Tuesday, 17 July 2012

BBC News - Olympic Games coverage: HD, robotic cameras and 3D

BBC News - Olympic Games coverage: HD, robotic cameras and 3D: "Somewhere beneath the streets of London, four miles of fibre optic cables linking the Olympic Park to the BBC's Television Centre lie in darkness.

But when the Olympic opening ceremony starts on 27 July, data will flash through them as they transmit the highest definition pictures Olympic coverage has ever seen.

Technology has come a long way since the last Olympics in London in 1948, broadcast in black and white.

The cables will carry ultra-high definition video, which at a resolution of 7680x4320 is an astonishing 16 times the quality of HD television.

The video technology was developed and supplied by Japanese broadcaster NHK, and is known as Super Hi-Vision"
The BBC has unveiled its "Stadium UK" title sequence and marketing campaign for the London 2012 Olympics. The campaign shows the landscape of the United Kingdom transformed into a giant sporting arena inside the Olympic Stadium.

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