The 24th Winter Olympic Games will kick off in Beijing on February 4, 2022.

The sports department of Chinanews.com launched a series of columns "Hundred Questions about Winter Olympics", aimed at popularizing Winter Olympic knowledge, answering hot questions, sharing interesting stories about ice and snow, and helping everyone have a better watching experience during the Beijing Winter Olympics.

The 71st Winter Olympics 100 Questions | What is the "cloud broadcast" of the Beijing Winter Olympics?

　　The integration of high-tech technology and event broadcasting will further enhance the satisfaction of the audience when enjoying the game.

At the upcoming 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, "broadcast on the cloud" will add another highlight to the game.

　　As early as the "2019 Alibaba Cloud Summit•Beijing Station", the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee and Alibaba Cloud held a press conference to announce the realization of "broadcast on the cloud" for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

　　"Rebroadcasting on the Cloud" is based on cloud computing, artificial intelligence and high-speed Internet transmission technology to realize the cloudification of rebroadcast equipment and the remoteization of personnel services.

The main media center of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics has been completed.

Image source: Beijing Major Office.

　　Under the model of global response, global coverage, and global production, "Rebroadcast on the Cloud" can greatly reduce the cost of event broadcasting services and improve the production efficiency of the broadcasting team.

　　"It is hoped that domestic and foreign TV stations will no longer have to transport heavy and expensive broadcast equipment to the Winter Olympics site, and transfer the work of directing, production, editing, and subtitles from the traditional broadcast vehicle to the'cloud', and complete the production in the cloud. The broadcast process truly realizes the high-quality and low-cost broadcast of Olympic events, allowing viewers from all over the world to watch the Winter Olympics easily." Relevant personnel introduced the advantages of "broadcast on the cloud" at the summit.

　　At last year's Tokyo Olympics, the application of new technology in the broadcast process has already made people eye-catching.

In the swimming competition, the audience can see the real-time swimming speed of the athletes; in the 100-meter sprint competition, you can see the top speed of each athlete...

　　The cloud broadcast platform OBSCloud is a broadcast technology jointly created by Alibaba and the Olympic broadcast service company. It was used for the first time at the Tokyo Olympics and provided cloud broadcast support for global broadcast organizations. This is the first time in the history of the Olympic Games that cloud computing has been used to support global broadcasts.

　　The CEO of Olympic Broadcasting Services, Iannis Exarcos, has previously stated that the addition of new technology has helped broadcasters save a lot of equipment and labor.

The first temporary power supply project of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games was officially sent.

Image source: State Grid Beijing Electric Power Company.

　　Exarcos introduced that in the TV broadcast of the Tokyo Olympics, a number of new technologies were adopted, the most important of which was "cloud" and 3D playback.

　　Xie Long, general manager of the Olympic team of Alibaba Group, said, “When the Beijing Winter Olympics arrive, the Olympic broadcast will be fully launched on the cloud, realizing the'Olympics on the cloud'.”

　　In fact, in the preparatory stage of the Beijing Winter Olympics, "broadcast on the cloud" has begun to be used.

　　In 2018, the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee Broadcasting Innovation Team, the International Olympic Committee Olympic Broadcasting Service Company and Alibaba Cloud built a test room in the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee.

The live broadcast signal of the 2018 Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games will be transmitted to the Alibaba Cloud Olympic Games Live Broadcast Center through Alibaba Cloud's global acceleration products.

Data Map: The Winter Olympic Village in the Yanqing Division of the Beijing Winter Olympics has completed the "Double Acceptance".

Photo by Chen Zheng

　　In September 2021, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics "View on the Clouds" will be launched on the official website of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee and the official Weibo account, and the Shougang Ski Jump will make its debut.

　　Through "seeing the venues on the cloud", the audience can see the beautiful scenery around the jumping platform, such as the Qunming Lake and the Shougang Bridge, and gain insight into the preparations for the Winter Olympics through their personal perspective.

　　In the Beijing Winter Olympics "Meet in Beijing" test event, a number of media interviewed athletes after the game through unmanned mixed interviews.

The so-called unmanned mixed interview means that the original mixed interview after the game is arranged online, and the athletes and reporters are separated in physical space.

In addition, unmanned mixed mining can also be connected to the cloud relay platform to further enrich the game watching experience.

(Liu Xingchen)