The Whitbread Round the World Race is an international yachting event held every four years. The race attracts major sponsors who demand media coverage throughout its duration. When the yachts are in the vicinity of the shore, conventional techniques can be used to obtain up-to-date broadcast video and audio material. This paper describes the Yacht Video System (YVS), developed to enable the yachts to relay near-live material from mid-ocean at a quality acceptable for broadcasting. The system uses video compression, satellite communications and data `store-and-forward' techniques with a bespoke error correction protocol.
Yacht video system for the Whitbread Round the World Race
1996-12-01
8 pages
Article (Journal)
English
visual communication , Whitbread Round the World Race , mid-ocean , Yacht Video System , television broadcasting , satellite communications , data store-and-forward techniques , direct broadcasting by satellite , error correction codes , data compression , video coding , up-to-date broadcast video material , error correction protocol , media coverage , near-live material relaying , up-to-date broadcast audio material , video compression , telecommunication switching
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