The first application of immersive, object-based audio for an Olympics broadcast took place on Aug. 5 during the event’s Opening Ceremony, from the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, using Dolby Labs’ Atmos format. Done in parallel in 4K HDR on the video side, the Opening Ceremony’s Atmos audio mix was done in a 5.1.4 […] More
The challenge posed by SporTV to broadcast the Rio 2016 Olympic Games resulted in unprecedented coverage aired globally on TV and impressive figures that reflected the success achieved. With 16 commented and narrated channels on Brazilian pay-TV and 56 internet broadcasted channels, more than 4,000 hours were broadcasted. A project that had the involvement of […] More
The first application of immersive, object-based audio for an Olympics broadcast took place on Aug. 5 during the event’s Opening Ceremony, from the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, using Dolby Labs’ Atmos format. Done in parallel in 4K HDR on the video side, the Opening Ceremony’s Atmos audio mix was done in a 5.1.4 […] More
The challenge posed by SporTV to broadcast the Rio 2016 Olympic Games resulted in unprecedented coverage aired globally on TV and impressive figures that reflected the success achieved. With 16 commented and narrated channels on Brazilian pay-TV and 56 internet broadcasted channels, more than 4,000 hours were broadcasted. A project that had the involvement of […] More
Several of the Rio Olympics ceremony videos, including the opening ceremony video for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, were created by Brazilian based O2 Filmes using Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve 12.5 Studio for editing and color grading, as well as Fusion 8 Studio for visual effects. The 2016 Olympic Games opening sequence, which also included scenes […] More
Several of the Rio Olympics ceremony videos, including the opening ceremony video for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, were created by Brazilian based O2 Filmes using Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve 12.5 Studio for editing and color grading, as well as Fusion 8 Studio for visual effects. The 2016 Olympic Games opening sequence, which also included scenes […] More
The Olympics are often a time of technical trials, not just for new workflows but new technologies. The 2016 Olympics were no exception and topping the list was an effort undertaken by NBC and Sony to cover the Opening Ceremonies in 4K HDR on the video side and by NBC and Dolby to cover the […] More
If it’s a major global sporting event then there is a pretty good chance that NHK is on hand with an 8K production team and the 2016 Rio Olympics were no exception. But there were a couple of exciting developments as NHK had two production teams and four production vehicles, two for video and two […] More
The Olympics are often a time of technical trials, not just for new workflows but for new technologies as well. The 2016 Olympics were no exception, and topping the list was an effort by NBC and Sony to cover the Opening Ceremony in 4K HDR on the video side and by NBC and Dolby to […] More
If it’s a major global sports event, there is a pretty good chance NHK is on hand with an 8K production team. This was true at the 2016 Rio Olympics, with a couple of exciting developments: the Japanese broadcaster had two 8K production teams and four production vehicles, two for video and two for audio. “For the […] More
