Qatar 2022, diffusé en UHD sur la TNT avec Sivac-One de Sapec

Le Sapec Sivac-One encoder/decoder card has enabled RTVE to broadcast the key matches of the Qatar 2022 World Cup in UHD on DTT.

In view of the broadcasting of the most important matches of Qatar 2022, different members of the UHD Espagne association have joined forces to provide all the knowledge, technology and resources necessary to continue disseminating the advantages of Ultra High Definition to the Spanish population.

Specifically, Sapec has provided the Sivac-One Media Processor (SMP1000) module, which is responsible for receiving the signal sent from the GRV dans Qatar via IP and fibre optics, and decoding it so that the RTVE (for broadcasts via ETP) and Médiapro (via Gol Mundial) teams can personalise it and make it ready for broadcast. It is then that the Sivac-One re-encodes the signal to deliver it to all the DVB-T2 DTT transmitters of Cellnex, Axion and Telecom CLM.

Le UHD signal produced, in addition to 4K resolution, has high dynamic range (HDR), wide colour spectrum (BT.2020) and immersive audio in 5.1.4 format offered by Dolby Atmos technology.

Sivac-One, key to the workflow

Sapec’s Sivac-One (SMP1000) is a state-of-the-art, ultra-low latency HEVC encoder/decoder card developed for the modular Sivac-One platform that can accommodate up to three cards in a 1U rack. The SMP card supports up to 1 UHD (4K) channel or four FHD/HD channels. Therefore, by fully utilising the capacity of the SAPEC platform, a channel density of up to 12 HD channels or 3 UHD channels can be offered from a single rack unit. Compatible with SMPTE 2022-1/2/7, the system features 12G-SDI or 4x3G-SDI input, N+1 redundancy and redundant hot-swappable AC/DC power supply.

Émilie Planas, Mediapro’s CTO and Operations Manager, has actively participated in the design of the workflow that has made it possible to bring the World Cup in Qatar to Spanish viewers. Planas, who is also a member of the board of directors of UHD Spain, identifies as one of the keys to the success of this project the use of first class solutions: “Working with UHD-HDR workflows requires us to use the best products on the market to ensure the highest level of quality and service. All the suppliers on this project have been excellent and have met all expectations from day one.”

D'autre part, Miguel Angel Cristóbal, CEO of Sapec and member of the board of directors of UHD Spain, celebrates the fact that Sivac-One has played a “fundamental” role in the broadcasts of the Qatar 2022 World Cup on DTT: “We are proud to see how the efforts of the human SAPEC team have resulted in a free-to-air UHD broadcast for the vast majority of the population in Spain. Beyond any doubt, it is a milestone for a company like SAPEC and a reaffirmation of our continued effort over time, as we have been collaborating for 12 years with all kinds of national and international projects to determine all the advantages of UHD. The DTT broadcasts and the cinema experience are the culmination of an exciting year that has shown that Ultra HD is here to stay.”