The Olympic Games have been a testbed for 8K broadcasting since London in 2012, with a new project to showcase ultra resolution from Paris.
The baton has now passed from Japanese broadcaster NHK to chip-maker Intel, which will use the occasion to demonstrate how 8K can be streamed live over the internet.
To be clear, this is a tech demo only, with a select number of events being captured natively in the format and distributed to a handful of rights holders, presumably with demo rooms set up with 8K TVs. (NAB)