SMT Skyhawk broadcasts the fourth olympic SMT image
February 14 (Li Jiajia) Olympic Broadcasting Service Company (OBS) recently said at a press conference that the Beijing Winter Olympics has become the world's highest-rated Winter Olympics so far, and has written a new record in terms of broadcast time, technology, and content production methods. Behind these new records, there are Chinese teams and Chinese technologies.
SMG's Shanghai Oriental Media Technology Co., Ltd. SMT Tianying Broadcasting as the only domestic broadcasting technical team that has gone abroad twice to complete the Tokyo Olympic Games and the Pingchang Winter Olympics, this is the fourth time that SMT Tianying broadcasts the Olympic Games, in this "doorstep" Olympic Games, sent a technical team of 53 people, as well as 4 sets of super large 4K HDR ultra-high definition broadcast system, 1 set of virtual broadcast system, 1 set of independent research and development of Multiam with a number of patents Replay360 degree free view system, a set of VAR short track speed skating video assistant referee system responsible for short track speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey, curling, freestyle ski jump, snowboard jump and other 6 popular projects broadcast technology support work, the number of broadcast systems more than one-fifth of the overall number of broadcast systems of the Olympic Games, that is to say, more than 20% of the international public signal of the Winter Olympics is spread from Beijing, China to the world by this experienced broadcast technical team. The world shares this ice and snow sports event.
A number of next-generation broadcast technologies help the Beijing Winter Olympics SMT image
Accurate penalty judgment, video assistant referee system helped win the first gold of the Chinese team's short track speed skating "clean"
Recently, the short track speed skating competition is full of drama, and some netizens joke that the competition is too exciting and needs a strong heart. However, in such a fast and passionate competition project, in addition to the need for a strong heart, but also the need for a set of fast and accurate VAR video assistant referee system to help the referee make accurate judgments, which is also the first time that SMT has provided operational services for Olympic events in addition to broadcasting, and has won international recognition in one fell swoop.
The cooperation between ISU and SMT Skyhawk On the VAR Video Assistant RefereeIng System can be traced back to the 2019 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup held in Shanghai, and after the success of the first cooperation, SMT Skyhawk Broadcasting has almost become the "designated service" team of ISU's domestic competitions. In the short track speed skating project of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, SMT Skyhawk Broadcasting provided ISU with a complete VAR video assistant referee system for isu International Skating Federation and helped the system to land in the Winter Olympics and play a key role in the competition.
As the only system and team in China recognized by the ISU International Skating Federation and has practical experience, SMT Skyhawk broadcasts the VAR video assistant referee system, through the repeated selection and testing of the signals provided by the broadcast vehicle, and finally selects 6 golden camera positions, 2 half-view camera positions and 2 broadcast signals, a total of 10 signals cut into the slow motion server, realizing no dead angle coverage of the track, recording the athletes and track conditions from all angles, and helping the referee to fully grasp all the dynamics on the field. Not only that, this set of VAR also provides calls for the entire referee team, while providing VAR signals to the live broadcast team. The whole system can not only better allow the referee to see the various key points of contention of the game, but also bring the referee's penalty basis to the global audience, increase the fairness of the game and bring a stronger viewing to the game.
Data center architecture, IP, cloudification, and next-generation broadcast technology have completed the first practical battle in the curling project
In the curling project of the Winter Olympic Games, SMT adopted the data center architecture, and through the IP cascade and other international leading system design, completed the unified coordination of the production, call and management of the four curling tracks, realized the intensive production and unified command and coordination of the super-large broadcast, and made a breakthrough in the use of a set of super-large 4K HDR ultra-high-definition broadcast system to complete the broadcast task of the previous four sets of broadcast systems.
In addition, OBS, together with Intel and SMT, jointly developed VOB "Cloud Broadcast" technology with cutting-edge experimental cloud architecture, makes full use of the advantages of "cloud" to relocate the deployment of major resources to the cloud, helping the production team to achieve interaction with the front site in any remote production center around the world. The next-generation broadcast technology, which is completely based on the cloud architecture, is an innovative model of remote production under the normalization of epidemic prevention and control, and this "bold idea" has been applied for the first time on the fourth curling track of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
The technical debut, the Multicam Replay 360-degree free view system debuted in the freestyle ski live broadcast
In the women's freestyle ski jump event, China's Gu Ailing won the gold medal in the debut event, achieving the "zero breakthrough" of china's snow sports gold medal, and also bringing the attention of the big jump event to an unprecedented height. SMT's self-developed Multiam Replay360-degree free-view system with a number of patents is also deployed in shougang big jump platform, in this project to achieve its olympic "debut", the big jump athletes on the wonderful performance in real time recorded, the first time for the audience to reproduce the highlight moments of athletes from multiple angles.
In this competition, limited by the installation conditions of the venue, the Finalim Replay 360-degree free-view system installed 40 camera positions at high altitude, providing a 120-degree viewing angle, according to the production needs of OBS, outputting 2 different special effects templates in 5 to 8 seconds for the director team to use in the competition.
In the past Olympic field, the 360-degree free perspective system is mainly provided by foreign technical teams, from 2018, SMT has carried out independent research on the project, after several years of polishing and practical application, finally appeared on the stage of the Winter Olympics, in the first day of the freestyle ski jumping competition, the effect was widely used, and was unanimously recognized by the Winter Olympic live production team.
The Winter Olympics is not only a sports arena, but also a grand event for broadcasting technology. As a leading broadcasting technology team in China, SMT not only provides high-quality retransmission technology services, but also shows a more comprehensive and three-dimensional Image of Chinese sports to the world through a number of innovative broadcast technologies. SMT will also take the Beijing Winter Olympics as an opportunity to explore the individual needs of the event, increase innovation, and continuously strengthen the power of China's broadcast technology. (End)