Sunday’s Carabao Cup Final saw 3.16 million viewers tune into Sky Sports, peaking at 4 million viewers.
As a result, the match became the highest rating match on Sky Sports since Liverpool v Man Utd on January 2021 (4.8m). The final also saw the highest peak audience of the 21/22 football season.
Sky chose the game to introduce new camera technology:
The Super Slow Spidercam was used to showcase key replays, and montage shots. The Spidercam, which was still used at full speed for live cuts and analytical replays, was switched to super slow for replays of set-pieces and penalty kicks.
Another super slow-motion camera, the Super Slow Steadicam, was brought in predominantly for the trophy lift and celebration scenes at full time.
Sky Sports Director of Football Gary Hughes said:
“It was a brilliant final and great occasion to introduce the new cameras – bringing over 4 million fans even closer to the action.”
[Sky PR]