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Apple will put its high-end iPhone 17 Pro camera system to the test during tonight’s Friday Night Baseball live broadcast on Apple TV+. Along with its regular production equipment, Apple will use four iPhone 17 Pro devices to capture live footage of the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers game at Fenway Park.
One phone will be situated inside Fenway's famed left field wall, the Green Monster. Others will capture what's going on in the home dugout and with the fans around the stadium.
The iPhone 17 Pro devices will run the same Black Magic app available in the Apple Store. They will shoot at 59.94 frames per second in 1080p to match the broadcast's existing cameras. The event’s producers will be able to use the phones like any other camera and cut to them when needed.
(Credit: Apple)Viewers will know for sure what they’re seeing is footage from an iPhone 17 Pro thanks to an on-screen indicator. Apple first used iPhones for Friday Night Baseball in an unannounced test during its September 19 broadcast of the San Francisco Giants playing the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Tonight's Red Sox versus Tigers game marks Apple's final Friday Night Baseball broadcast of this year. (Its MLB partnership runs through the 2028 season.) The game will be shown in 60 countries and available to Apple TV+ subscribers in all regions. There are no blackouts for sports fans.