Production & Post
New dates announced for Tokyo Olympics
Rescheduled for 23rd July to 8th August 2021
Tokyo Olympics
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Eurosport to be France’s official pay-TV 2020 Olympic Games broadcaster
Partnership agreed with Canal+ Group and France Télévisions
Technology
Intel to provide Tokyo 2020 broadcasters with VR content
Will also employ its 3D Athlete Tracking technology
Technology
Olympic Broadcasting Services partners with Alibaba Cloud
Intel will also support new distribution service to be deployed by 2020
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
Production & Post
First 8K shared storage system
GB Labs has introduced Space SSD Ultimate, claimed as the first networked storage system for 8K grading, editing, compositing and motion graphics.