May 1 2019
Japan’s Nikkei Asian Review reports that Chinese mobile giant Huawei is working on 5G televisions. The report says that the displays could also be 8K capable. If correct, it could be a TV industry first. The TVs will be equipped with a 5G module as well as a high-end 8K resolution display, sources familiar with the […]
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 […]
Apr 10 2017
Cairo-based satellite operator Nilesat is to invest $300 million in a new satellite (and its launch costs), Nilesat 301. Further details on its build and launch plans are not yet available. The report comes fresh after news that Nilesat is to ‘partner’ with New Delhi-based Tata Communications in a new service for delivering regional media […]
Apr 3 2017
Japan is on track to meet its target of take-up of UHD TV by 50% of the country’s viewers by 2020, according to Suga Masayuki. The deputy director of Japan’s ministry of internal affairs and communications said that 4K and 8K full satellite licences were issued to 19 channels operated by 11 organisations in January […]
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 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 […]
Jul 14 2015
Worldwide shipments of 8K Ultra High Definition TVs will climb from just 2,700 units in 2015 to 911,000 units in 2019, according to IHS. The research firm claims that the advent of 8K broadcasting in Japan for the 2020 Olympics will spur a “new round of resolution increases” and that large, 65-inch screen TVs will […]
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Dec 16 2019
LG TVs first to exceed official industry definition for 8K Ultra HD TVs
SEOUL, Dec. 16, 2019 – LG Electronics (LG) announced that its TVs are the first in the world to exceed the strict requirements established by the Consumer Technology Association to define the new generation of 8K Ultra HD products and services delivering four times more detail than 4K TV and 16 times more than HDTV. […]
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By Expat • 8K/UHD, LG • Tags: 8K Ultra HD, LG, OLED 8K