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UEFA relegates UHD for Euro 2024 and Champions League Final

Two of this summer’s major footballing events are set to be captured in HD HDR rather than 4K UHD. Adrian Pennington asks if this is the start of a downward trend for 4K broadcasting.

Sports broadcasters have given up on 4K UHD for the time being at least with the UEFA Champions League Final and this summer’s European Championship both being produced in 1080p HD HDR as the host production format.

That’s a significant reversal of more than a decade-long trend to up the ante in terms of broadcast resolution with each successive major tournament.

The Champions League Final has been broadcast in UHD since 2015 and the Euros since 2016 (then 2021) but now there’s been a rethink.

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