International. The television offer of the Olympic Games presents several novelties during this edition. Among them the use of 33 3D cameras for live transmission in this format.
The BBC, the UK's state broadcaster, said it expects to broadcast about 230 hours of 3D television out of the 2,500 that are planned in total.
Another of the strategies used to achieve the best coverage of the games was to include 40 super slow cameras (HSSM), which guarantee the capture of all the details of the competition.
In addition, the International Olympic Committee announced that a new technology will also be tested in a limited way, this consists of recording the events in ultra high definition, Super Hi-Vision, a format with a resolution of 7680 x 4320 pixels and 22 audio channels.
Tim Plyming, head of the Super Hi-Vision project for the BBC, explained in more detail what this new technology consists of.
"It's like looking through a window. It is the highest definition that the human eye can capture. A lot of people would say it's more 3D than 3D. With 3D you are aware that your brain is working; with ultra high definition you just sit in front of the screen and relax," he said.
