China’s foremost broadcast network leverages Matrox ST 2110 NIC and SDI I/O cards, and CDV graphic system for groundbreaking 8K UHD graphics

Matrox and CDV enabled China’s foremost broadcast network to provide groundbreaking Lunar New Year festival coverage
On February 11, 2021, China’s leading broadcast organization celebrated Lunar New Year’s Eve with a live, 8K UHD 5G TV broadcast of a national spring festival event that eclipsed all of the night’s other live coverage. As the first-ever live 8K UHD 5G TV broadcast, the event marked not only the beginning of a new year, but also the position of China as a key competitor in global 8K UHD 5G TV development. Enabled by the Matrox SMPTE ST 2110 network interface controller (NIC) and SDI I/O card-equipped China Digital Video (CDV) Graphite 8K online character generator (CG) system, the leading broadcast organization was able to provide transcendent real-time coverage of one of China’s biggest televised events of the year.