Verizon 5G Customers Attending Super Bowl Can Get Multi-Camera View
5G smartphone customers attending Sunday's Super Bowl at Verizon 5G Stadium in Miami will get access to a multi-camera live-view feature via the NFL OnePass app, said the carrier and the NFL Wednesday. Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband service is available in parts of the stadium, where demos are planned.
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All fans using the NFL OnePass app will be able to see artificial reality-based overlays of big plays, stats and other game moments, they said. Game attendees with 4G phones can use the app for in-stadium way-finding and AR experiences.
Streaming will be an option. The game will be accessible via Apple TV Plus, Roku, Amazon Fire TV streaming devices and smart TVs, Android TV, Xbox One, Samsung Tizen smart TVs (2017-2020 models), iPhone and iPads using OS 5.1 or above. It will work with “various” computer browsers, says the Fox Sports website.
Roku TV and device owners will be able to view the Super Bowl in 4K, along with hybrid log gamma HDR, spokesperson Brian Kemp emailed us: “If the provider is sending a 4K stream, 4K Roku TVs and 4K players will play it back. HDR too.”
Dish Network will deliver the match in Ultra HD 4K for the first time. It noted some customers could be out of luck if the satellite provider and TV station owners can’t come to terms on retransmission fees. Eighteen former Northwest Broadcasting stations in seven states are blacked out on Dish (see 2001210056). Dish claims new station owner Apollo Global Management wants to nearly double retransmission fees. Apollo rejected Dish’s offer to extend the current contract through Super Sunday, Dish said. Apollo didn't comment.
Dish is encouraging customers in blacked-out markets to “stream the Super Bowl live for free via the FOX Sports app or FOXsports.com,” a spokesperson emailed. Customers must have a download speed of at least 25 Mbps to show content in 4K, it noted.
Verizon Fios customers will be able to view the big game in Ultra HD on channel 1498 with a 4K set-top box, said the company, running a banner advertisement pitching 4K box upgrades. FuboTV is also carrying the game. Enthusiast websites encouraged football fans to sign up for a free trial to Fubo's $55-per-month service, and then cancel post-game.
4K content won’t be native; Fox will upscale live 1080p broadcasts to Ultra HD 4K streams. Kevin Callahan, Fox vice president-field operations, said in December that 4K at 60 frames per second will bring “more motion blur in action scenes.” He noted few people will be watching in 4K (see 2001230016).