Panasonic broadcasting equipment captures the thrill of the XVII Asiad

The 2014 Asian Games, officially known as the XVII Asiad, was the largest sporting event in Asia governed by Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). Taking place in Incheon, South Korea from September 19 through Oct. 4, this huge event featured 13,000 athletes taking part in 439 events across 36 sports, plus officials and 7,000 media from 45 National Olympic Committees.

Broadcasting facilities for the XVII Asiad included 50 outside broadcast vans, 520 cameras and 70 international signals. Panasonic were proud to be named as equipment suppliers for the host broadcaster ENG crew, contributing to the coverage of 13 competitions with 17 x AJ-HPX3100G P2HD Cameras and 10 x AJ-HPM200E P2HD Portable Recorder/Players with the whole workflow operated in AVC-Intra100.

“Panasonic has a long history of working with host broadcasters at major sporting events and it was fantastic to see Panasonic P2 selected by IHB for the 2014 Asian Games. The durable and flexible AJ-HPX3100G P2HD cameras combined with the AVC-Intra100 codec were an ideal choice for shooting fast paced sports action for global broadcasts,” said Mathew Alexander, Product Marketing Manager, Broadcast and Professional Video Division, Panasonic Australia.

Panasonic has a long history of working with host broadcasters at major sporting events

“AVC-Intra100 is a 10-bit 4:2:2 codec so all the action is recorded with the high detail and in the vivid living colour required to make viewers feel like they were courtside or poolside. What’s more, P2 media’s solid state workflow make the pressure of the high shooting ratios of a sporting event possible because its fast offload speeds and file-sharing architecture let the broadcaster work as fast as they can go – all with an extremely high level of data integrity.”