NHK will tell how it worked in 8K during Tokyo 2020 at the 4K HDR Summit

The 4K HDR Summit Malaga will host a presentation by Japanese public television NHK which will tell what it was like to produce 8K content during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Atsuhiro Hirao, senior producer of 8K for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, will be the “speaker” on behalf of the NHK in the 4KHDR Summit, which starts on November 15 in person at the National Digital Content Pole of Málaga and that will have others four days of virtual sessions with an extensive agenda of more than 40 experts in total. Sing it will convey how he issued more than 300 hours of content in format 8K and with audio 22.2. Similarly, the representative of Japanese television will provide data on the number of 4K and 8K televisions in Japan, which as of August amounted to more than 10 million.

"For the first time since the beginning of broadcasts (on December 1, 2018) of the satellite channel in 8K, NHK has successfully used 8K and the 22.2 multichannel sound system. We will explain the experience with the videos, with the audio and the possibilities that Ultra High Definition offered us during the Games," Hirao anticipates.

The 4K-HDR Summit, organized by Medina Media Events and that has Panorama Audiovisual As a media partner, it is the most important event in the world on Ultra High Definition (UHD) and brings together the best engineers and producers every year in order to share experiences and advances. You can discover all the details of their agenda here: https://www.panoramaaudiovisual.com/2021/11/03/4k-hdr-summit-agenda-septima-edicion-5-dias-formato-hibrido/