Jan 12 2018
Japanese broadcaster NHK has announced they will broadcast live coverage of the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games that will be held 9-18 March in South Korea. It is the first time that NHK has shown a Winter Paralympics live. BROADCAST DETAILS NHK General TV ・ Opening Ceremony on 9 March from 7:30 pm JST (airing […]
Sep 15 2016
Japan’s public broadcaster NHK has recorded an 8K programme in an international coproduction with French art museum the Louvre, for test broadcasts of 8K (Super Hi-Vision). This marks the first international coproduction to be created entirely in 8K. NHK says it hopes that the high regard that the Louvre, the world’s most famous art museum, […]
Sep 12 2016
Japanese public broadcaster NHK has unveiled plans to develop a new ‘ultra-thin’ OLED-based 8K display technology at IBC. NHK is showing a 1mm-thick lightweight OLED display on its stand which it said would ultimately be developed as a plastic rollable screen designed for consumers to pull down and watch 8K images in the home. An […]
Aug 26 2016
Ultra-HD/4K is far from mainstream at present, however many industry players are already looking to the ‘next step’ in TV’s quest for higher resolution. Japan’s public broadcaster NHK, along with the nation’s two giant electronics specialists, Sony and Panasonic, are to cooperate in order to further develop technology for TV’s capable to handle 8K video […]
Aug 10 2016
NHK in Japan has been test-broadcasting its 8K services for a week. The coverage includes time-delayed transmissions of the Rio Olympics, plus other documentary and drama productions made in 8K ‘Super Hi-Vision’. The Japanese public, however, cannot see the tests on domestic receivers. Instead NHK has set up ‘public viewing’ demonstrations in six locations around […]
Aug 7 2016
The Olympic Broadcasting Services will record and air 8K video coverage with 22.2 channel surround sound as well as VR. Over 130 hours of the total 7,000 hours of footage shot will be in 8K Super Hi-Vision meaning 7680 x 4320 resolution pictures. These will be broadcast across the globe to Japan where it can […]
Aug 7 2016
NBC in the United States is leading the way here The network plans to broadcast hundreds of hours of ultra HD coverage during the Rio Games. It will cover athletics, swimming, men’s football, and judo using the technology, which is four times high definition. However, there will be on a 24-hour time delay, given the […]
Aug 2 2016
Japan’s public service broadcaster, NHK, has launched the world’s first broadcast channel in 8K resolution. The plan is to broadcast the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in 8K into consumers’ living rooms. NHK has helped form technical standards for decades and has been working on 4K and 8K – or Super Hi-Vision – for several years now. […]
Aug 1 2016
Japanese public broadcaster NHK has started 4K and 8K ultra HD test broadcasting on its satellite channels, with the aim of fine-tuning the technology and popularising its use before the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Currently viewers cannot watch 8K broadcasting with conventional television sets or tuners. NHK has sited 8K public viewing […]
Apr 5 2016
Japan’s plans for the introduction of 4K and 8K transmissions were explained in detail at MIPTV’s dedicated UHD sessions in Cannes, April 4th. There are already some 4K test transmissions on air, notably from SkyPerfecTV, but MIPTV delegates heard (from Yoshiharu Kashima, NHK’s senior manager/programming, that its transmissions would start on August 1st 2016, and […]
Sep 4 2015
NHK will have what it describes as the world’s first 85” 8K LCD (“Super Hi-Vision”) display on show at IBC next week. The display will also have High Dynamic Range (HDR) technology built in. The unit’s screen displays 7680 horizontal pixels x 4320 pixels height. The contrast ratio is claimed to be 100,000 : 1 […]
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Mar 5 2019
NHK to start simultaneous online streaming in Japan
The Cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe approved a bill Tuesday to revise the broadcast law to allow NHK to start simultaneous online streaming of its television programmes. “We would like to meet public demand for the ability to watch programs on their smartphones,” communications minister Masatoshi Ishida said. The bill is expected to […]
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By Expat • Japan, Online • Tags: 2020 Tokyo Olympics, NHK, Shinzo Abe