Broadcasters Demonstrate Super Hi-Vision

Broadcasters are working on an ultra-high definition format called Super Hi-Vision, which has a resolution 16 times higher than a full HD image.

The IBC show in Amsterdam is staging the first demonstration delivered by satellite, which is a collaboration between public broadcasters NHK of Japan, RAI in Italy and the BBC in the United Kingdom.

The BBC is operating a live feed in central London with a Super Hi-Vision camera high above the River Thames, while in Italy, RAI will be operating a Super Hi-Vision server, playing content into each demonstration at IBC.

Super Hi-Vision has an image resolution of 7680 pixels on 4320 lines and features a 22.2 channel surround sound system.

Keiichi Kubota, director general of the Science & Technical Research Laboratories at NHK, said: “We have undertaken a huge challenge with our plans for IBC.

“It is a tribute to the alliance of forward-looking companies working on this project, and I know that my colleagues at the BBC, RAI and EBU will join me in thanking our industry partners – Cable&Wireless, Eutelsat, Siemens and SIS Outside Broadcasts – who are investing heavily in broadband and satellite capacity over an extended period to make this work.”

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