Panasonic to celebrate 30th anniversary as TOP sponsor of the Olympic Games

The manufacturer will supply a wide range of solutions and equipment for the organization of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in PyeongChang 2018.

The multinational Panasonic, sponsor TOP (from the acronym of the Olympic partner) of the Olympic Games and Official Global Partner of the Paralympic Games, has presented its line of equipment and a wide range of solutions that it will facilitate to collaborate in the organization of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang 2018 and the XII Paralympic Games, to be held mainly in PyeongChang County, in South Korea.

In cooperation with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (CPI), the PyeongChang Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games 2018 (POCOG) and Olympic Broadcasting Services (Obs), Panasonic to supply state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment for opening and closing ceremonies, Competition venues and broadcast venues.

In addition, Panasonic celebrates anniversary with the Olympics, as it has been a Top Sponsor since the Calgary Winter Olympics 1988, so those from PyeongChang 2018 will mark the 30th anniversary of its sponsorship. Over the past three decades, The manufacturer has brought its advanced audiovisual technology to this sporting event.

After his success in the Rio competition 2016, Panasonic will offer its latest models of AV equipment and projection mapping technologies as core technology for the opening ceremony, scheduled for the next 9 February, and also to collaborate in the organization of the opening and closing ceremonies.

Panasonic will supply around eighty high-end projectors. 30.000 compact high-brightness lumens PT-RZ31K/RQ32K; live event switches Broadcast Grade 2ME AV-HS60002 series, and a full line of audio-visual systems that will be used at the Olympic Stadium for the staging of these ceremonies.

The manufacturer will supply 42 LED video screens and video systems on competition stages, creating a total area of visual systems of 1.640 m2. Panasonic has also re-entered the market for high-end professional audio systems, the development of which he has worked on ahead of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics 2018.

Dynamic audio from Ramsa line speakers will increase the excitement of competitions on four stages: The ski jumping and snowboarding slopes; the Yongpyong Alpine Ski Slope, and Gangneung Olympic Park. In addition, A multi-video distribution system and 360° cameras are planned to be used on a trial basis at the competition stage, as part of the company's new initiatives for the year 2020.

Panasonic's P2HD relay camera system has already been chosen as the recording equipment for PyeongChang 2018. The company will provide a large number of relay equipment, including AJ-PX5000G camcorder with AVC-Ultra3 codecs, to the International Press Centre (IBC, for its acronym in English).

From the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, PyeongChang's Winter Winter 2018 will be the thirteenth in which Panasonic's digital technology will be used as the official recording format.

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