Cable Cam Systems

Here is how the work lines up. Cable cam in Canada routes through a dedicated supplier pool centred on Pacific Backlot Services Vancouver, the country's primary Spydercam dispatcher, with CBSA ATA carnet handling short-term import of global rigs for high-end commercial and sports broadcast work. Spydercam 3D systems suspend gyro-stabilised cinema heads on multi-point cable spans, delivering the swooping overhead and lateral tracking shots that anchor stadium broadcast, concert touring video and outdoor venue camera work.

Here is the breakdown. Our installations cover Rogers Centre Toronto for Blue Jays Major League Baseball plus the closed-roof concert touring circuit, Scotiabank Arena Toronto for Raptors and Maple Leafs broadcast plus arena touring, BC Place Vancouver for Whitecaps Major League Soccer plus closed-stadium concerts, Bell Centre Montreal for Canadiens NHL coverage plus Bell Centre concert programming, Saddledome Calgary for Flames NHL plus Stampede grandstand programming, and Rogers Place Edmonton for Oilers NHL plus venue touring.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Concert and festival work spans Scotiabank Arena Toronto and Rogers Arena Vancouver touring schedules, Saddledome Stampede grandstand events, Just for Laughs Festival Montreal outdoor stages, Carnaval de Québec winter installations, Calgary Stampede and the Toronto CN Tower observation-deck aerial parallels for cityscape commercial work. Brand activations and one-off corporate events round out the venue pool, with Pacific Backlot Services dispatching cable, rigging, gyro heads and op crew from start to finish.

Here is how the picture comes together. Safety, permits and insurance run to the highest open standard because cable cam routinely operates above viewers crowds. Rigging crews carry Canadian Film Industry Rigging certification or equivalent, with redundant cable runs, emergency-braking systems, automatic tension tracking and fail-safe drop protocols built into each installation.

Here is what we have to work with. WorkSafeBC, WSIB and CNESST cover stadium rigging-crew workplace insurance, with venue-management agreements layered through Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment for Scotiabank Arena and Rogers Centre, Canadiens Sports & Entertainment for Bell Centre, OEG Sports & Entertainment for Rogers Place Edmonton, BC Pavilion Corporation for BC Place, Calgary Stampede for the Saddledome grandstand and TSE Tower for the CN Tower. ESA, TSBC and Quebec RBQ electrical certification cover high-amp camera-and-rigging power runs.

Here is the layout. Outdoor venue work needs city planning through City of Vancouver Film Office, Toronto Film Office, Bureau du cinéma de Montréal and Calgary Film Office for street-closure or sidewalk-anchor permits, plus event-planning with Live Nation, AEG Presents and Evenko for concert tours. CPTC and provincial PSTC apply to qualifying live-event and commercial-spend. IATSE Local 891 Vancouver, Local 873 Toronto and Local 514 Montreal supply unionised rigging and op crew across the venue pool.