Why is there so little sports broadcast in 4k?

The networks don't think the extra cost of production is going to gain them any viewers or produce an additional revenue stream. It's rocket surgery, really.

I feel like I wasted 90% of the research I did when buying my latest TV.

A few years ago, Fox broadcasted the Superbowl in 4K. It wasn't true 4K but an upconverted signal. Looked great and better than the the normal broadcast especially w/ HDR.

Before the game, they did a piece on the production etc. ALL the cameras at the game were 4K. The problem is their on site mobile production center couldn't handle processing all those 4K feeds, graphics etc at the same time.

So they took the 4K feeds, down converted, added graphics then upconverted it back to 4K for broadcast. No idea if that's still the case but those mobile production rigs are huge investments.

I'd be happy if broadcast tv were available in 1080P w/ HDR. HDR imo is a bigger impact than 4K.

Fyi, there is 4K sports broadcasted almost every week. DirecTv is the leader in this. Look at this thread, the first post (pdf attachment) is constantly updated.

https://www.avsforum.com/threads/4k-live-sports-and-events-discussion-updated-11-15-22.3006930/

^^^ I know this feeling. I spent hours picking the right Tv and surround system last year and when it all came together, I was kinda disappointed in live sports. 4k movies on Netflix or whatever are great though. Live isn't "bad" - just not really worth the $7k or so I probably spent compared to my normal tv's in other rooms if I'm being honest.

Because they’d have to slow the frame rates down. Sports are actually shot still in 720 I believe so it can broadcast at 60 hz. Rather than 1080i

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The networks don't think the extra cost of production is going to gain them any viewers or produce an additional revenue stream. It's rocket surgery, really.

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It doesn't help that the affaletuses, geniuses they are, are openly admitting to hating most of the fanbase for their skin color. So while the league and networks look to broaden appeal, the stars are shutting down growth. Makes zero sense to invest to expansion till these affaletuses geniuses STFU.

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Because they’d have to slow the frame rates down. Sports are actually shot still in 720 I believe so it can broadcast at 60 hz. Rather than 1080i

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No, the broadcast cameras use advanced 2/3-inch 4K CMOS sensors with global shutter technology at 1080/59.94p or 1080/50p. The broadcasters run the live stream through codecs to fit their own broadcast standards, usually 720p or 1080i for OTA broadcasts and 720p or 1080p for streaming but the content can still be shot and be archived at 4k while simultaneously streaming out a lesser resolution.

I bought a Samsung 8K TV this year’s model and I can tell you that, even though nothings really broadcast in 4K it typically looks better on the 8k TV over my other 4K TVs in the bedroom etc, and they are not cheap 4ks pretty decent qled models. But yeah for it being the beginning of technology age they are slow getting it out.