BBC
King Charles III Coronation
The Coronation Concert at Windsor Castle brought together broadcast production, security, ticketing, artists, crew, traders and site teams across a large and high-profile estate. With the event being broadcast to a global audience, every operational system depended on reliable, high-capacity connectivity, from TV production through to gate entry, site communications and on-the-ground coordination.
The Coronation Concert at Windsor Castle brought together broadcast production, security, ticketing, artists, crew, traders and site teams across a large and high-profile estate. With the event being broadcast to a global audience, every operational system depended on reliable, high-capacity connectivity, from TV production through to gate entry, site communications and on-the-ground coordination.
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Environment: National live broadcast / large-scale event
Scale: Windsor Castle estate, spanning 1+ square mile
Challenge: Mission-critical connectivity for a global broadcast
Solution: Fibre installation, point-to-point links and full-site network deployment
Outcome: Successful live broadcast and full operational connectivity across the event site
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2Gb available capacity across the event site
Gigabit-capable fibre infrastructure
Full-site temporary network across 1+ square mile
Multiple point-to-point microwave links
Network extended almost one mile from the main concert location
Over two miles of fibre deployed
WiFi and wired networking across stage, security, trader and production areas
Bonded Starlink resilience
Support for up to 500 users
VoIP telephony at key locations
Temporary infrastructure build, live support and full de-rig
Outcome:
Pinnacom delivered the full communications infrastructure for the Coronation Concert at Windsor Castle, enabling a successful live broadcast while supporting critical on-site operations across the high-security environment.
The network provided 2Gb of available capacity across the site, supporting broadcast production, security systems, gate entry services, production internet, WiFi and VoIP telephony at key locations.
Challenge:
The Coronation Concert required a resilient and high-capacity network across a large event site spanning more than a square mile.
The system needed to support:
Live broadcast production
Gate entry and ticketing services
Security operations
Production internet
Artist, crew and trader connectivity
VoIP telephony at key locations
With national attention on the event and zero tolerance for connectivity failure, the infrastructure needed to perform reliably across a large, security-sensitive environment with multiple user groups and operational pressures.
Solution:
Pinnacom designed and deployed a complete temporary network infrastructure for the event within a six-week build window.
The deployment included:
Installation of new fibre circuits at Windsor Castle
Full-site network build across production, stage, security, trader and operational areas
Over two miles of fibre to bring wired networking and WiFi to key zones
Multiple point-to-point microwave links extending connectivity almost one mile from the main concert location
Bonded Starlink systems alongside managed multi-network cellular resilience to provide additional resilience
On-site engineering support throughout build, live operation and de-rig
At the end of the event, the full installation was quickly removed from site.
