"Untact Era, Vividly at Home" SKT Presents 5GX Live Baseball Viewing

[5GX Live Baseball Screen]

[Asia Economy Reporter Seulgina Cho] SK Telecom announced on the 1st that it will live broadcast the opening three-game series of the SK Wyverns, starting on the 5th, through Wavve's ‘5GX Direct Baseball’ channel to mark the opening of the 2020 professional baseball season.

Due to the 2020 professional baseball season being held without spectators because of the COVID-19 pandemic, SK Telecom prepared this service so that baseball fans who have been waiting for the opening can feel the vivid on-site atmosphere as if they were watching the game in person without going to the stadium.

SK Telecom’s newly launched ‘5GX Direct Baseball’ is a multi-view service that allows viewers to watch the game from up to 12 different perspectives, including ▲the main broadcast screen ▲scoreboard screen ▲pitcher and batter close-up screens ▲pitching and hitting analysis screens ▲cheerleader direct cam ▲player-specific direct cams, enabling viewers to enjoy various scenes of the stadium on one screen.

Through this, viewers can freely switch between the main broadcast screen and multi-view screens in real time and select their desired scenes, allowing them to experience the vivid atmosphere as if watching the game at the actual baseball stadium.

Additionally, SK Telecom, in collaboration with the SK Wyverns, will broadcast the cheering section so that viewers can follow the cheers at home or participate in in-game events, providing experiences that were not possible with regular TV broadcasts.

This ‘5GX Direct Baseball’ live broadcast was made possible by SK Telecom’s developed ‘S-Tile’ technology. S-Tile is a technology that freely separates or combines multiple videos to fit the smartphone screen, broadcasting 12 videos without time lag and ensuring no delays such as screen loading occur when changing viewing angles.

‘5GX Direct Baseball’ is the first case of applying S-Tile technology to professional sports live broadcasts, and SK Telecom plans to apply this technology to live broadcasts in various fields in the future.

Kim Hyuk, head of SK Telecom’s 5GX Media Business Group, said, “‘5GX Direct Baseball’ aims to provide fans with an experience as if they are watching the game at the stadium by introducing multi-view technology to baseball broadcasts,” adding, “We will continue to produce various content using 5G media technology to offer diverse enjoyment to customers in the untact era.”

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