{"id":10786,"date":"2018-01-04T12:21:49","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T17:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/olympic-channel-debuts-first-original-vr-series\/"},"modified":"2018-01-04T12:21:49","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T17:21:49","slug":"olympic-channel-debuts-first-original-vr-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/olympic-channel-debuts-first-original-vr-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Channel Debuts First Original VR Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic Channel is debuting today ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games its first original series using virtual reality, <em>Trending Gold<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Trending Gold<\/em> marks Olympic Channel\u2019s first original series and content to be filmed entirely in 360 VR, and\u00a0was produced exclusively for the channel by Jaunt.\u00a0The multi-part series features additional immersive content, including 360-degree video, behind-the-scenes episodes and other short-form videos available on the global platform. Full episodes will be available on many major VR headset systems, as well as the Jaunt mobile app.<\/p>\n<p>The series features nine athletes and Olympic hopefuls representing six countries across four different sports, including snowboard big air, alpine skiing, short track speedskating and bobsleigh. The series uses VR storytelling to show viewers how the athletes train and prepare for the chance to compete at an Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Trending Gold<\/em>\u00a0is an innovative new series that uses technologies such as virtual reality and 360-dergee video to bring viewers inside the personal worlds of several winter athletes, creating an immersive and engaging experience for our fans,\u201d said\u00a0Mark Parkman, the general manager of the IOC\u2019s global Olympic Channel. \u201cFinding new ways to connect the stories behind our sports with our audiences through new series like\u00a0<em>Trending Gold<\/em>\u00a0is a key strategy as we continue to evolve the Olympic Channel global platform.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic Channel is debuting today ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games its first original series using virtual reality, Trending Gold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1775,2658],"class_list":["post-10786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-olympic-channel","tag-trending-gold","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Olympic Channel Debuts First Original VR Series - TVREAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/olympic-channel-debuts-first-original-vr-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Olympic Channel Debuts First Original VR Series - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Olympic Channel is debuting today ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games its first original series using virtual reality, Trending Gold.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/olympic-channel-debuts-first-original-vr-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-01-04T17:21:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/logo.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/olympic-channel-debuts-first-original-vr-series\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/olympic-channel-debuts-first-original-vr-series\/\",\"name\":\"Olympic Channel Debuts First Original VR Series - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-01-04T17:21:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-01-04T17:21:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/olympic-channel-debuts-first-original-vr-series\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/olympic-channel-debuts-first-original-vr-series\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/olympic-channel-debuts-first-original-vr-series\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Olympic Channel Debuts First Original VR Series\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\",\"name\":\"Sara Alessi\",\"description\":\"Sara Alessi is the associate editor of World Screen. 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