Μήνυμα #285785

[JoVla]

Η EBU ανακοίνωσε πως η ΕΡΤ είχε στο αρχείο της κόπια της eurovision 2006 σε HD! Και το Σάββατο θα την δημοσιοποιήσει στο κανάλι της eurovision στο yt! Η συγκεκριμένη κόπια είναι χωρίς γραφικά και χωρίς τις postcards!

"We all know Athens is the birthplace of the Olympic Games but you might be unaware of the impact the Greek capital had on HD (high-definition) television, thanks to the Eurovision Song Contest.

Finnish rockers Lordi won the experimental Contest, preparations for Helsinki 2007 began immediately, and the HD footage was placed in a box, tidied away at the ERT headquarters and eventually forgotten.

In 2019, in a dusty storeroom at Broadcasting House, Athens, a box marked ‘ESC 2006 Final’ appeared.

The tapes inside that box were quickly shipped to the Netherlands for digitisation and we’re now able to share with you the results: the Athens 2006 Eurovision Song Contest HD Cut will be broadcast on Saturday 31 July at 21:00 CEST on the official Eurovision YouTube channel.

Athens 2006 was a huge, important experience with a lasting impact on the television industry. The test material that we generated at the time [that you’ll be able to watch on Saturday] was used many times in large scale investigations throughout the whole scientific research community. For example, the footage was used to help design the compression format H.264 and for production codecs, which is still in use because the results were so fantastic. It’s great that the entire broadcast community could benefit from the Eurovision Song Contest in this way.

Fans might not necessarily know (or, let’s face it, even care) about compression formats or the differences between interlaced and progressive content, but being able to explore the technology through tests like Eurovision 2006 resulted in the high quality TV productions you enjoy today."