Dec 1 2016
YouTube officially added support for 4K live streams Wednesday, allowing YouTubers and media partners to stream regular and 360-degree videos in ultra-high definition. “The image quality is just mind-blowing on screens that support it, and in 360 degrees … the clarity can truly transport you,” wrote YouTube senior product manager Kurt Wilms in a blog […]
Nov 22 2016
With awareness and interest on the rise, this holiday season could mark the shift in the 4K Ultra-High Definition (UHD) TV consumer base from early adopter to mass market audience. According to The NPD Group Connected Intelligence Home Entertainment Report, 2016 has seen steadily growing consumer interest regarding 4K. In fact, 38 per cent of […]
Oct 13 2016
HDR TV shipments will reach more than 4 million units in 2016 and grow to more than 30 million units by 2020, according to critical information, analytics and solutions source IHS Markit. The market for HDR-compatible TVs, defined as any sets compatible with basic HDR formats but utilising standard dynamic range displays, will be as […]
Oct 11 2016
With the goal of assuring quality consumer experience and interoperability between next-generation receivers and broadcast content, standards body the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) related to the development of Conformance Test Suite Development and Conformity Assessment programmes to support the implementation of the ATSC 3.0 next-generation television broadcast […]
Sep 28 2016
Snell Advanced Media (SAM) today announced that it has partnered with Los Angeles-based startup, Vista Studios, a Broadcast & Production facility located in the Westside Tech Hotspot, Playa Vista/Silicon Beach. The company has selected SAM’s technology for its 4K, state-of-the-art production studio. Vista Studios is a turnkey broadcast facility with four production stages, four production […]
Sep 15 2016
The emergence of two HDR formats, Dolby Vision and HDR10, and soon a third (HLG) – has raised concern about the beginning of a new format war. However, Dolby Vision is more and more being positioned as the premium format of the two while HDR10 will bring HDR to the masses. Vudu decided to support […]
Sep 14 2016
SES is providing demos of Ultra HD (UHD) with high dynamic range (HDR) on the exhibit floor and a demonstration of brand-new virtual-reality R&D via satellite in conjunction with Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI) Berlin. The first UHD demo offered a test channel with content produced by LG Electronics (launched in May during SES’s annual […]
Sep 9 2016
By 2020, 250 million TV viewers around the world will be ready to watch shows using High Dynamic Range (HDR) technology. According to a new report from Strategy Analytics’ Intelligent Home Group, annual worldwide sales of HDR-enabled TVs in 2020 will reach 58 million units, bringing the number of homes with at least one HDR-enabled […]
Sep 9 2016
Eutelsat is launching from the HOTBIRD video neighbourhood an Ultra HD channel showing HDR (High Dynamic Range) content using HLG (Hybrid Log-Gamma) technology, the new HDR standard developed by the BBC and NHK. Eutelsat has teamed up with 4EVER-2, the French collaborative project on Ultra HD, ATEME and Samsung to show the spectacular appeal of […]
Aug 22 2016
Sky Deutschland will launch two Ultra-HD sports channels on SES Astra’s 19.2 degrees East position shortly. While the precise date has not been unveiled, Sky Deutschland will show one game per each Bundesliga match day on Sky Sport Bundesliga UHD and selected games from the UEFA Champions League on Sky Sport UHD. “Sky customers will be […]
Aug 20 2016
As UHD (4K) video becomes more popular, there’s an ever-greater need to extend the length of cables transporting 4K. This is particularly true in the commercial and broadcast video fields, where it’s necessary to interconnect UHD equipment like video monitors, switches, routers, format converters, processors, distribution amplifiers, and others. Cable lengths vary, but can extend […]
UKTV stays on satellite until the end of the decade
CITV: Children’s TV channel will close in September
That’s TV secures licence for That’s Cinema
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
Dec 22 2016
UHD could be flop like 3D
A report from IHS Media & Technology Digest says the content side of the Ultra HD supply chain has been “slow to respond” in providing UHD programming to consumers. Report author Richard Cooper says that there are some 400 titles available in UHD across various platforms and formats, although the “vast majority” of these have […]
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By Expat • 4K UHD, UK Media News • Tags: Blu-ray 4K, IHS Media & Technology Digest, UHD Content, UHD TV