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China Media Group's Spring Festival Gala, the world's most-watched annual TV broadcast, has been using the latest technologies to amaze both its Chinese and foreign viewers across the globe. And this year's show aired Thursday night was no exception.
"High-tech is more prevalent in this year's gala than in previous years; XR (extended reality ), AR (augmented reality), 5G,4K/8K transmission and even 8K livestreaming technologies are all featured in this gala," Chen Linchun, general director of 2021 Spring Festival Gala, told CGTN.
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8K Ultra HD rectangular large screens. /CCTV
In a first, this year's Spring Festival Gala was livestreamed in 8K – display resolution with a width of approximately 8,000 pixels, the highest resolution currently available.
It was aired simultaneously on more than 30 8K Ultra HD big screens in public places in over 10 Chinese cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, enabled by the ultra-fast transmission speed of 5G networks.
More immersive audio-visual experience
A creative segment titled "Ox Strut". /CCTV
This year's gala also employed AI+VR naked-eye 3D studio technology for the first time, which achieves a naked-eye 3D effect and brings an unprecedentedmulti-perspective panoramic audio-visual experience for the audiences on TV or their mobile devices.
