Premier Public Broadcasters Trust FOR-A Technology to Deliver Properly Formatted, Live World Football Event Coverage

Premier Public Broadcasters Trust FOR-A Technology to Deliver Properly Formatted, Live World Football Event Coverage posted: 28/07/2018

With almost half the world's population tuning in to the 2018 world football event, high-resolution and reliable, live video of the games was critical to broadcasters throughout the globe. Some of the worlds' premier public broadcasters trusted FOR-A to deliver the most pristine imagery in a multitude of formats to fervent fans watching the quadrennial event.

Broadcasters in Japan, Korea and the European continent deployed FOR-A technology to insure audiences all over the globe received glitch-free views of the entire contest.

Four FOR-A FRC-9000 4K/HD frame rate converters or HD and SD signal conversion one FOR-A MFR-8000 4K/8K routing switcher were used by European broadcasters to supply properly formatted, live coverage.

FOR-A FRC-9000 frame rate converter

A premier Japanese broadcaster went with six FRC-9000 frame rate converters for error-free live broadcasts of the month-long contest from Russian to its viewership in Japan.

A broadcaster in Korea selected a total of 18 FRC-9000 frame rate converters for its coverage, with two of the converters being used within a 4K production system, and the remaining providing conversions within an HD system.

This is the ultimate test for our frame rate conversion technology, said Mr. Takaaki Imoto, Senior General Manager of FOR-A Overseas Sales & Marketing Division. The world football event is one of the most prestigious sporting events covered by broadcasters all over the world. There are many conversions that must be done live to get the properly formatted signals to their destination. It's a complex task that FOR-A makes look easy for our customers. We congratulate these broadcasters for their spectacular world football event coverage.

The FRC-9000 4K/HD frame rate converter supports 3G, HD and SD. It provides SD to 3G/HD up conversion; interlace to progressive conversion; conversion with motion compensated processing; optional 4K (UHD, SQD/2SI) support; and simultaneous conversion of two-channel video inputs.

MFR-8000 routing switcher

MFR-8000 4K/8K routing switcher features an expanded matrix of up to 256 inputs/256 outputs in a 16U frame. It has a 12G-SDI I/O and gearbox support. It supports 3G-SDI(Level A/B), HD-SDI, SD-SDI and ASI signal input/output with automatic signal type detection.

About FOR-A

FOR-A, a worldwide, industry-leading manufacturer, offers a wide range of broadcast and production products with a focus on cutting-edge technologies, including: HD, 4K and IP products. FOR-A continues to offer future-ready, cost effective, advanced technology solutions. Products include: video switchers, routing switchers, multi-viewers, full 4K high-speed cameras, IP encoders/decoders, multi-channel signal processors, 8K/4K/HD test signal generators, color correctors, frame synchronizers, file-based products, character generators, video servers and much more.

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