Super Hi-Vision at the London 2012 Olympics

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: SMPTE Mot. Imag. J
Volume: 122, No. 1, pp. 29–39
Abstract: For the London 2012 Olympics, the BBC and Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK) in cooperation with the Olympic Broadcasting Service (OBS) held public viewings of Super Hi-Vision at venues in Japan, the U.K., and the U.S. This operation consists of program production at the Olympic venues, post-production at a BBC studio, IP distribution of live and nonlive programs through global and domestic IP networks, and regular presentations during the Olympic Games at nine venues in three countries.
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
DOI: 10.5594/j18257XY
ISSN: Print: 1545-0279
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/j18257XY
Author(s): Masayuki Sugawara
bio
Masayuki Sugawara received B.S. and M.S. degrees in electric communication engineering, and a Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering from Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. He joined NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) in 1983. Since 1987, he has been researching solid-state image sensor and HDTV camera at NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories (STRL). He was an associate professor at the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo from 2000 until 2004. He has been attending the ITU-R SG6 meeting since 2004 and has also been active in the working parties that deal with program production. Currently, he is an executive research engineer at NHK STRL and is engaged in the research of the ultra-high-definition TV system. — Sugawara is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Society for Information Display (SID), SMPTE, The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) and ITE.
Satoru Sawada
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Satoru Sawada joined NHK in 1982 and is mainly engaged in program production and live broadcast. He served as the technical director of on-site shooting for the world's first super hi- vision (SHV) live public viewing at the London Olympic Games in 2012. He is a senior engineer in the Outside Broadcast Engineering Division, News Technical Center, in the Broadcast Engineering Department.
Hayato Fujinuma
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Hayato Fujinuma joined NHK in 1993 and has mainly been engaged in post-production as well as HD production from its early stage of development. He has been involved in the SHV project since 2003 and produced numbers of SHV content, mainly working on VE operations. — Fujinuma served as the technical director of the BBC Studio TC0 at the London Olympic Games in 2012. He is a principal engineer at the Technical Operations and Engineering Center in the Broadcasting Engineering Department.
Yoshiaki Shishikui
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Yoshiaki Shishikui received B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Tokyo in 1981, 1983, and 1997, respectively. He joined NHK in 1983. Since 1986, he has worked in the NHK STRL, where he has been engaged in research on digital signal processing, picture coding, HDTV broadcasting systems, IPTV systems and advanced data broadcasting systems. Currently, he is the head of Advanced Television Systems Research Division of NHK STRL and leads UHDTV and 3DTV research activities. — From 2001 to 2003, Shishikui was with NHK Engineering Services Inc., where he helped to develop video archives and video-on-demand systems. He was a part-time instructor at several universities in Japan. He has been actively involved in standardization activities at SMPTE and ISO-IEC (MPEG).
John Zubrzycki
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John Zubrzycki is the Archives Research Section Leader at BBC Research and Development. Zubrzycki joined BBC Research in 1982 and has pioneered the use of fibre-optic networks for studio centers using dense wavelength-division multiplexing. He has also worked on 4th generation mobile technology, producing a 34 Mbit/sec demonstrator in 1998. Zubrzycki led the R&D team that produced the world's first digital wireless camera in 2000, which is in regular use by the BBC and many other broadcasters. He was also responsible for the development and testing of the terrestrial set-top boxes used in the BBC HDTV trials and was in charge of “Beyond HD” projects, including high frame rate TV and SHV, in collaboration with NHK. He led a cross-industry team that carried out an award-winning live London-Amsterdam link of SHV at IBC'08 and led the R&D team involved in the SHV Showcase at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Rajitha Weerakkody
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Rajitha Weerakkody is a research engineer at BBC Research and Development. He joined the BBC in 2008, for research on video coding for audiovisual archiving applications. Weerakkody managed the technical design and construction of the U.K. distribution and public viewing network for the SHV showcase at the London 2012 Olympic games. Currently, he is involved in high-efficiency video coding (HEVC) standardization activities. Weerakkody has a Ph.D. in video compression and industry experience in wireless telecommunications and data networking.
Andy Quested
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Andy Quested was a much sought-after editor with BBC Resources for many years, working on programs as diverse as “The Human Body” and “Keeping Up Appearances.” About ten years ago, he gave up the life of a hermit editor and moved into the sunshine and bright lights of the BBC Technology Group. — Since 2005, Quested has been leading the BBC's high-definition technology strategy as head of technology for HD and leading the work for the BBC's automated quality control project. He also chairs the EBU Strategic Quality Control Program. — During 2010, the BBC started a series of transmission and production 3D trials. As part of this, Quested has also taken on the role of head of technology for the BBC's 3D output and strategy. — As part of the process of developing 3DTV standards, Quested was asked to become an ITU Special Rapporteur with the task of examining the current world 3D production status and providing a report with recommendation at the September 2011 and April 2012 ITU meetings in Geneva. Quested also chairs the EBU 3D group. In his current role, he is responsible for the BBC's HD and 3D technical strategies and for the quality of the BBC HD television output on all platforms.
Copyright: © 2013 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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