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Jan 14 2015
NHK has confirmed it will conduct live 8K test transmissions at a popular festival. Japan’s major broadcaster NHK will be showcasing their advances towards 8K transmission by conducting live tests at the upcoming Sapporo Snow Festival. Sapporo was the venue for the 1972 Winter Olympics and NHK says that it will mount 8K cameras and […]
Nov 3 2014
HD+ – the leading provider of high-definition, free-to-air satellite channels to the German market – has joined the FreeTV Alliance, the broadcast industry association that was announced in September this year by Fransat, Freesat and Tivùsat to promote the harmonisation of free-to-view satellite TV services and technology across Europe. Addressing the European market initially, […]
Sep 9 2014
PARIS — France’s TV regulator has declined applications from three cable channels to become free-to-air, saying adding new competition could hurt an already struggling TV advertising market. The three channels are TF1’s all-news network LCI, M6’s arts channel Paris Premiere and CanalPlus’ documentary channel Planete+. They were seeking to move out of their cable berths […]
Sep 2 2014
President Vladimir Putin called for the pace of construction at the far-eastern Vostochny Cosmodrome to be picked up during a visit to the site on Tuesday, and pledged an extra 50 billion rubles ($1.3 billion) to help see the job through. Putin has made cosmodrome in the Amur region the centerpiece of Russia’s efforts to […]
Dec 18 2013
There has been some concern amongst the production community that Digital Europe’s ‘Beyond HD’ recommendation that their minimum standard for 4K/Ultra-HD displays should be set at an 8-bit depth for colour is simply not adequate. There was considerable argument at IBC over the proposal, with a general consensus that a colour bit-depth of 10-bit should […]
Aug 2 2013
BBC World News will launch its international HD channel on Arabsat on August 5. Arabsat will be the BBC’s first distribution partner in the Middle East to offer the news channel in HD. In January, BBC World News’ unveiled its new look, following a re-launch from the heart of the BBC Newsroom at Broadcasting House […]
BBC Radio 4 begins information campaign to transition listeners from Long Wave
Sky News launches international audio service
ITVX Kids launching in Summer 2023
CNN launches new FAST channel in Europe
More organisations join crusade to protect terrestrial television and radio
Channel launches and updates on Freeview
ITV announces closure of CITV
BBC switch from SD to HD on satellite
Joint UK/international BBC News service from March
Loss of channels on Freesat 4K TV Boxes after a reset
Mar 17 2015
Apple may be planning autumn web TV launch
Apple is reportedly planning to launch an online TV service this autumn in partnership with broadcasters including ABC, CBS and Fox. According to a news report from WSJ, Apple is in talks with US programmers and plans to offer a “slimmed-down” cable-style bundle of roughly 25 channels that will be available to view across Apple […]
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By Expat • International News • Tags: Apple