MLS showcases the future of football broadcasting with a historic moment

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The way live football is experienced has changed many times throughout history, but few shifts feel as direct as when technology starts to come from a completely different place. Major League Soccer, together with Apple, presented a broadcast that drew attention not only for the match itself, but for the way it was captured: a professional game recorded entirely with iPhones.  The match between LA Galaxy and Houston Dynamo ended 1-1, but the result took a back seat to the production. The broadcast was carried out using 15 iPhone 17 Pro Max devices placed in different areas of the stadium, including spots that are usually rarely used for coverage.

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00:00This looks like your normal broadcast camera on a soccer field, but it's not.

00:04This is an iPhone 17 Pro Max with a lens attachment that allows it to work with the Fujimon HCK

00:1125-1000mm lens that is about $265,000.

00:15And how does it zoom?

00:17Just like your regular broadcast camera zooms in from far, far away.

00:22Hey, I got a chance to go to the MLS soccer match between the LA Galaxy and Houston Dynamo FC.

00:27Thanks for the invite, Apple, and this is the first professional sports game ever to be shot entirely by iPhones.

00:33That's 15 cameras around the field and in the stands, 8 of them with lens attachments, and 7 of them

00:39using the native camera lens from the iPhone.

00:42Every shot you see during this game was shot on an iPhone.

00:46There's a cameraman roving the field for warm-ups.

00:48There are cameras facing the benches to see their reactions.

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