Original title: Chinese broadcast team goes to Tokyo Olympics to “train troops” in preparation for Beijing Winter Olympics
China News Service, June 22 (Reporter Li Jiajia) At 10 am on June 22, 4 sets of 4K broadcast systems of the SMT Tianying broadcast team of Shanghai Oriental Media Technology Co., Ltd. arrived at Shanghai Port. They will start from here on the 27th. The journey to the Tokyo Olympics. This is also the second time the team has provided broadcast technical services for the Olympic Games after the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
China’s “technology flow” boosts China’s international communication capabilities
The 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics was not only the “first show” of the SMT Skyhawk team in the international Olympic arena, but also the first time that a local broadcast technical team in China “goed to sea” to undertake the broadcast technical work of the highest international event Olympic Games purely by virtue of technical strength. . SMT abruptly tore a hole in the field of major sports event broadcasts surrounded by international broadcast teams, breaking the situation where there is no Chinese team in public signal production technical services for Olympic events.
After the successful completion of the Pyeongchang Olympics broadcast mission, the ability of the Chinese broadcast technical team has made the Olympic Broadcasting Service (OBS), which is responsible for producing and disseminating all the related TV and radio reports of the Olympics, admired and recognized. They believe that the Chinese broadcast technical team has the level of technical services to participate in the production of top international competitions, and the comprehensive strength has strong international market competitiveness.
“After becoming a supplier, they are also very cautious. First, they need to look at the communication with you, whether it’s using English to express professional terms or knowledge reserves, and second, to see whether your equipment can meet their testing and matching requirements. “Lin Yunchuan, general manager of Shanghai Oriental Media Technology Co., Ltd. (SMT), told Chinanews.com reporters that they do not bid, they speak on their own strength.
It is understood that the rebroadcast signal production and technical support work undertaken by the SMT Skyhawk rebroadcast team of the Tokyo Olympics includes:
Full protection and backup system, including the most important opening and closing ceremonies, full system backup for all important ceremonies and events; technical services for the production of broadcast signals for weightlifting events; broadcast signals for new projects such as BMX, skateboarding, 3X3 basketball, rock climbing, etc. Production technical services; and broadcast signal production technical services for some projects of the Paralympic Games.
Full guarantee backup is particularly important in the broadcast process, which means that in case of unexpected situations in ceremonies and events, a 4K broadcast vehicle equipped with a fully redundant system can seamlessly restore the broadcast system in a very fast time. Functional and technical “switching” can be almost insensible, and the broadcast producer can continue to work by “changing the trolley”. The SMT Skyhawk 4K UHD S1 broadcast vehicle serving as the backup vehicle is equipped with dual systems, which means that it can take on any sudden broadcast tasks at any time.
BMX, skateboarding, 3X3 basketball, and rock climbing, which were selected for the Olympics for the first time, were “too new” and lacked ready-made routines that could be traced. It was necessary to develop a special broadcast method, which was very difficult for the broadcast technical team.
33 elite team uses technology to serve production
Recognized by the Olympic Broadcasting Service Company and continuously participating in the broadcasting of the Olympic Games, the SMT Skyhawk broadcasting team relies on not only a few sets of equipment and a few great gods, but also a high “comprehensive score” and “enabling, connection, innovation, and openness” “The idea.
A total of 33 elite broadcasting team members for the Tokyo Olympic Games have undergone rigorous professional training, and their technical level is one of the few expert-level talents in the industry. At the same time, most people have undergone language training and are familiar with the organizational structure and operating mode of international competitions.
At present, Tianying Broadcasting already has the leading 4K broadcast system cluster in the domestic broadcast market, as well as complete peripheral supporting equipment and special equipment. Take the SMT Skyhawk broadcast 4K UHD S1 broadcast vehicle as an example. It is the country’s first all-IP architecture broadcast system based on the SMPTE-2110 standard, matching the full-process HDR technology, with more than 32 channels as standard, and is also national The first SDI system OB vehicle with a full 4K core; it is also the largest OB vehicle in Asia at present; the implementation of the Pyeongchang Olympics mission also made it the first OB vehicle in the country to go abroad to serve the Olympic Games.
“Training” Tokyo Olympic Games Becomes Best Practice Stage under the Epidemic
The current international epidemic situation is still severe, and the SMT Skyhawk relay team also strictly implements the domestic epidemic prevention and control measures, and all staff are vaccinated. At the same time, in cooperation with OBS and the Japanese Olympic Organizing Committee, strictly abide by various Olympic anti-epidemic measures, and implement regular nucleic acid testing and follow-up measures. In the broadcasting environment, isolation and protection panels have been customized, and the workstations have been expanded to ensure the safe working distance of all staff.
This trip to the Tokyo Olympics will also provide the SMT Skyhawk relay team further systematically accumulating the broadcasting experience of Olympic events, especially the accumulation of actual combat experience in the broadcasting of top international events under the epidemic, providing the best practice stage, and also for the immediate arrival. We are fully prepared for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Lin Yunchuan said that at present, SMT and the Beijing Winter Olympics will have a cooperative scientific research project called a “virtual broadcast vehicle”, which will be used on the fourth track of the curling event.
The Olympic Games is the world‘s largest comprehensive event. There are many broadcast requirements, high difficulties, and high risks. There are huge differences between different projects. Comprehensive strength requires both high equipment and hardware strength, and at the same time the software strength of an international team.
Lin Yunchuan said frankly that our skills are a little lacking in very few special events, such as short-track speed skating and figure skating. This kind of event is within a fixed venue, and the probability of problems is relatively small, and like alpine skiing, first of all it is The game is played in an outdoor venue around minus 30 degrees; secondly, the players descend very fast during the game, and the broadcasters also need to have skiing skills; thirdly, because the equipment needs to be installed on the track during the broadcast, the staff must wear ice skates Crossing the track, climbing to the opposite high place to erect equipment, also put forward certain requirements for the climbing ability of the staff, “These are what we currently lack.” But he also said: “Except for these, our basic capabilities have reached world standards.”
For a long time, the technical broadcast of the Olympics has been the “share” of foreign teams. The SMT Skyhawk broadcast team has gone abroad for the second time after the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea. The Chinese technical team that appeared in the Tokyo Olympics is “Chinese strength.” The increasing approach to the center of the world stage is a strong testament to the continued improvement of the overall level of the “Chinese Broadcasting Power”, which will provide a more comprehensive demonstration of the improvement and development of China’s broadcasting technology capabilities at the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022 next year. By then, more broadcast innovations independently developed by China will be spread to the world. (Finish)
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