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After the Covid-19 emergency of the first months of 2020, the coveted resumption of sports activities, starting from the Italian football championship, had to deal with a less spectacular television show of the matches due to the total lack of public in the stadiums.

The empty stands and the lack of enthusiasm of the fans have removed a lot of "color" from the matches and forced the various football leagues to verify the possibility of "putting on the field" even imaginative solutions to try and make the matches more attractive, starting from the concept that "graphics bring you into the match".

The Weekend 20/21 June 2020 marks the restart of Italian soccer Serie A after the long pause due to the pandemic COVID-19, since March 8th. 

The Turin-Parma, Verona-Cagliari matches are scheduled on Saturday 20th June, while Atlanta-Sassuolo and Inter-Sampdoria are on 21st.

The tv service responsible for the television production of one of these important historical events, namely the Atalanta Sassuolo match at 7.30 pm, is NVP Spa, a well known tv service with offices in Milan, Rome and San Piero Patti, Sicily.

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TV shooting market in the entertainment and sports areas has closed in on itself in recent years, producing, in practice, a certain concentration of forces in the hands of a few highly specialized production companies.

In addition to rather contracting in number, the production services that physically carry out the filming of sporting events from the venues, in these months of widespread pandemic and due to the stop and cancellation of live matches, have suffered greatly, preparing themselves in the best way for a longed “re-start".

1. What was SKY’s strategy to guarantee business continuity during the Covid-19 crises?

Protecting our people has been, at all times during this emergency, our number one priority. 

While doing that, we have been working to continue to provide our customers with the best content experience. Sky has put almost all of its employees in smart working since February 24^th, two weeks ahead of the government-imposed lockdown on March 8^th. From that day, the area of Content Tech and Operations that I manage has 90% of its people working from home.