How was the first 4K HDR live broadcast in Spain carried out?

Miguel Ángel Bona (RTVE), Raúl Hernández (RTVE production), Amaya Plaza (RTVE production), Jorge de la Torre (Abacanto), Guillermo Niño (Dolby) and Santiago Mata (Cellnex) will participate in a workshop at BIT Experience where they will share details of the first broadcast in Spain in 4K HDR on the occasion of the solemn relief of the Royal Guard.

On July 5, Spanish Television took a new step in its commitment to audiovisual technological innovation by producing the first live broadcast in Spain in 4K and high dynamic range (HDR). The 4K HDR broadcast of the solemn relief of the Royal Guard at the Royal Palace of Madrid, framed in the activities of the RTVE Chair at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, could be followed in 4K HDR in Madrid, Barcelona and Seville through the Cellnex DTT network.

To share details about this historic broadcast, they will go to BIT Experience 2017, (day 4 at 4 p.m.) several professionals from Spanish Television and some of the companies participating in this experience. This workshop will be moderated by Miguel Ángel Bona (RTVE) and will feature the participation of Raúl Hernández (RTVE production) and Amaya Plaza (RTVE production), along with Jorge de la Torre (Abacanto), Guillermo Niño (Dolby) and Santiago Mata (Cellnex).

Different departments of RTVE (TVE Operations, News Media and 4K Projects of La 2) participated in this pioneering production, and it had the collaboration of a significant number of companies in the sector such as Hispasat, Ateme, Loewe, LG, Dolby, Cellnex, Albalá, Abacanto, Grass Valley, Crosspoint, EVS, Moncada y Lorenzo, Canon and Hurí.

The solemn relief of the Royal Guard in the Royal Palace is celebrated on the first Wednesday of the month at noon and commemorates the daily relief that took place during the times of Alfonso XII and Alfonso XIII. More than 400 people and 100 horses parade, staging the relay as it was done then, with the uniforms of the time.

BIT Experience está organizado por IFEMA y Comunicare Digital, con Panorama Audiovisual como main media partner, y el patrocinio de Aicox, Etiqmedia, Harmonic, SES y Sony (diamante); Akamai, Aspera, Cellnex, Hispasat, Intinor, Riedel, Rohde&Schwarz y TMediaT (oro); Ebantic, Tedial y VHD (plata).

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