to need the replay

Table tennis is the fastest ball in the building and the smallest playing area. That combination makes it one of the better sports to stream - the whole match fits in one frame - as long as the camera is fast enough to hold the ball and the scoreboard keeps up with 11-point games.

Sportsmedia7 · Visakhapatnam · working across Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Delhi

11-point games

Best of five or seven

Serve rotation

Two serves, tracked

Multi-table

Several tables in a hall

High shutter

The ball stays visible

The table tennis scoreboard, built for table tennis

A generic score bug with the words changed does not work. These are the fields our graphics carry for table tennis, driven live from the scorer.

Score bug

Both players to 11, win by two, with the server marked

Games

Games won in a best-of-five or best-of-seven match

Serve

Which player serves and which of the two serves it is

Players

Names and club, or both pairs for doubles

Team tie

The tie score when singles and doubles make up a team match

Draw

Group table or knockout bracket between matches

Camera plan

Positions are chosen for the sport and then adjusted for your venue. This is the starting point.

High behind each end

The full table in frame with both players, which is the view the sport is watched on.

Side, table height

Spin and the bounce, and the replay of a close edge.

Hall wide

Multi-table context, presentations and the crowd.

Tournament formats we cover

Groups into a knockout across several tables, with singles, doubles and team events, often with age and rating categories in the same tournament. A show table gets the full graphics package while results from the other tables run on the ticker.

A small ball at a high shutter

Keeping a 40mm ball visible means a high shutter speed, which means the hall needs more light than it looks like it does. It is the first thing we test at the venue, because a stream where the ball cannot be seen is not worth running.

Everything else a table tennis tournament needs

The production is one part of it. These are the other services, and they share the same player list.

Online player registration

Entries with photos, documents and fees collected before the tournament starts.

Scoring graphics

The score bug and cards above, driven from the live score feed.

LED wall graphics

A separate feed for the screen at the venue.

AI commentary

Audio on the matches where no commentator is on site.

Club or academy page

A permanent public page for the organizer, with every tournament on it.

Questions we get asked

Before you enquire

Can you cover a team championship?

Yes. The scoreboard carries the tie score across the singles and doubles rubbers, not just the current match.

Can we take entries for several categories?

Yes. Each category takes its own entries and fee, and a player entering three of them is still one player record.

How many tables can you stream?

One show table with full graphics is the usual booking. More tables are possible - tell us the hall and the schedule and we will plan it.

Keep reading

Live streaming Scoring graphics Player registration All services

Send us your fixture list

Tell us the sport, the dates and the ground. We will come back with what the coverage needs and what it costs - and if registrations open before that is settled, start collecting entries today.