Skycam - Camera's in Football

Sky cam is a widely used camera that promotes different camera angles of a sporting event from high above.
It's first use was in the 1980's in a American football game but now thanks to all the funding and transport that is now available to us, it is beginning to be used during our FA cup final games as well as some champion's league games.

The camera is programmed by 5 different cables located at different sections of the stadium and controlled in a specific area. The cables that suspend the camera a 4 inches wide and can cause the camera to travel up to 30 miles an hour. In a game, these angles help create a better picture for the viewers as it is clearer and allows us a birds eye view of the game.

Having different camera angles has helped football as it means different angles mean different perspectives of the game and can also mean we can see tackles, goals and more talking points of the game in a better angle and can be replayed in the different angle to get a better picture.