BBC plans to use 3D and ’super hi-vision’ for London Olympics article tells that executive in charge of 2012 coverage has spoken about the proposed experiment: The BBC is considering plans to broadcast the 100 meters final of the London Olympics in 3D, as well as trying out a new super high-definition technology.
Super Hi-vision (Ultrahigh-Definition Wide-Screen System with 4000 Scanning Lines) is the technology developed by NHK Science & Technical Research Laboratories that delivers the images at considerable higher resolution than HDTV. The picture quality is picture quality is said to be 16 times better than HDTV.
It is claimed that this technology is so real that viewers feel as if they were actually at the site of the broadcast and find themselves attempting to touch what’s on the screen (by the way same type of promises was made in the introduction of HDTV if I remember rigt). The large, wide-screen video images with the resolution equivalent to that of printing strike viewers as a fresh surprise. The cutting-edge technology captures the attention of the international community.
Super Hi-Vision feed over IP page gives some details on the data rates on this new video system: Live feed made use of a codec developed by NHK for efficient transmission and broadcast of Ultra High Definition TV signals. The encoder compresses the video signal from approximately 24Gbps down to 180-600Mbps and the audio from 28Mbps to 7-28Mbps. Wikipedia Ultra High Definition Television has also some additional information on different higher resolution than HDTV video systems.
I got some days ago at AudioVisual2011 presentation some more information on the 3D broadcasts London Olympics.
The normal TV broadcasting gear and 3D broadcasting gear will be provided by Panasonic. 3D camera gear they will use is Panasonic AG-3DA1, AG-3DP1 and 3D rig of 2x AK-HC1800.
Some details of Panasonic 3D system can be found at
http://pro-av.panasonic.net/en/sales_o/switcher_mixer/av-hs450/system.pdf
http://www.reghardware.com/2011/10/19/itu_heralds_uhdtv_progress/
The ITU, an international standards setter, has agreed “the pertinent technical characteristics” of the ultra-high definition televion (UHDTV) format.
So said the ITU itself, though quite what those characteristics are – beyond a target resolution of 7680 × 4320, of course – it didn’t make clear.
According to Japanese broadcaster NHK, which is spearheading UHDTV development, the format should incorporate that 8K x 4K resolution, a 120Hz frame frequency, a 12-bit colour depth, and 22.2-channel sound encoded at 48 or 96KHz in 16, 20 or 24 bits.
The BBC will be recording the 2012 London Olympics in UHDTV, streaming the footage to 15m display screens for public viewing.
The proposed video encoding technology, High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), is currently being devised by the ITU and MPEG as the follow-up to the H.264/MPEG 4 AVC (Advanced Video Coding) codec.
[...] earlier wrote that BBC plans to use 3D on London Olympics at summer 2012. The presentation gave some details on the actual 3D TV production hardware that is planned to be [...]
http://www.tietokone.fi/uutiset/suomen_ensimmainen_3d_kanava_aloittaa
Canal Digital is bringing in the Finnish market, only the first three-dimensional content of sending TV, HighTV : about Submissions are already beginning to the end of the week.
The channel sends the 3D content 24 hours a day and watch requires three-dimensional image that supports the TV and Canal Digital Family HD or HD Entertainment package.
http://www.hightv.tv/
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http://www.iltalehti.fi/digi/2012021015179362_du.shtml
The next revolution: Super Resolution HD-TV
Television technology is developing rapidly. Consumers are just gaining access to the 3D TVs when the next disaster is already on the way.
At best, 4K technology reached a dizzying 4096×2160 pixel resolution. Today, the most accurate HD picture is 1920×1080 pixels accuracy.
However, the content is coming soon, because all the new movies filmed in automatically with a new 4K technology.
Sony has already revealed a 4k projector, which is still for sale during this winter.
The TV market will soon be another new technology, the OLED displays are becoming more common.
http://www.digitoday.fi/viihde/2012/02/16/lontoon-olympialaiset-tinkii-3d-lahetyksista/201223382/66?rss=6
London for the 2012 summer Olympic Games three-dimensional form can be viewed only by a few important events.
Olympic ceremonies and 100m final will be in 3D on the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/rogermosey/2012/02/olympic_ceremonies_and_100m_fi.html
We’ve always been clear we were never going to have a 3D channel for the Olympics and the BBC’s overall approach to 3D has been very much on the lines of an experiment around special events
This caution has been in line with consumer demand – 3D has spread more slowly than we perhaps expected in 2009
But we do believe it’s right for the BBC to go ahead with a 3D experiment this summer.
So here’s what we’re announcing today that we intend to offer in 3D:
• The Olympic opening Ceremony live
• The men’s 100m final live
• Nightly highlights in 3D
• The Olympic closing Ceremony live
The pattern will be that our main standard-definition transmission will be on BBC One, the HD simulcast will be on BBC One HD and then the 3D version will be on the BBC HD Channel – as we did with Wimbledon.
MY COMMENT:
Ironic though the only sports event you’ll screen in 3D is one that is running in a straight line!
Olympic IT systems pass first test stage
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2166080/olympic-systems-pass-test-stage
“By the end of the testing phase, we will have undertaken more than 200,000 hours of meticulous testing of the IT system for London 2012, which will process 30 per cent more information than at any other Games in history. The completion of the first technical rehearsal shows that our team of Business Technologists are very much on course.”
The next testing stage starts in May, and by the time the games begin there will be 3.500 IT professionals working with 900 servers and around 10,000 computers.
“You cannot underestimate the important role technology will play in the successful delivery of London 2012. Everything must perform seamlessly,” said Sebastian Coe, chairman of London 2012.
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London Data Center Geeks Will Live in Pods to Dodge Olympic Traffic
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/04/olympic_pods/
Staffers at some London data centers won’t be burdened with long commutes when the 2012 Olympics roll into town this summer and jam up city streets. Instead, they’ll have futuristic sleeping pods to crash in so they can never leave work.
In the past month, a London company called PodTime has sold 19 pods at £1,375 ($2,190) a pop to three collocation facilities, including a data center operated by Interxion, says Jon Gray, the founder of the 1-year-old company.
In a press release, Interxion said that it bought the pods so that engineering staff could stay onsite for 24 hours a day, seven days a week during the games. “Interxion realized the need to take its resilience that extra mile to ensure that its facilities … were not hindered,” the company said.
2012 Summer Olympics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics
Delivering London 2012: ICT enabling the Games
http://www.theiet.org/sectors/information-communications/highlights/ict-2012.cfm
INSIDE THIS SPECIAL INTEREST PUBLICATION Selected papers
highlighting the rich diversity of ICT coming together in the UK to deliver
the Olympic and Paralympic Games
Nine network goes 3D for Olympics
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/22/3d_olympics/
Coverage of the 2012 Olympic games available in Australia will feature daily highlights in 3D, after the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s green light for Network Nine to conduct extra-dimensional trials during the eveent.
This time ACMA will allow Nine to use unassigned TV channels for 3D TV trials in Adelaide, Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney.
The original 2010 trials of 3D TV were held in seven locations around Australia and formed a testing framework from point of production, through transmission to reception.
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Olympic security: How Atos will ensure that technology systems are protected
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/feature/2170792/olympic-security-atos-ensure-technology-systems-protected
While much of the physical security will be overt and visible – from security guards in hi-viz jackets to police sniffer dogs – those working to ensure the security of the technology in use will be hoping to remain under the radar.
Ensuring the security of the games from a technological point of view is vital, especially when one considers the increase in the types of online threats that now exist compared to previous Olympic events in Vancouver in 2010 or Beijing in 2008.
Threats have evolved to include rogue states looking to make a political point while the eyes of the world are focused on London and online collectives like Anonymous hoping to disrupt the games for reasons possibly too nebulous to comprehend.
“Technology should be invisible at the Olympic Games because that means everything is working well,” Michele Hyron, chief integrator for London 2012 at Atos explained to The INQUIRER.
“For every Games since 2002, Atos business technologists have been continually innovating security infrastructure and London 2012 will be no different.”
“We will be implementing the latest security monitoring solutions to filter, aggregate and prioritise potential IT events, so the team is immediately notified and can react quickly to any unusual or unexpected activity,” she said.
“Before the Games, our business technologists will have completed more than 200,000 hours of testing of the Games’ IT system.”
“You cannot underestimate the important role technology will play in the successful delivery of London 2012,” said chairman of London 2012 Sebastian Coe.
London Olympics ‘not immune’ to cyber attack
Blighty puts together crack team to guard against intrusion
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/03/francis_maude_olympics_cyber_attack/
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has warned that the London Olympics will not be immune to cyber attack.
The man who urged all Blighty to start stocking up on petrol by pouring it into jerry cans said that a crack team has been set up dedicated to guarding the Games against attack.
“The Beijing Olympics saw 12 million cyber security incidents during their Olympics,” he said.
“We have rightly been preparing for some time – a dedicated unit will help guard the London Olympics against cyber attack – we are determined to have a safe and secure Games.”
“High-end cyber security solutions that were used 18 months ago by a limited number of organisations to protect their networks may already be out in the open marketplace – giving cyber criminals the knowledge to get round these protective measures.”
“A recent survey showed that one in seven large organisations have been hacked in the last year, with large organisations facing one outsider attack per week; small businesses face one a month,” he said.
“Intellectual property theft through cyber crime is a major concern. Countries and organisations across the globe are losing billions of pounds each year to cyber criminals.”
However, he insisted that the government was going to resist the temptation to over-regulate the internet and try to take control of it.
“The internet after all has flourished precisely because it has been shaped by its users, not by governments,” he said.
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