Appear powers first large-scale 4k FIFA World Cup viewing...

X Platform technology enabled a premium UHD viewing experience through a hybrid ground-to-cloud architecture developed with Chilevisi n, ClaroVTR and Pixop

Appear ASA (Appear, OSE:APR), a global leader in live production technology, today announced that its X Platform played a central role in Chiles first large-scale cloud-based 4K FIFA World Cup distribution workflow, helping Chilevisi n and ClaroVTR deliver a premium Ultra HD viewing experience to audiences across the country.

Working alongside Chilevisi n, Chiles exclusive free-to-air rights holder for FIFA World Cup 2026, ClaroVTR, one of the countrys largest pay-TV operators, and cloud video enhancement specialist Pixop, Appear helped create an innovative hybrid workflow that transformed Chilevisi ns live HD broadcast signal into a dedicated 4K UHD channel available to subscribers throughout the tournament.

At the heart of the contribution chain, Appear deployed its X20 to provide reliable, low-latency video transport between ground and cloud environments. The workflow began with Chilevisi ns live 1080i HD-SDI feed being encoded in HEVC and securely transported via Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) from the broadcasters facilities into AWS cloud infrastructure.

Within the cloud environment, Pixops AI-powered video enhancement platform performed real-time deinterlacing, restoration, super-resolution upscaling and image optimisation, transforming the HD source into a high-quality 4K UHD signal. Once processing was complete, a second Appear X20 received the enhanced feed through a cloud-to-ground workflow and decoded it for downstream delivery to ClaroVTR subscribers.

The FIFA World Cup is one of the most demanding live production environments in the world, and delivering a premium 4K experience required a contribution chain that was technically robust and operationally flexible, said Luis Perez, Sales Director LATAM at Appear. Working closely with Chilevisi n, ClaroVTR and Pixop, we have helped engineer an architecture that connects traditional broadcast and cloud environments, enabling a practical and scalable approach to UHD delivery. This project is an excellent example of how broadcasters can adopt hybrid production models without having to rebuild their infrastructure.

The deployment demonstrates how broadcasters and service providers can bridge established live production environments with modern cloud-based workflows without compromising on quality, resilience or latency. It also highlights the strength of Appears open ecosystem approach, with X Platform technology seamlessly working alongside specialist partners to support demanding live sports coverage at scale.

This workflow has enabled us to build on our existing live production environment and extend it into 4K UHD in a practical and efficient way, said Jorge Cabello, Director of Technology at Chilevisi n. Working with Appear, ClaroVTR and Pixop, we have been able to combine proven broadcast workflows with cloud-based innovation to bring viewers an enhanced UHD World Cup experience.

By combining Appear's unique, industry-leading hardware-accelerated SRT transport technology with high-density HEVC encoding and cloud integration, the deployment delivered an end-to-end architecture capable of supporting one of the worlds most demanding live sporting events. The project further reinforces Appears position as a key enabler for broadcasters and operators transitioning towards hybrid ground-to-cloud and cloud-to-ground production models, helping customers combine the reliability of proven broadcast infrastructure with the scalability and flexibility of modern cloud environments.

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