Timeline TV rolls out all-in-one production system RoutePilot One

Timeline TV has developed an all-in-one production system called RoutePilot One, which has been used extensively during the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.

Production company Progress Productions delivered coverage to the in-stadia screens at all eight competition venues using eight identical RoutePilot One systems.

Using RoutePilot One, the Progress Productions team were able to manage a significant volume of video content, including 200 VT packages and 250 music tracks for every sporting session.

Most of the content came from two mobile camera positions connected via backpack-mounted RF links. These were used to capture athlete interviews, crowd reactions and fan engagement around the venue. 

RoutePilot One’s media management and folder structure enabled all assets to be organised quickly and logically, ensuring content was quickly accessible when required, says Timeline TV.

Every RoutePilot One system at the Games could be monitored, configured and updated centrally, enabling software and configuration changes to be rolled out simultaneously across all eight venues.

Timeline TV said the system required only a single operator at each venue, making it an efficient and cost-effective production solution for this type of use case.

Dan McDonnell, CEO of Timeline TV, told Broadcast Sport: “RoutePilot One is has been developed in-house at Timeline and is scalable and agile and can be used by a single operator or with multiple operators depending on the complexity of the project. You can do everything from taking in a world feed to top and tail, to using as a host broadcaster system with multiple cameras, graphics, replay and a full audio mix.

“Its first major project was providing content for the screens in eight venues during the Commonwealth Games. It played in VTs, host feeds and additional cameras, which were then played out on big jumbo screens.”

Meanwhile, James O’Brien, CEO of Progress Productions, added: “When we took on sport presentation for Glasgow 2026 we made a commitment to the organising committee that we would find more innovative and more cost efficient ways of delivering it. That took us out into the market and it led us to Dan and the team at Timeline, who had built something unbelievably clever in Route Pilot.

“We then spent months working alongside them to get it ready for Games time, including two live event tests where we looked at latency and at how the system behaved under real competition conditions. It performed brilliantly across the Games and I think it is a genuine game changer for how events like this get delivered.”