The group also created many special editions and exclusives, such as a concert event one year prior to the games as well as covering the torch’s arrival in Marseille. A FORAY INTO FRANCE TV The visit started with a presentation from France TV’s tech lab director Romuald Rat, who was previously head of news productions. “It’s been many years we’ve worked with EVS, especially for sports events. We have something like ten OB trucks, all equipped with EVS,” he begins. “We use them for all our main events, like Roland Garros, the Rugby World Cup and the Six Nations. So, every time we have a sports event, we use EVS servers.”
IT’S DIFFERENT BECAUSE, FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE ARE BROADCASTING THE OLYMPICS ON OUR CORE FACILITIES
in another country, you just build a facility in. That presented a host of new challenges.” As well as the existing EVS infrastructure at France TV, EVS has also been helping the network with a business-wide transition to IP, with one of the core reasons being to boost its UHD capabilities. ST 2110 has been a major component in France TV’s steps towards IP. Designed to replace the long-lived SDI used to build TV stations, OB facilities and interconnect for global video networks, SMPTE 2110 is the result of collaboration and years of work across the industry. Its adoption
Rat emphasises that France TV HQ’s control rooms are also fully equipped with EVS servers, having renewed contracts with the company last year. He highlights how France TV decided to record everything on-site using feeds from the IBC, due to the expense of renting space there. “It’s different this time,” he continues, “because for the first time, we are doing it on our core facilities. When you do an Olympic broadcast 15 M 39 M 19 M VIEWERS DURING LÉON MARCHAND’S FOURTH GOLD MEDAL WIN VIEWS FOR THE ONLINE FRANCE TV PARIS 2024 PORTAL DURING THE OLYMPICS PEOPLE VIEWED SURFING EVENTS IN MAINLAND FRANCE AND IN OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS
NO PRESSURE Not only was broadcasting the Olympics a huge feat, the viewing numbers were massive too
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