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Panasonic's DVCPRO P2 HD Series Adopted for Beijing 2008,
the First Fully HD Olympic Games
February 14, 2008
Source: Panasonic
Panasonic announced that it has reached
an agreement with the Beijing Olympic Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
(BOB) on the use of its DVCPRO P2 HD series with solid-state
memory and newsgathering systems for broadcasting as the official
video recording equipment for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
Panasonic's DVCPRO HD was adopted in May 2006 as the official
recording format for the Beijing Olympic Games. All international
video delivered from the International Broadcasting Centre
(IBC) — to be completed in Beijing in June 2008 —
to the rights-holding broadcasters around the world will be
produced and distributed in 1080/50i full high-definition
(HD) format.
HD video equipment was also used during the Torino 2006 Winter
Olympic Games, but only on a limited scale, accounting for
about 40 percent of the production. The Beijing 2008 Olympic
Games will be recorded and broadcast entirely with HD systems,
a first in the history of the Olympic Games.
Panasonic's digital broadcasting technologies, which have
been used as the official recording format in eight Olympiads,
starting with the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games, will continue
their contribution to recording video of the Olympic Games
in the HD era. Panasonic is expected to provide 250 recorders,
100 camcorders, and 1,500 monitors for the 2008 Beijing Summer
Olympic Games related businesses.
"Video has played a vital role in the development of
the Olympic Movement," said Tadao Shimozuru, director
of professional AV systems business unit, Systems Business
Group, Panasonic AVC Networks Company. "Panasonic has
been contributing to the recording of Olympic Games as an
Official Worldwide Olympic Partner since Calgary 1988. TV
broadcasts of the events are watched by some four billion
people around the world. Our mission is to keep contributing
to the success of the Olympic Games. In the HD age, Panasonic
will provide both experience and the latest HD equipment,
such as the P2HD AJ-HPX2100 and 3000 series, for use during
the Olympic Games, starting in Beijing. We will support the
presentation of the Olympic Games in HD."
"The Beijing 2008 will be the first Olympic Games in
which everything will be broadcast from the venues in high
definition," said Manolo Romero, Beijing Olympic Broadcasting's
CEO. "Approximately 20-25 percent of residential TV sets
are either high definition or 16:9 wide screen, which means
that we will televise in the highest technical standard available,
but many people around the world will see it in the format
of 4:3 television sets. For those people who have the upgraded
sets, they will enjoy a great viewing advantage."
The DVCPRO P2 HD series has been recognized for its high energy
efficiency. The use of the tapeless P2 card helps each broadcast
station cut CO2 emissions by 1.5 tons. The technology’s
non-mechanical structure without a drive translates into a
further CO2 reduction of 0.5 tons, for a total reduction of
2 tons. The highly environmentally friendly performance of
this series will help achieve the goal of making Beijing 2008
the "environmentally conscious Olympic Games."
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