Super Hi-Vision - The BBC and NHK
J.T. Zubrzycki, Alex Russell, Yoshiaki Shishikui · Institution of Engineering and Technology eBooks · 2013
The Olympic Games has always been one of the great television (TV) 'firsts'. The London 1948 Games were the first to be televised in people's homes, in 1964 Tokyo brought colour to The Games and in 1984 the Los Angeles Games were the first to be captured in High Definition. The London 2012 Games will be remembered as the first Super Hi-Vision (SHV) Olympics thanks to the on-going partnership between BBC Research and Development (R&D) and NHK (the Japanese public broadcaster). SHV has 16 times as many pixels as HDTV making a picture with 7680 pixels across by 4320 pixels down. It was displayed on 8-m wide screens, accompanied by a 22.2 multichannel three-dimensional sound system.