The Super Bowl is streaming in 4K HDR for the first time - here’s how Fox Sports is pulling it off

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The Super Bowl is almost here, and this year — for the first time ever — you’ll be able to watch and stream it in 4K and HDR. It’s the culmination of the work Fox has been putting in earlier this season, which saw the first 4K broadcasts of NFL games in the US for Thursday Night Football.

Fox’s plan is to take that Thursday night experience and expand on it for Super Bowl LIV, though. In addition to broadcasting just the game, as it had for Thursday Night Football, the entirety of the Super Bowl broadcast will be in (upscaled) 4K and HDR. That means that in addition to the actual game, the star-studded halftime show with Shakira and Jennifer Lopez will be in 4K HDR, as will all the pregame and postgame coverage. Even the commercials are...

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source https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/31/21060342/super-bowl-2020-4k-streaming-fox-hdr-10-hlg-formats-conversion-upscaling-chiefs-49ers-roku-amazon

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