NBC Olympics 将部署 Avid 和 EVS 进行东京奥运会报道

Tokyo 2020 will be brought to U.S. viewers by 全国广播公司奥运会。这全国广播公司体育 division will use 狂热者和电动汽车系统 solutions for its coverage.

全国广播公司奥运会 将部署 Avid 的 MediaCentral solutions to power remote workflows from its headquarters in Connecticut, although the network will have a large team on the ground in Tokyo. From these two nodes, content will be generated for linear, OTT and social media platforms. The US network will also use 狂热联系 shared storage, Media Composer Ultimate 和 Media Composer Cloud VM option to enable its team to connect and collaborate in real time for content production and delivery。

美国全国广播公司, on the other hand, has chosen EVS’ XT-VIA 服务器高清和 超高清. The network will deploy the equipment at both its broadcast centers in Tokyo and Stamford, Connecticut, as well as at several venues at the Tokyo Olympics. With more than three times the internal bandwidth of the flagship XT3 server, the XT-VIA provides more than 12 channels of 1080p 和 six or more channels of UHD-4K in both SDR and HDR.

1080p and 1080i production

达里尔·杰斐逊, vice president of post-production operations and digital workflow for 全国广播公司体育 和 全国广播公司奥运会, has confirmed the presence of both manufacturers in the long-awaited Olympic Games.

He also took the opportunity to confirm that the opening and closing ceremonies of the event, which will run from July 23 to August 8, will have a dual HD output: progressive (1080p HDR) and interlaced (1080i) versions. Using a feature in Avid 的媒体作曲家, enhanced specifically for NBC体育集团, editors will be able to enable frame rate relinking between interlaced and progressive media.

Reactions from Avid and EVS

杰夫·罗西卡, CEO and president of 狂热者, said the company feels “privileged” to maintain its partnership with NBC Olympics: “One of the more fascinating behind-the-scenes stories of the Olympic Games is the sheer amount of technology innovation that’s driving volumes of content to make the events more enjoyable and accessible across consumer platforms. It’s Avid’s extreme privilege to continue working with NBC Olympics as they raise the bar in sports production with teams collaborating on a global scale in real time to create and deliver phenomenal programming.”

昆汀·格鲁特曼, EVS chief customer officer, shares his colleague’s sentiment, “We are extremely proud to continue to be an integral partner of NBC Olympics, helping bring to life their vision of the Olympic Games with our incredibly powerful and robust XT-VIA servers.”