We were fortunate enough to be invited by Yannick Olivier at France TV to visit the broadcaster’s facilities in Paris during the recent Summer Olympics Games – broadening our understanding of what it takes to broadcast a UHD channel 24/7 for more than two weeks consecutively. First though, some definitions are a necessary housekeeping task. According to the Ultra HD Forum, UHD can be either 1080p HDR, 2160p SDR, or 2160p HDR. Although we have seen events like UEFA Euro 2024 produced in 1080p HDR, OBS (Olympic Broadcasting Services), which produces the Olympics, decided to produce the entire Olympic Games (for the first time, 100%) in 2160p HDR. Meanwhile, since the majority of channels are still HD, with some even…