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Paris 2024: Intel AI platforms showcase world’s first 8K OTT broadcastAs the Official Worldwide AI Platform Partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024, Intel is set to introduce new, innovative AI experiences based on the company’s hardware and software that enable next-generation engagement for fans, organisers, athletes and viewers around...
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Synamedia’s Vivid compression technology helps bring the UK’s first live 8K broadcast of a live sporting event into the homeSynamedia’s Vivid compression platform, powered by AMD EPYC 7763 processors, have distributed BT Sport’s 8K-UHD broadcast of the Saracens vs. Bristol Bears Gallagher Premiership Rugby on 26 March 2022. This accomplishment was the UK’s first live 8K home broadcast of...
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BT Sport delivers live 8K broadcast of Saracens v Bristol Bears rugby matchBT Sport has delivered the UK’s first live 8K broadcast of a top-tier sporting event into the home, teaming up with a host of partners to continue its ongoing interest in 8K. The broadcaster aired the Saracens v Bristol Bears...
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Virtual reality makes the leap to 8K in Beijing as OBS expands fan engagement effortsThe Winter Games in Beijing are seeing an increased commitment to virtual reality (VR), most notably the use of 8K cameras and distribution that will help improve the experience notably. And it is all part of a broader plan to...
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UHD and beyond: Tedial on maximising the content opportunity in 2022By Julian Fernández-Campón, CTO, Tedial. Recent global sporting events have re-accelerated the industry’s roll out of 4K and 8K as well as HDR and HFR technology enhancements, as media companies – particularly the streamers and production facilities – continue the...
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Changes, evolutions and technologies: Limelight Networks on new viewer technologies and the trends they will driveBy Charles Kraus, senior product marketing manager, Limelight Networks As we enter the holiday season, so come the requests for 2022 predictions. Forecasts abound. What I’m most excited about are the growth forecasts for sports streaming. You have to like...
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BT Sport and Samsung team up for first live 8K sports broadcast in the UKBT Sport has teamed with Samsung to show the UK’s first public live 8K sports broadcast, with a screening of the UEFA Europa League match between Arsenal and Olympiacos (round of 32) on the evening of 27 February. The companies...
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Taking 8K broadcasts over 5G from Roland Garros 2019 to the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022Earlier this year French public service broadcaster France Télévisions once again used Roland Garros as the venue to demonstrate new technology, this time to deliver the first ever live 8K broadcast on 5G networks for a premium sports event. This...
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BT Sport shows live 8K rugby demo at IBCBT Sport staged a demonstration at IBC of a live 8K broadcast “to showcase what we think is coming next,” said Jamie Hindhaugh, BT Sport’s chief operating officer. They had actually wanted a multi-camera production (with perhaps three or four...
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FA Cup Final 2019: BT Sport trials live 8K virtual reality experienceBT Sport used the 2019 FA Cup Final at Wembley to test a new live 8K virtual reality experience delivered to mobile handsets. Working with Blackmagic Design cameras and switchers for the production and using Tiledmedia's encoding technology and app,...
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France Télévisions picks Roland Garros for demo of 8K over 5G with mobile operator OrangeFrench public service broadcaster France Télévisions is once again using Roland Garros as the venue to demonstrate new technology, this time with 8K content over 5G in partnership with telco Orange. Last year France Télévisions used the Roland Garros tournament...
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Quantum’s Lerner talks NVMe for making sports broadcasting storage smarter for 4K and 8KStorage has never been a sexy subject, but sometimes those behind the technology in sports broadcasting manage to make it so. Quantum, the provider of scalable tiered storage plus archive and data protection, spoke to SVG Europe about the latest...
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Italy’s Rai to start 8K broadcasts in time for 2020 Tokyo OlympicsItalian public service broadcaster Rai will begin broadcasting 4K and 8K content from next year, starting with the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The announcement was made at a conference called "Open access, for free access to scientific research" at...
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Canon focuses on 4K HDR lenses and tests 8K broadcast chain on rugbyWhile Canon’s principal focus at NAB 2019 will be on promoting and extending the capabilities of its 4K HDR broadcast lenses, there will be continued speculation and hints of actual news about its plans for the 8K live market. The...
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