NBC Olympics, a division of NBC Sports Group, has selected Amagi to provide UHD playout with cloud automation for its production of the Olympic Games, which are due to take place in Tokyo, Japan, next month.

As part of the agreement, Amagi will deploy its Cloudport cloud playout platform and live sports/news automation solution Amagi Live to create Olympic Channel’s live coverage in UHD.

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Cloudport and Amagi Live: Will be utilised for Olympic Channel coverage

“NBC Olympics, along with NBC Sports Group, are together setting a shining example of how sports broadcasters can put the power of cloud technologies to create unparalleled experience for the viewers as well as those involved in managing broadcast operations,” said Srinivasan KA, Amagi co-founder. “Amagi is delighted to be their cloud technology partner and create new milestones in live sports broadcast on a global scale through innovation, superior quality and reliability.”

“Amagi’s support for JPEG-XS, SMPTE 2110 and AMWA NMOS along with a cloud native software architecture combines to give NBC Olympics a powerful solution for UHD playout,” said Anil Abraham, director, systems architecture, NBC Olympics. “It is a game changing combination that allows for the flexibility of cloud-based remote control with the low video latencies expected for sports.”

 NBC Olympics, a division of NBC Sports Group, has selected Amagi to provide UHD playout with cloud automation for its production of the Olympic Games, which are due to take place in Tokyo, Japan, next month.