No 4K for Euro 2024 & Champions League Final...

[Padam_Padam]

I've no interest in sport whatsoever but for those that are, and pay a fortune for it to be in 4K with HDR, this may be of interest:

https://www.ibc.org/features/uefa-relegates-uhd-for-euro-2024-and-champions-league-final/10918.artic... 

[d2h]

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@Padam_Padam wrote:

I've no interest in sport whatsoever but for those that are, and pay a fortune for it to be in 4K with HDR, this may be of interest:

https://www.ibc.org/features/uefa-relegates-uhd-for-euro-2024-and-champions-league-final/10918.artic... 

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@Padam_Padam 

Nobody pays 'a fortune' to watch the Euros. The coverage is split across BBC and ITV and costs no more than the licence fee. 

Even if production were in native UHD/HDR, it would only be a handful of matches via iPlayer as ITV hasn't bothered with it due to no return versus HD. 

[Padam_Padam]

That'll teach me to say anything about sport! I did say I had no interest in it and therefore clearly have no knowledge about it either. My bad. 

[MarkGoldsmith]

For the Euros yes, for the champions league final that might annoy some people I guess which is mainly on pay TV throughout the world, so I'm sure people paying extra for 4K content would be annoyed UEFA can't be bothered to broadcast it in 4K

[ftballman]

Seems a strange one. I know not all broadcasters are equipped, ready or even interested in 4k but I thought all the camera equipment at this level would now be capable and there as an option at least.

Makes you wonder if (for sport at least) this is 3D all over again.

[MarkGoldsmith]

Clearly it's UEFA cutting the production costs of the champions league final and the Euros.

i guess as UEFA don't explicitly sell the rights for 4K content and it's just the rights to the broadcast, they have realised they are spending more money than they need to in order to fulfil the broadcasting commitments.

[ozsat]

In the US a lot of the live HDR or DV stuff is only 1080p. As long as the stream has good bandwidth - which a lot of stuff on UK satellite does not - then most will not see much difference.