Mexico. Last Sunday, February 11, one of the sporting events with the greatest global impact was held, the Super Bowl, which was watched by more than 120 million people around the world. For a transmission of such a transmission, the technical requirements are fundamental.
Sony played an active role in this production. In Las Vegas, home of the 2024 Super Bowl, the company had a presence with a large number of production teams, including 153 of the 165 cameras used.
References included HDC-F5500, HDC-5500, HDC-3500, FX3, among others. And during the halftime show they used Venice and Venice 2. They also used 4 times Super Slow Motion in 4K with the HDC-5500 and up to 6 times in HD. Sony also provided POV cameras with metadata streaming to create augmented reality graphic elements.
TV Azteca, which broadcasts the Super Bowl in Mexico, also used Sony technology. In this case it was for sending 6 signals between Las Vegas and Mexico City, they used two NXL-ME80s with 4 Las Vegas signals and 2 return signals on a symmetrical 250MB link. Las Vegas signals were 1080i with 8 channels of audio at 25Mbps. Mexico's were identical.
The Networked Live ecosystem optimizes live productions by allowing you to flexibly use local, cloud, hardware or software resources to meet specific requirements. Acting as a gateway between LANs and WANs, the NXL-ME80 solution's advanced technology delivers ultra-low latency, high image quality, and low bitrate for efficient use of network bandwidth in remote productions and the video contribution stage.
This reduces network costs for cross-location transmissions and represents a significant evolution for Sony's Networked Live and Media Transport solutions.
