Who mentioned an Olympic Opening Ceremony should occur inside a stadium? In an evening of firsts, the Olympic Games Paris 2024 formally kicked off with a historic ceremony on the Seine River — and Samsung Electronics, a Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Partner, supplied the groundbreaking innovation that made it so particular.
To carry followers nearer to the motion than ever earlier than, Samsung put in greater than 200 Galaxy S24 Ultra smartphones on the 85 athlete boats participating within the Opening Ceremony. The occasion was livestreamed by a personal 5G community powered by Orange (the official cellular community supplier for Paris 2024 in France).
▲Team Kenya athlete shares a selfie with followers with the brand new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Edition. Photo credit score Getty/Samsung
Fans tuning into the printed got a more in-depth take a look at an already distinctive celebration of the Olympic spirit within the 2024 host metropolis of Paris. Those who watched the Opening Ceremony might expertise the occasion from the athletes’ standpoint as they shared scenes from this memorable ceremony utilizing their Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Edition smartphones.
▲Team Australia athlete shares a selfie with followers with the brand new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Edition. Photo credit score Getty/Samsung
Samsung collaborated with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) to create a significant evening for athletes and followers — requiring intensive planning with numerous Olympic companions for real-time footage streams, seamless 5G connectivity and different know-how help.
The opening ceremony livestream is only one of a number of methods Samsung is sharing the thrill from Paris 2024 with the world. The crusing competitors in Marseille and Victory Selfies can even carry followers nearer to the Olympic Games. For a brand-new view of the crusing competitors in Marseille, Samsung is putting in Galaxy S24 Ultra smartphones to the boats and on the athletes’ shoulders. Furthermore, medalists can seize their feelings with Victory Selfies utilizing the Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Edition supplied on the podium.
▲ Team Korea athletes share their expertise with followers with their new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Edition. Photo credit score Getty/Samsung
More than 100 consultants, 250 telephones and 360 days of testing made delivering these moments potential. The efforts to boost the viewing expertise for followers around the globe had been all a part of Paris 2024’s imaginative and prescient of ‘Games Wide Open.’ Through its cellular improvements, Samsung will encourage Paris 2024 athletes and followers to maintain an open thoughts as a result of ‘Open always wins.’
▲ Team Japan athletes share a selfie with followers with the brand new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Edition. Photo credit score Getty/Samsung
▲ Team Guatemala athlete shares lifelong reminiscence with followers along with his new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Edition. Photo credit score: Getty/Samsung
▲ Team Refugee athletes share their expertise with followers with their new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Edition. Photo credit score Getty/Samsung
▲ Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra smartphones positioned on boat to supply a novel view of the Opening Ceremony. Photo credit score: Getty/Samsung
▲ Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra positioned on boat to supply a novel view of the Opening Ceremony. Photo credit score: Getty/Samsung
▲ Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra positioned on the bow of the Team GB boat through the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony. Photo credit score Getty/Samsung
▲ Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra positioned on the bow of the Team Romania boat through the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony. Photo credit score Getty/Samsung
▲ Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra positioned on the bow of the Team Senegal boat through the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony. Photo credit score Getty/Samsung
