After the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (which were held in 2021 due to the global health crisis), The Paris 2024 Olympic Games are hereToday officially begins the international event that will be held until August 11 in the city of Paris: the opening ceremony will take place this afternoon at 6:30 p.m. (mainland Spanish time).
The interest generated by the Olympic Games will Millions of people gather in Paris over the next few weeks. This represents a huge challenge for phone operators, who are having to cope with the growing demand for mobile connectivity. In this article, we focus on the technology that will make the broadcast of the opening ceremony possible.
The mobile phone chosen for the occasion is none other than the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
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Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) is the agency responsible for broadcasting images of the Olympic Games around the world. As reported on TVBEurope, the The agency will use more than 200 Samsung phones to cover the opening ceremony which will be held this afternoon on the banks of the Seine.
The flag parade will begin at the Austerlitz bridge and after a six-kilometer course through the center of Paris will end at Trocadéro. The terminal chosen for the occasion is none other than the Galaxy S24 Ultra, the company’s flagship product. To do this, the agency has installed the devices on 85 boats from which the event will be followed.
Olympic Broadcasting Services will be responsible for capturing and sharing HDR images via a private 5G network from Orange
It is important to take into account that the broadcast is carried out from boats and in the middle of summer is a big challenge when streaming real-time images, as factors such as heat or wind can significantly affect the broadcast.
On this point, Samsung stressed in a statement published on its website on Galaxy S24 Ultra Optical Stabilization Technologywhich will be used to guarantee the quality of the images recorded from the ships.
By | TVBEurope and Samsung
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