BREAKING NEWS FROM THE STREAMING SECTOR
FIRST AT THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has conducted trials, in partnership with several EBU members and industry partners, to shoot, process and distribute live high frame rate (HFR), UHD content with high dynamic range (HDR) and next‑generation audio (NGA) at the European Championships in Berlin and Glasgow. The trials involved the world’s first live distribution of UHD content with both HDR (HLG/BT.2100) and HFR (100 frames-per- second, 2160p100) and were said to be the
world’s first live distribution of UHD content with both HDR and HFR. At the European Athletics Championships in Berlin, the production workflow was set up in collaboration with the BBC, France Télévisions, IRT, RAI and ZDF, along with technology partners. The 2160p100 feed was used to derive two additional 1080p100 and 1080p50 signals. These three feeds were then encoded in HEVC and multiplexed for a live transmission via the Eurovision satellite network to RAI’s experimental test bed in
the Aosta Valley, Italy, and via the Eurovision Fibre infrastructure to the European Championships Broadcast Operations Centre based at BBC Glasgow. The 1080p100 video also included NGA sound in the form of 4+7+0 channel and scene-based beds, with four additional interactive mono object signals for two commentaries and two audio descriptions. A multitude of technology providers for the trial included ATEME, Dolby, Ericsson, EVS, Fraunhofer IIS, Jünger Audio, KaiMedia, Rohde & Schwarz and Sony.
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