The World Golf Championships EMC World Cup : Technical features in the large-scale HDTV Iive broadcating

Abstract

The EMC World Cup Golf Tournament was held at the Gotenba Golf Course of the Taiheiyo Club in Shizuoka, Japan from November 15th to 18th, 2001. As a host broadcaster, NHK produced the international signal of the event in HD/SD format, distributed it to many countries worldwide and broadcast it live through terrestrial TV, satellite TV, and HDTV. NHK also initiated data broadcasting as a new service that provides real-time information about the players. This paper describes technical features and problems encountered in producing the large-scale HDTV Iive coverage of the event.