What comes into mind when you are told to imagine a stadium?

The bustling crowd cheering for their

team, vuvuzelas playing, and the deathly silence when the opponent team scores against the favourite
one. But all of these have changed due to Covid-19 outbreak. Though leagues like English Premier
League, La Liga and Bundesliga have resumed again, the games are played behind closed doors, which
means – the audience or fans are not allowed in the stadium. And hence, to make the audience feel at
home, the broadcasters have introduced a unique and creative solution.

Premier League broadcasters like Sky Sports and BT sports have started to add a special feature 'crowd
noise' with the sounds of the actual game coverage. South Korea's K league was the first to employ this
technique, and Premier League has now followed suit. Here is how it works.

On TV, an audio carpet or flat crowd noise of previous matches is added first. Then, special sounds for
penalties, goals and fouls are inserted manually by a watching producer. Though it sounds like it's
coming from the stadium, the players can't actually hear the sound. Also, Sky Sports offers the option to
keep or turn off the artificial sound to the audience. It ebbs and flows according to what happens on the
field. The sound is called atmospheric audio. The version used by Sky Sports is made by EA sports. They
combined 1300 different audio tracks to find the right combination. According to their press release, the
sound is made to replicate the lively and vibrant atmosphere of premier league matches.

I watched a Premier League match between Tottenham and Arsenal with this special effect, and the
good thing is that the difference is almost indistinguishable. Some may find it soulless or inauthentic, but
it is okay by my measure. And in these desperate times, it is better than nothing.

Hotels are creating videos highlighting the precautions they’ve taken for hygiene post COVID-19. The
video gives insight on preventive measures such as hotel sanitisation every day, staff being checked for
COVID-19 for temperature before entering in the hotel, use of masks, gloves, and sanitizers by staff and
so on. Hotels are creating videos highlighting the precautions they’ve taken for hygiene post COVID-19.
The video gives insight on preventive measures such as hotel sanitisation every day, staff being checked
for COVID-19 for temperature before entering in the hotel, use of masks, gloves, and sanitizers by staff
and so on.