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Posted On: 07/08/2015 8:30:09 AM
Sport steps up to the 4K plate
Sport has long been mooted as one of the likely biggest drivers of 4K UHD technology. Yet aside from the World Cup Soccer tournament having some of its matches shot in 4K as part of a supposed World Cup 2014 4K film release that seems to have disappeared along with FIFA’s credibility, precious little sporting footage has so far been rolled out for public consumption. The past few weeks, though, have finally seen some significant 4K sporting moves.
First up, as reported by SVGEurope, we had France Télévisions not only filming every match on the Central Court of the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in 4K UHD but also broadcasting this footage via both terrestrial and satellite channels so that any French homes with 4K TVs could receive it.
Then on May 30th, as reported by broadbandtvnews, German broadcaster Sky Deutschland broadcast the final game of its 2015 domestic football (soccer) season in Ultra HD to Samsung TVs installed in a selection of 15 or so sports bars. This match was filmed using 11 Ultra HD cameras with real-time HEVC encoding at 35Mbps and a 50Hz frame rate.
The biggest 4K UHD sports announcement of the past six weeks, though, came out of the UK, as broadcasting and communications giant BT announced that it was going to launch a 4K sports channel, BT Sport Ultra HD, in August, ready to show 4K footage from Champions League and Premier League Soccer as well as top-level rugby matches. The channel will be streamed over BT’s fibre network to a new, as yet unreleased receiver box, with pricing yet to be announced.
http://www.4kultrahdreview.com/4k-uhd-digest-...#more-1846
Sport has long been mooted as one of the likely biggest drivers of 4K UHD technology. Yet aside from the World Cup Soccer tournament having some of its matches shot in 4K as part of a supposed World Cup 2014 4K film release that seems to have disappeared along with FIFA’s credibility, precious little sporting footage has so far been rolled out for public consumption. The past few weeks, though, have finally seen some significant 4K sporting moves.
First up, as reported by SVGEurope, we had France Télévisions not only filming every match on the Central Court of the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in 4K UHD but also broadcasting this footage via both terrestrial and satellite channels so that any French homes with 4K TVs could receive it.
Then on May 30th, as reported by broadbandtvnews, German broadcaster Sky Deutschland broadcast the final game of its 2015 domestic football (soccer) season in Ultra HD to Samsung TVs installed in a selection of 15 or so sports bars. This match was filmed using 11 Ultra HD cameras with real-time HEVC encoding at 35Mbps and a 50Hz frame rate.
The biggest 4K UHD sports announcement of the past six weeks, though, came out of the UK, as broadcasting and communications giant BT announced that it was going to launch a 4K sports channel, BT Sport Ultra HD, in August, ready to show 4K footage from Champions League and Premier League Soccer as well as top-level rugby matches. The channel will be streamed over BT’s fibre network to a new, as yet unreleased receiver box, with pricing yet to be announced.
http://www.4kultrahdreview.com/4k-uhd-digest-...#more-1846
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