Live sports innovations on track
IBC365 looks at the latest innovations in covering live sport, from internet streaming protocols and virtual sets to 5G contribution and 8K production.
Leaving aside the huge legacy that the sports broadcast industry will undoubtedly take from using remote production tools at this time, we can’t ignore the other trending technologies set to impact live sports in the near future.
8K Champions League promised
BT Sport’s dramatic first public live 8K sports broadcast in the UK on 27 February was more than just a proof of concept. The broadcaster has confirmed launch of an 8K service for its BT Ultimate subscribers as soon as the start of next season.
When that will be of course is moot just now, and any forecasts BT Sport may have had about sales of 8K TV sets in a post-Olympics summer will have gone out the window.
However, that won’t dent BT Sport’s mantle as the most technically progressive broadcaster in the world, nor its…
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