New Sky Box 4k sports

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#303216 25-Jan-2023 08:47

Is there a list of which sports Sky will broadcast in 4k with the new box?

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#3026849 25-Jan-2023 09:10

Considering its Satellite still I believe no sports will be in 4K.

I think the "4K-HDR ready" on the advertising is more for apps such as disney+, apple+ and netflix etc

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#3026851 25-Jan-2023 09:16

Really? Ridiculous lol - if thats the case Ill just stick to Sky Sports Now I guess.

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#3026853 25-Jan-2023 09:21

Sport won't be 4K until Sky have 4K broadcast capability with combined upgrade of outside broadcast trucks (not owned by Sky) in 2025.

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#3026967 25-Jan-2023 13:50

And they don't have interest in re streaming the 4k content they could get from original broadcasters of F1, UK football, Au cricket.

I get they can't use the satelite to do this but not offering it as a streaming only option is disheartening for me.

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#3026973 25-Jan-2023 14:01

LFCNZ71:

Really? Ridiculous lol - if thats the case Ill just stick to Sky Sports Now I guess.

SSN is heavily compressed though, hence the weird artifacts around golf balls and so on.

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#3026976 25-Jan-2023 14:08

4K upgrade is international feeds, studio, content delivery, boxes and satellite. Estimate for 3rd party to upgrade outside broadcast trucks was $50M and Sky openly said they couldn't afford that. May cost another $50M to do studio infra and CDN.

Typically they wait 3 years to upgrade boxes before upgrading service, sat changes in 2024 I think, so on target for end of 2025.

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#3027933 27-Jan-2023 15:58

What stops Sky Sports Now from offering streaming in 4k where they could get in from other sources. RL in Australia, Premier League in England, F! is all available in 4k in other countries. Most people can get 4k streaming from Apple TV Plus and Netflix so we know it can be done. Are there technology reasons why it is harder to stream live events as opposed to movies and TV shows?

Some people might even be willing to pay more to get 4k streams. But to not have the option in 2023 seems out of touch.

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#3027959 27-Jan-2023 17:28

Sky NZ already feeding 4k sports to australia with local games

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#3027969 27-Jan-2023 18:03

cws82us:

Sky NZ already feeding 4k sports to australia with local games

You mean NEP Group.

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#3027970 27-Jan-2023 18:05

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Sky NZ already feeding 4k sports to australia with local games

You mean NEP Group.

Sorry yea. if its coming from the same feed then what stopping sky rebroadcasting it here with no extra cost

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#3037103 15-Feb-2023 16:21

Bit off topic but this video does a good job explaining live 4k sports:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX75uEq9IdU

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#3037178 15-Feb-2023 18:20

Interesting watch, thanks for posting.

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#3038833 18-Feb-2023 22:05

Is the picture quality with these new boxes in 1080p at least? These current boxes only do 1080i.

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#3038905 19-Feb-2023 09:47

Raw format of the satellite streams is 1080i.

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#3038914 19-Feb-2023 10:20

Spyware:

4K upgrade is international feeds, studio, content delivery, boxes and satellite. Estimate for 3rd party to upgrade outside broadcast trucks was $50M and Sky openly said they couldn't afford that. May cost another $50M to do studio infra and CDN.

Typically they wait 3 years to upgrade boxes before upgrading service, sat changes in 2024 I think, so on target for end of 2025.

wait - so there is 4K sports? F1?

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