tokyo 2020

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

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

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

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

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

Brazil’s Globo tests 8K at Tokyo 2020

Globo partnered with Intel on the tests, with 8K HDR standard images reaching 33 million pixels

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

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

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...

Spain’s Telefonica testing 4K Olympics channel

Movistar is carrying out tests in conjunction with Eurosport

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.

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

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

Eurosport 4K to broadcast Olympics in UHD HDR

Both this Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 will be available to viewers in UHD HDR

Germany’s ZDF and ARD talk Olympics remote production plans

Broadcasters will produce the majority of their coverage from Germany

New streaming channel celebrates Great Olympic Moments

IOC launches streaming channel to mark one year until the start of Tokyo 2020

Austria’s ORF plans to employ remote production during Tokyo 2020

Broadcaster is aiming to save money in the wake of coronavirus

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