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http://dx.doi.org/10.5909/JBE.2015.20.1.26

Terrestrial 4K UHD Live Broadcasting of Sports  

Cho, Injoon (KBS Technical Research Institute)
Hahm, Sangjin (KBS Technical Research Institute)
Kim, Sansung (KBS Technical Research Institute)
Kim, Byungsun (KBS Technical Research Institute)
Kim, Sanghoon (KBS Technical Research Institute)
Jeon, Sungho (KBS Technical Research Institute)
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Journal of Broadcast Engineering / v.20, no.1, 2015 , pp. 26-39 More about this Journal
Abstract
UHD (Ultra High Definition) has been developed and standardized over the past few years and considered as a key of the next generation broadcasting. Since major sporting events that attract many viewers have been good opportunities for applying and promoting new broadcasting technology, KBS (Korean Broadcasting System) has carried out live 4K terrestrial broadcasting of three big sports events in 2014, the KBL (Korean Basketball League) finals, the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and the 2014 Incheon Asian Games. Especially, 4K UHD live coverage of the KBL finals was the world's first live 4K terrestrial broadcasting, and people could enjoy the World Cup and the Asian Games with UHDTV at home. In this paper, the overall live production and data transmission of the sporting events is described, including on-location live production, live HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) encoding, SFN (Single Frequency Network) transmission, as well as experimental IP transmission of uncompressed 4K video via KREONET, a national R&D network run by KISTI (Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information).
Keywords
UHDTV; Terrestrial experimental broadcasting; HEVC; SFN;
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