Mar 7 2016
Some of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will be covered in 8K ‘Super Hi-Vision’ (for Japan), and there will be 4K Ultra HD versions created for testing and comparison purposes. The 8K versions for Japan will include ‘immersive’ audio using what Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) describe as “3D 22.2 channel audio surround sound”. Some 130 […]
Nov 26 2015
Global LCD TV shipments for 2015 will total 216 million sets, according to forecast by WitsView, a division of TrendForce. This year’s shipments will represent a slight annual decline, for the first time since the shipment slide in 2013. In the short term, consumer spending will generally remain weak due to the sluggish pace of […]
Nov 23 2015
Satellite operator SES carried out a test broadcast of Saturday’s Real Madrid versus Barcelona football match in Ultra High Definition. SES transmitted the Spanish La Liga match via its Astra 1L satellite at 19.2 degrees East in partnership with Movistar+ and other industry partners. “A test live broadcast of a football match in Ultra High […]
Mar 13 2015
8K is “on track to go commercial in 2020,” according to CableLabs president and CEO, Phil McKinney. Speaking at Cable Congress in Brussels this week, McKinney said that J:COM (Jupiter Telecommunications), CableLabs’ biggest member in Japan, is on course to support 8K as part of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. “8K has some unique characteristics, because […]
Feb 13 2015
The forecasts for 4K/Ultra HD take-up this year have exceeded all expectations. 2014 saw around 200,000 UHD units sold in Britain (3 per cent of the market), and this year’s forecasts could see as many as 995,000 large-format 4K sets sold. The data comes from market analyst GfK, and were presented at the SES-sponsored 4K/Ultra […]
Feb 13 2015
Sky said that it is “not ruling out” the possibility of delivering 4K content over the web in the future in a similar way to Netflix, after staging early trials filming in the ultra HD format. Speaking at SES Ultra HD conference in London yesterday, Sky’s chief engineer of broadcast strategy, Chris Johns, said that […]
Oct 2 2014
According to an an update of where Ultra-HD/4K is today, a study by IHS-Consumer Electronics & Video Technology says the technology has “hit the ground running, and is about 10 years ahead of where HD TV was just two years after standards ratification”. However, IHS also issues a warning saying that pay-TV broadcasters might not […]
Feb 25 2014
25 February 2014, Shenzhen, China ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) has launched its 4K p60 Ultra HD set top box (STB), the ZXV10 B803, at Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona. The ZXV10 B803 is designed based on the Broadcom BCM 7252 chip, and supports the 4Kx2KP60 decoding capability, which can decode Ultra HD video with the […]
Oct 19 2012
The next generation of ‘4K’ high definition display technology will now be known as ‘Ultra High-Definition’ or ‘Ultra HD,’, according to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). Ultra high definition TVs have more than eight million pixels of resolution, four times the resolution of today’s high-definition televisions . CEA’s Board voted to endorse the consensus opinion […]
May 29 2012
ITU has recommended a new standard for Ultra High Definition Television (UHDTV). ITU’s Radio communication Sector (ITU-R) has developed the standard in collaboration with experts from the television industry, broadcasting organisations and regulatory institutions. Ultra High Definition Television (UHDTV) is capable of delivering a picture up to 16 times sharper than normal HD. The ITU’s […]
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Mar 29 2016
785 Ultra HD channels via satellite by 2025
More than 785 Ultra High Definition television channels will be delivered via satellite by 2025, according to Northern Sky Research (NSR). The research firm’s Ultra HD via Satellite, 3rd Edition report claims that by next year, “almost all regions worldwide” will have access to Ultra HD channels, while developing regions will receive UHD networks by […]
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By Expat • International News • Tags: Northern Sky Research, Ultra HD