International Olympic Committee President Bach: For the first time in history, cloud technology is used to support global broadcasting

  3D tracking technology allows global audiences to "cloud" perceive the real-time speed of athletes, and the broadcaster staff can complete the broadcast and editing work remotely without having to go to the Tokyo Olympics site in person...

  On July 22, President Bach of the International Olympic Committee said at a press conference in Tokyo that this year's Olympics will use the technology of the Chinese technology company Alibaba Cloud to support global broadcasting for the first time. This is an important step for the Olympics to enter the digital age.

For this special Olympics, technology is of utmost importance. This year will be the Olympics with the highest level of digitalization.

  Tokyo has entered a state of emergency since the 12th. Under strict epidemic control, the Tokyo Olympics will be the first Olympic event in history where the audience is close to an "empty stadium". All games in the Tokyo area, Hokkaido and Fukushima Prefecture will be held empty. Only the three stadiums for bicycle and football events allow spectators to watch live.

  Bach expressed regret for hosting the Olympic Games in an empty field.

But he believes that in this case, the participation of science and technology is very important. With the help of technological innovations such as broadcast on the cloud, people and the Olympics can be more closely linked. The contribution of technology is huge, and we have a new way. Come and watch the Olympics.

The coverage of this Olympic Games through TV and digital platform broadcast partners' coverage will be greater than any previous Olympic Games.

  Regarding the broadcast on the cloud, which was used for the first time in this Olympics, Bach introduced that the cloud broadcast platform OBSCloud is a major innovation this year.

The 3D tracking technology provided on the broadcast platform provides viewers with an innovative viewing experience.

Based on artificial intelligence and machine vision technology, in the track and field sprint event, the audience can see the real-time running speed of each athlete.

  In 2018, Alibaba Cloud and Olympic Broadcasting Service Company joined forces to create the Olympic broadcast cloud OBSCloud.

This year, the Olympic Broadcast Cloud was put into use for the first time at the Tokyo Olympics, providing broadcast support on the cloud for broadcast organizations around the world.

This will be the first time in the history of the Olympic Games that cloud computing has been used to support global broadcasting.

  Zhang Jianfeng, President of Alibaba Cloud Intelligence, introduced that for global media, based on OBSCloud, broadcasters can not only receive event content, but also establish their own content creation, management and distribution systems on the platform.

This allows the broadcaster staff to complete the broadcast and editing work remotely without having to go to the Tokyo Olympic site in person.

  In addition, this year is also the first Olympic Games to be produced with ultra-high definition and high dynamic range. The richness of details is four times that of the standard high-definition format.

The content of these high-definition events will be distributed to global broadcasters through the Olympic broadcast cloud.

Statistics show that during the 17-day Tokyo Olympic Games, Olympic Broadcasting Service will produce more than 9,500 hours of sports event broadcast content, which is about 30% more than the 2016 Rio Olympics.

  In the past, on-site reporting of the Olympic Games required the construction of a huge international broadcast center and the deployment of temporary remote broadcast infrastructure, including large-scale external devices, editing suites, and network connections.

This process is time-consuming and costly. After the Olympic Games use, the devices need to be disassembled and shipped back to various countries.

This year's OBSCloud put into use will gradually change this situation.

According to OBS data, the emergence of OBSClould this year has reduced the area of ​​the Tokyo Olympic International Broadcasting Center by 25% and the on-site staff by 27%.