{"id":102239,"date":"2016-08-05T13:09:03","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T17:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/?p=102239"},"modified":"2016-08-05T14:19:16","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T18:19:16","slug":"live-from-rio-olympic-broadcasting-services-thinks-bigger-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/2016\/08\/05\/live-from-rio-olympic-broadcasting-services-thinks-bigger-than-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Live From Rio 2016: Olympic Broadcasting Services Thinks Bigger Than Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"
Since 2001, Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) has been at the center of Olympics host-broadcasting efforts, responsible for delivering the images and sounds of the Games to viewers (via rightsholders) around the globe. Among its responsibilities: tackling the massive project of designing, building, maintaining, and ultimately dismantling the International Broadcast Center (IBC); doing the same at each of the venues with respect to TV platforms, cabling, and more; producing the international TV and radio signals; representing the rights of the rightsholders to the International Olympic Committee; and much more.<\/p>\n
Technical Highlights of the Summer Games
\n<\/strong>As always, the Olympic Games are a time for OBS to deploy new technologies to meet the needs of rightsholders and to also tell the stories of an event in new and compelling ways. For example, the Rio Games will see more than 50 super-high-speed camera systems deployed to give new emotional impact to dozens of sports. And some of those cameras will be mini POV units, capturing the action in a way that was previously impossible. And drones will be finding their way into the camera mix this year.<\/p>\n