Media Delivery
Tokyo 2020 was ‘the first streaming Games’ says IOC
Olympic Broadcasting Services produced 3,300 hours of UHD/HDR coverage, and 10,200 hours of content in total
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Business
Watch: TVBEurope’s Story of 2021
TVBEurope takes a look back at some of the highs and lows experienced by the media technology industry in 2021
Live Production
Case study: Creating efficiencies in remote production in Tokyo
Bevan Gibson, CTO at EMG, details how the company collaborated with Imagine Communications to produce coverage of this summer's global sports event
Case Studies
Media Delivery
Sport, drama drive BBC iPlayer to record figures in Q3
According to the BBC's own figures, coverage of the Tokyo Olympics was streamed over 90 million times
Media Consumption
2020 Paralympics ‘set to break all broadcast viewing records’
Live coverage from 21 disciplines across 19 sports, more than ever before, will be made available to broadcasters by Olympic Broadcasting Services
Media Consumption
Euro 2020 scores more streams than the Olympics
UEFA Euro 2020 traffic peaked at 35 Tbps on the Akamai paltform versus a peak of 10 Tbps during the Olympics
Media Consumption
Discovery: More than 372 million viewers across Europe watched Tokyo 2020
Discovery presented Tokyo 2020 in 50 markets in Europe featuring 11 national productions and coverage in 19 languages
Live Production
LiveU reports 400 per cent deployment increase at Tokyo 2020
Tokyo 2020 saw the first deployments of both LiveU's LU800 and its LiveU Matrix IP cloud video management solution
Media Consumption
Brazil’s Globo tests 8K at Tokyo 2020
Globo partnered with Intel on the tests, with 8K HDR standard images reaching 33 million pixels
Media Consumption
Discovery reports three-quarters of a billion streaming minutes during first week of Tokyo 2020
The broadcaster has also reported increases in linear viewing, particularly in the Nordic markets
Media Consumption
Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony ‘first mainstream 8K rip on pirate sites’
File, which includes 8K HLG and 22.2 surround sound, appears to have been taken from Japanese broadcaster NHK
Media Management
Olympic Broadcasting Services hosted in the cloud for first time
Content+, OBS’ content delivery platform, is fully migrated to the cloud for delivering short-form content, content asset management and content production
Media Delivery
Tokyo Olympics gets underway as Sky adds 4K HDR
Sky is today rolling out 4K HDR options for its coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, which it will continue to deploy for...
Production & Post
Boosting fan engagement and interaction during the summer of sport
With the Opening Ceremony of the 2020 Olympic Games just days away, Vualto's Femke Schurer looks at how broadcasters can mimic a seamless linear...
Media Consumption
Spain’s Telefonica testing 4K Olympics channel
Movistar is carrying out tests in conjunction with Eurosport
Live Production
Olympic Broadcasting Services to employ ’10 firsts’ for Tokyo 2020
Company has laid out 10 'firsts' it plans to implement across the production for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Media Consumption
Tokyo 2020 to employ 5G, UHD and AR to enhance the viewing experience
Tokyo 2020 is working with NHK and the Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association, as well as Intel Corporation, NTT and NTT DOCOMO
Live Production
TVU Networks offers number of solutions for broadcasters heading to Tokyo
Company is offering rights-cleared live shots of Tokyo alongside its equipment and studio rentals
Media Management
NBC Olympics selects technology vendors for Tokyo 2020
NBC Olympics is working with Xytech. Telestream, Sony, MediaKind, Signiant, TAG Video Systems, Amagi and Ross Video
Media Consumption
Eurosport 4K to broadcast Olympics in UHD HDR
Both this Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 will be available to viewers in UHD HDR
Live Production
Germany’s ZDF and ARD talk Olympics remote production plans
Broadcasters will produce the majority of their coverage from Germany
Media Delivery
New streaming channel celebrates Great Olympic Moments
IOC launches streaming channel to mark one year until the start of Tokyo 2020
Live Production
Austria’s ORF plans to employ remote production during Tokyo 2020
Broadcaster is aiming to save money in the wake of coronavirus
Media Delivery
Japan PM: Olympics “impossible” unless pandemic contained
Shinzo Abe said the Games must be held in a "complete form"
Production & Post
Hitachi Kokusai introduces dockable 8K camera
New SK-UHD8060B camera will be used at Tokyo 2020
Production & Post
Japanese PM: Olympics postponed until 2021
Shinzo Abe says Games will be held by summer 2021
Media Consumption
Eurosport handles Olympic qualifiers
Broadcasting all six handball qualification events
TVBEverywhere
Eurosport to be France’s official pay-TV 2020 Olympic Games broadcaster
Partnership agreed with Canal+ Group and France Télévisions
TVBEverywhere
Olympic Channel to host Tokyo 2020 highlights
Avoids competing with broadcast partners by streaming live events
Technology
Intel to provide Tokyo 2020 broadcasters with VR content
Will also employ its 3D Athlete Tracking technology
Technology
Facial-recognition app draws Olympics’ attention
App provides athlete profiles to users who hold their smartphones to focus on particular athletes' faces on television
TVBEverywhere
A million 8K TVs to ship worldwide by 2019
IHS reveals insight suggesting 8K TV shipments will experience significant growth in next four years
Business
Discovery and Eurosport win broadcast rights for 2018-2024 Olympic Games
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded all TV and multiplatform broadcast rights for the 2018-2024 Olympic Games to broadcasters Discovery and Eurosport.
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