DV
Presumably 'messing around' with the Hue, Gamma, Black Level and Sharpness of the stream to introduce enhanced contrast and shading.
UK
What is this fake HDR?
Apparently simulates an effect used on some HDR tellys don’t know if there’s been any complaints, either way the Italianos must be loving it and getting full value for their euros.
Quite the opposite - they’re being given a knock off that, far from enhancing the picture, will be ruining the efforts of broadcast engineers to deliver the best pictures they can, whatever the transmission format.
If those with HDR capable TVs want to ruin the picture there are plenty of settings that will achieve just that!
Are you a Sky customer? Do you have a TV that can display HDR? Unless you’re answering yes to both those questions, what are you complaining about?
I’ve got an TV that can show HDR in its various flavours, at its best the programmes / events I’ve watched have been jaw dropping. I also subscribe to Sky, but I don’t want them offering me something that isn’t genuine HDR and/or isn’t ready.
I’d rather wait than have the ‘fake’ HDR that Sky is - reportedly - offering (at least for some things) in Italy.
What is this fake HDR?
Apparently simulates an effect used on some HDR tellys don’t know if there’s been any complaints, either way the Italianos must be loving it and getting full value for their euros.
Quite the opposite - they’re being given a knock off that, far from enhancing the picture, will be ruining the efforts of broadcast engineers to deliver the best pictures they can, whatever the transmission format.
If those with HDR capable TVs want to ruin the picture there are plenty of settings that will achieve just that!
Are you a Sky customer? Do you have a TV that can display HDR? Unless you’re answering yes to both those questions, what are you complaining about?
I’ve got an TV that can show HDR in its various flavours, at its best the programmes / events I’ve watched have been jaw dropping. I also subscribe to Sky, but I don’t want them offering me something that isn’t genuine HDR and/or isn’t ready.
UK
Do you have a TV capable of displaying HDR? Again, if you don’t, why are you complaining? They’re not refusing to offer HDR to annoy you, they will have very good reasons, somewhere in the broadcast chain, for not yet offering it.
Can anyone confirm if Premier League and F1 are being delivered in UHD/4K HDR format using their fancy NS4 demodulators please.
F1 isn’t - there was an article within the last year or so (which frustratingly I can’t find again) that went behind the scenes at FOM and talked with some of the key people involved in the host broadcast operation. They said HDR was a particular challenge and they wouldn’t do it until they were confident they could get a high quality and consistent result. There would be plenty of publicity had that now changed.
Others will know more about the Premier League, but a good amount are publicly available to stream in UHD HDR via BT Sport.
I am indeed a Sky customer and we were all promised HDR back in 2018 and still waiting...
Do you have a TV capable of displaying HDR? Again, if you don’t, why are you complaining? They’re not refusing to offer HDR to annoy you, they will have very good reasons, somewhere in the broadcast chain, for not yet offering it.
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Can anyone confirm if Premier League and F1 are being delivered in UHD/4K HDR format using their fancy NS4 demodulators please.
F1 isn’t - there was an article within the last year or so (which frustratingly I can’t find again) that went behind the scenes at FOM and talked with some of the key people involved in the host broadcast operation. They said HDR was a particular challenge and they wouldn’t do it until they were confident they could get a high quality and consistent result. There would be plenty of publicity had that now changed.
Others will know more about the Premier League, but a good amount are publicly available to stream in UHD HDR via BT Sport.
EL
Might be a bit of an ask for anyone to check F1 with a demodulator at the moment, given the season doesn't start for another two months. 
But to answer the question, it isn't distributed in HDR (or at least wasn't last season). Sky Italia are doing their fake HDR on it.
A couple of older articles suggesting they have at least tested HDR, and have kit that could support it:
https://www.grassvalley.com/blog/20180710-changing_the_rules_of_the_f1_game/
https://www.svgeurope.org/blog/headlines/f1-gears-up-for-4k-uhd-remote-production-and-looks-ahead-to-ip-and-hdr/
But I think this quote sums it up best:
As of 2019, there's known to be four regional variants of the existing World Feed, in both UHD and HD. That's already eight versions of one feed to contend with. Plus potentially a ninth that is 4:3 safe, and a tenth for big screens around the circuit (they have a much larger graphics package). Not to mention the myriad of additional feeds they distribute on top of that.
Given very few of F1's broadcasters are UHD capable, let alone HDR capable... there really isn't much sense in being too far ahead of curve here.
But to answer the question, it isn't distributed in HDR (or at least wasn't last season). Sky Italia are doing their fake HDR on it.
A couple of older articles suggesting they have at least tested HDR, and have kit that could support it:
https://www.grassvalley.com/blog/20180710-changing_the_rules_of_the_f1_game/
https://www.svgeurope.org/blog/headlines/f1-gears-up-for-4k-uhd-remote-production-and-looks-ahead-to-ip-and-hdr/
But I think this quote sums it up best:
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“Then it becomes a question of global distribution. We could easily have HD SDR, HD HDR, UHD SDR and UHD HDR feeds to contend with. Processing and monitoring these various outputs for multiple broadcasters becomes highly complex to manage. We don’t really want to be putting a myriad of different versions out. Should our broadcast partners require HDR in the future, we want to approach it properly.”
As of 2019, there's known to be four regional variants of the existing World Feed, in both UHD and HD. That's already eight versions of one feed to contend with. Plus potentially a ninth that is 4:3 safe, and a tenth for big screens around the circuit (they have a much larger graphics package). Not to mention the myriad of additional feeds they distribute on top of that.
Given very few of F1's broadcasters are UHD capable, let alone HDR capable... there really isn't much sense in being too far ahead of curve here.
DV
QPR v Sheffield Wednesday on Friday evening has been added to the BT Sport Coverage of the FACR4 on one of the Extra Channels.
A reminder of the FACR4 Draw and the currently agreed broadcasters for each fixture
1. Watford or Tranmere v Wolverhampton Wanderers or Manchester United - BT Sport
2. Hull City v Chelsea - BT Sport
3. Southampton v Middlesbrough or Tottenham Hotspur
4. QPR v Sheffield Wednesday
5. Bournemouth v Arsenal - BT Sport
6. Northampton Town v Derby County - BT Sport
7. Brentford v Leicester City - BBC
8. Millwall v Sheffield United
9. Reading or Blackpool v Cardiff City or Carlisle United
10. West Ham United v West Bromwich Albion
11. Burnley v Norwich City
12. Bristol Rovers or Coventry City vs Birmingham City
13. Manchester City v Fulham - BBC
14. Rochdale or Newcastle United v Oxford United
15. Portsmouth v Barnsley
16. Bristol City or Shrewsbury v Liverpool - BBC
Some interesting extras that could now be televised. There's also a question of whether more of next week's replays will get covered too.
1. Watford or Tranmere v Wolverhampton Wanderers or Manchester United - BT Sport
2. Hull City v Chelsea - BT Sport
3. Southampton v Middlesbrough or Tottenham Hotspur
4. QPR v Sheffield Wednesday
5. Bournemouth v Arsenal - BT Sport
6. Northampton Town v Derby County - BT Sport
7. Brentford v Leicester City - BBC
8. Millwall v Sheffield United
9. Reading or Blackpool v Cardiff City or Carlisle United
10. West Ham United v West Bromwich Albion
11. Burnley v Norwich City
12. Bristol Rovers or Coventry City vs Birmingham City
13. Manchester City v Fulham - BBC
14. Rochdale or Newcastle United v Oxford United
15. Portsmouth v Barnsley
16. Bristol City or Shrewsbury v Liverpool - BBC
Some interesting extras that could now be televised. There's also a question of whether more of next week's replays will get covered too.
QPR v Sheffield Wednesday on Friday evening has been added to the BT Sport Coverage of the FACR4 on one of the Extra Channels.
DV
Interesting that from today onwards on BTTV, SS Main Event programming is titled according to content ‘Liverpool v Manchester United’ rather than ‘Renault Super Sunday’. The same is true for Cricket too.
DV
Seems that the onscreen and metadata contract for in game and player performance data for the Bundesliga has been awarded to a new unit within Amazon Web Services wef Fri 17 Jan 2020, the resumption following the mid season break. I can't see them developing software whollly for use within the Bundesliga so watch this space for expansion across European and World Football in the coming months and years. AWS started getting screen credits as this contract started too.
RD
They have been at least sponsoring statistics in the NFL for a good while now, not sure if they have anything to do with the actual provision but “NextGen Stats powered by AWS” gets a frequent mention. Different sport I know but surely gives them a base to adapt the technology at least.
rdd
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Seems that the onscreen and metadata contract for in game and player performance data for the Bundesliga has been awarded to a new unit within Amazon Web Services wef Fri 17 Jan 2020, the resumption following the mid season break. I can't see them developing software whollly for use within the Bundesliga so watch this space for expansion across European and World Football in the coming months and years. AWS started getting screen credits as this contract started too.
They have been at least sponsoring statistics in the NFL for a good while now, not sure if they have anything to do with the actual provision but “NextGen Stats powered by AWS” gets a frequent mention. Different sport I know but surely gives them a base to adapt the technology at least.