Sky Sports Selects I-MOVIX For Ryder Cup UHD Trial

Sky Sports selected full end-to-end production in 4K during The 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagleswith 4K ultra-motion replays provided by the I-MOVIX X10 UHD.

Sky Sports covered the week's action at The Ryder Cup as a full production trial for 4K broadcasting. The test contributes to help them better understand the technology and the changes that are happening in this field, and it follows their first 4K test broadcast, showing West Ham vs. Stoke City on 31 August 2013.

The Ryder Cup UHD trial involved the most important OB suppliers, among which about ten 4K cameras and the industry-leading production servers. Fletcher London provided the I-MOVIX X10 UHD ultra-motion system, running during the entire event at 500fps to capture the action at the club head and in the crowd.

For this world-first UHD trial, the I-MOVIX X10 UHD system was tested with the DreamCatcher solution from Evertz and with the FUJINON’s 4K Cine lens, Premier PL 75-400mm Cine Zoom (HK5.3X75). Chrosziel provided the FUJINON servos.

Fletcher Sports and its UK branch, Fletcher London, are renowned for providing the most advanced production tools to a range of sports customers, including a fleet of I-MOVIX systems used to enhance coverage of major sporting events in the USA and Europe.

Combining the core X10 ultra-motion technology with Vision Research’s Phantom® Flex4K camera, X10 UHD supports operation in a range of modes to meet differing production requirements, and can be instantly re-configured for new 4K or HD shooting scenarios.

The X10 UHD now has an increased dynamic range, further boosting the versatility of the camera in widely differing lighting conditions. Now featuring the best high-speed 4Kimage sensor available in the market, and with reduced noise levels to provide even sharper images, the new X10 UHD also supports higher frame rates in SSM mode (continuous mode), further extending the performance advantage over other slow motion cameras.

For very high-frame rate ultra-slow motion in 4K sports coverage, the system operates in USM mode to deliver instant replays of up to 1,000fps. For continuous non-stop recording, SSM mode delivers up to 120fps at 4Kp60. When operating in HD resolutions (1080p or 1080i) X10 UHD offers up to 600fps in continuous SSM mode, and up to 2,000fps in USM mode. The system can also complement these specialized applications by performing in a conventional live camera role.

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