Miami, Florida, July 22, 2014
While the ball was rolling in the Brazilian stadiums between June 14th and July 13th, the Research & Education (R&E) networks played an important role in helping Japanese television to transmit the FIFA World Cup in 8K resolution (7.680 x 4.320 pixels) to Japan. The huge distance between Brazil and Japan set new challenges for streaming digital images spanning multiple domains over long-distance networks. The project was led by the Japanese public television company, NHK, which has been experimenting and improving its new 8K streaming technology (branded “Super Hi-Vision” or SHV) since the 2012 London Olympic Games. NHK technology is currently able to compress SHV video flows to 300Mbps — the same video would require almost 24 Gbps to be streamed if it were uncompressed. The current state of the art of digital television prevents 8K signals from being transmitted over long distances; therefore, this project relies on the technological support of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT) Network Innovation Labs, RNP (the National Education and Research Network of Brazil) , ANSP (The Academic Network of Sao Paulo) and other research networks worldwide.
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