As announced in our previous news on the broadcast of the 2022 Football World Cup in 4K via TF1 4K (see our news (Update) 2022 Football World Cup in Ultra HD 4K on the TF1 4K channel), the beIN Sports 4K channel will also be part of the pixel party with the retransmission of almost all the matches (56 out of a total of 64), via satellite or OTT (provided you have sufficient internet bandwidth, 25 Mbps) , in Ultra HD 4K.
And the good news was confirmed by Canal+ support a few hours ago, all 16 matches of the final phase (1/8, 1/4, 1/2 and final, plus the small final) will be offered by beIN Sports 4K (4K Event channel) in HDR HLG and/or HDR Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos. All group matches, meanwhile, will simply be broadcast in UHD 4K.
List of compatible equipment…
• CANAL+ 4k-UHD decoder (Satellite and OTT): default HDR HLG stream
• Connected TVs Samsung 2018 and +, LG 2019 and +, Hisense 2020 and +: default HDR HLG stream
• Apple iOS/tvOS: UHD SDR stream by default. Possibility of activating HDR in the myCanal menu so that the stream is HDR HLG
• nVidia Shield TV and TV Pro: UHD SDR stream by default. Possibility of activating HDR in the myCANAL menu so that the stream is HDR HLG or Dolby Vision 8.4.(if compatible)
• Amazon Fire TV (Stick and Cube 4K): UHD SDR stream by default. Possibility of activating HDR in the myCanal menu so that the stream is HDR HLG or Dolby Vision 8.4.(if compatible)
• Sony connected TVs: UHD SDR stream by default. Possibility of activating HDR in the myCanal menu so that the stream is HDR HLG or Dolby Vision 8.4.(if compatible)
• Free-Freebox pop universe myCanal: UHD SDR stream by default. Possibility of activating HDR in the menu so that the stream is HDR Dolby Vision 8.4.(if compatible)
• Orange TV4 decoder/UHD TV decoder: default UHD SDR stream
• Bouygues Bbox 4K / Bbox 4K HDR: default UHD SDR stream
