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Eurosport 4K listings

London+Town — Sat, 10 Jul 2021 14:24:05 GMT

Hi all

Stumbled across Eurosports 4K coverage of the Wimbledon ladies final today, had no idea they were showing it in 4k! No commentary though which is a bit weird?!

Does anyone know of listing that show what Eurosport are scheduling in 4k?

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MightyQuinn — Sat, 10 Jul 2021 14:30:32 GMT

Hi @London+Town Home -> Sports -> Live Sport This Week and any particular sport like Tennis.

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ozsat — Sat, 10 Jul 2021 16:36:43 GMT

Eurosport in the UK only had rights for the finals and the mens' final is in UHD tomorrow via Sky.

Their 4K channel is not generally available in UK.

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Stephen+Mourton — Sun, 11 Jul 2021 06:05:31 GMT

@ozsat The latest SkyQ update 160 included something to allow Eurosport's Olympic coverage in UHD, so I assume that will be via SkyQ?

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NewtonBoy — Sun, 11 Jul 2021 07:11:33 GMT

The Olympics will be in UHD with HDR on Eurosport.

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best+of+the+best — Sun, 11 Jul 2021 07:35:52 GMT

Fair comment @Stephen+Mourton Q160 has only been available since June/July 2021 to address the sound dropout issues on the V3 boxes.

Eurosport 4K channel has been available on Sky Q since May 2018.

https://www.televisual.com/news/eurosport-launches-4k-channel_nid-7224/

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ozsat — Sun, 11 Jul 2021 08:05:08 GMT

It is only a very few events that get shown on Eurosport 4K via Sky - if fact so far nothing more than French Open Tennis I think.

There is a more extensive Eurosport 4K service which is not available in the UK.

@best+of+the+best wrote:

Eurosport 4K channel has been available on Sky Q since May 2018.
https://www.televisual.com/news/eurosport-launches-4k-channel_nid-7224/

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ozsat — Sun, 11 Jul 2021 08:45:54 GMT

And a very little bit on Wimbledon tennis.

@ozsat wrote:
It is only a very few events that get shown on Eurosport 4K via Sky - if fact so far nothing more than French Open Tennis I think.
There is a more extensive Eurosport 4K service which is not available in the UK.

@best+of+the+best wrote:

Eurosport 4K channel has been available on Sky Q since May 2018.
https://www.televisual.com/news/eurosport-launches-4k-channel_nid-7224/

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NewtonBoy — Sun, 11 Jul 2021 12:56:31 GMT

@best+of+the+best

The Q160 update is to enable live UHD/HDR in readiness for the Olympics.

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Nicholas+Parker — Sun, 11 Jul 2021 13:18:34 GMT

Hi, Anyone else getting ( no programmes currently being broadcast on this channel ), when trying to watch the Men's Wimbledon Final in UHD on channel 411. Thanks

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stereohaven — Sun, 11 Jul 2021 13:39:05 GMT

Yes.

Put the UHD men's final down to record without issue but came home to no recording light.

Press to watch the UHD broadcast on Eurosport 2 and just get a blue screen with "nothing is broadcasting on this channel".

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Richardr1 — Sun, 11 Jul 2021 14:14:44 GMT

Same here - both for the recording set yesterday, and in pressing the red button live on channel 411 - which shows that it should be there.

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stereohaven — Sun, 11 Jul 2021 15:44:26 GMT

The UHD Eurosport feed has just kicked into life for me and started recording (although it says it started at 1.30 PM).

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best+of+the+best — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 08:23:49 GMT

@NewtonBoy It's a good job that the Tokyo 2020 Olympics weren't cancelled altogether or we would be waiting for the Winter Olympics in Beijing 2022 or even the Summer Olympics in Paris 2024 for the delayed Q160 to solve the V3 sound dropout issues.

What has the Olympics got to do with UHD/HDR and the Q160 update or did I miss that memo?

I've been paying for UHD since March 2016 Sky's first 4K broadcast was August 2016

2TB boxes in flavours V1 (UHD) V2 (UHD/HDR)

V3 (UHD/HDR)

An update in May 2020 for the long awaited HDR to be enabled on the V2 and V3 boxes

I've been watching Live F1 in glorious UHD since 2018 when I upgraded my tv to 4K that was well before Q160 update.

Sky don't have the rights to televise the 2020 Olympics that's down to BBC and via the Iplayer app hopefully in HDR/HLG

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fizzdisco — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 09:11:29 GMT

@best+of+the+best

Q160 supposedly tweaked something that will allow us to view LIVE transmissions of events from the Olympics in UHD with HDR.

Pre-Q160 all HDR content had to be downloaded or streamed via apps.

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best+of+the+best — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 09:26:37 GMT

Fair comment @fizzdisco BBC 1 nor BBC2 have Live transmissions in UHD with HDR isn't that content only available via Iplayer UHD HDR/HLG

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fizzdisco — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 09:36:37 GMT

@best+of+the+best wrote:
Fair comment @fizzdisco BBC 1 nor BBC2 have Live transmissions in UHD with HDR isn't that content only available via Iplayer UHD HDR/HLG

Correct. Not the iPlayer app on Sky Q however. Supported TVs and devices for UHD HLG iPlayer streaming can be found here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/help/questions/supported-devices/uhd-supported-devices/

Sky confirmed that the Olympics would see the first live transmissions of UHD HDR content via satellite available to Sky Q customers in the UK. There was some hint that there may be some live UHD HDR cricket shown by way of a test before Tokyo begins.

As ever with Sky however, anything (or nothing) is possible...

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stereohaven — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 10:52:18 GMT

@best+of+the+best wrote:
Fair comment @fizzdisco BBC 1 nor BBC2 have Live transmissions in UHD with HDR isn't that content only available via Iplayer UHD HDR/HLG

I think this is where some confusion lies around the Olympics and the UHD HDR streams that are coming to Sky, they are going to be provided by Eurosport and not the BBC who as you say, only supply UHD HDR via the correct iPlayer app.

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Stephen+Mourton — Sun, 18 Jul 2021 20:31:44 GMT

@stereohaven The Olympics start (unofficially) next Wednesday 21st and officially Friday 23rd. I have been looking at the Eurosport schedules on the planner and the only option to view is HD or SD, no options for UHD/HDR that I can see. Does anyone have any further information please?

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stereohaven — Sun, 18 Jul 2021 22:28:36 GMT

I don't have any further information as I'm not privy to the detail, I'm just a regular customer like you, but unless there is a last minute change of plan I'm sure we will hear soon.

The Olympics has always been the target for live UHD HDR sport on Sky, it has been reported in a few places and confirmed in this thread.