Tapeless system upgrade for Paris 2024

For the broadcast of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, we expanded and upgraded the existing tapeless production system of Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT). Because the system brings together subsystems from several manufacturers, the new equipment had to stay compatible with all of them and fit into existing workflows without interrupting 24/7 production.

At the heart of the production we installed three Grass Valley K2 Summit 3G production servers with a K2 Dyno replay controller. They provide slow motion replay (2x and 3x super slow motion), key and fill, and multicam recording and playback, all essential for live sports coverage.

We also upgraded the transcoding and format adaptation chain built on Telestream Vantage and the Vidchecker automated quality control tools. Storage was expanded with two Quantum H4000 systems (192 TB each) and fifteen Blackmagic DeckLink 4K capture cards.

We raised the network infrastructure to 10, 40, and 100 gigabit links with new switches and optical connections between the master control, VTR control, and edit suites. The full delivery covered installation, building the workflows and a format adaptation application, and commissioning with functional testing and handover.