Taking Remote Production to the Next Level: CBC's Coverage of the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games

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Publisher: SMPTE
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Article Type: orig-research
Abstract: In 2012, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) was awarded the Canadian broadcast rights for the 2014 and 2016 Olympics. The Olympic broadcast experience is a nationbuilding event that embraces partnerships and cross-platforms and be can be shared in multiple languages. Content will be delivered on TV, desktop, mobile, tablet, and radio platforms with all sport available to watch live in both official languages, emphasizing a need for a production model that is flexible, robust, and cost effective. To meet this challenge, CBC/Radio-Canada (RC) has chosen a remote production model that utilizes a transmission concept that will extend the reach of our Olympic headquarters in both Montreal and Toronto not only to the International Broadcast Center, but directly to the sporting venues. This presentation covers new concepts of remote production, next-generation live remote event delivery, and transmission concepts that allow CBC/RC to make innovative production and cost-minimizing decisions. Remote production, as it applies to the CBC/RC, is a concept of producing content with minimal infrastructure deployed at the remote site. With only the necessary resources on site, costs are reduced, but more importantly quality and accessibility of media are increased utilizing existing robust infrastructure at home to support remote talent. Remote production on this scale required the development of new transmission concepts. Subjects covered in this paper include file-based delivery of content, Internet protocol technology at the venue, minimizing frame rate conversion, remote audio and video production, and next-generation transmission. The presentation also provides insight into the technical and operational challenges that were overcome and production opportunities that were realized during the design and implementation of the plan.
Publication Date: 2015-03-01
DOI: 10.5594/j18517
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/j18517
Author(s): Brian Johnston

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