Oct 17 2015
Take a look at Insight TV at 19.2° East, it’s free-to-air and in English. There are two versions available, one in HD, the other in UHD, or watch live on their website. Website: www.insight.tv You can watch INSIGHT UHD and INSIGHT HD using the following settings on your satellite receiver: Insight UHD ASTRA 1KR (19.2° […]
Aug 3 2015
BT Media & Broadcast – BT Group’s international media services enterprise business – has confirmed that it will be delivering BT Sport’s new 4K Champions League sports content. The news follows BT Sport’s announcement in July that it will be launching the first live sports Ultra HD channel in Europe, BT Sport Ultra HD. The […]
Jul 30 2015
According to the worldwide TV market report from Futuresource Consulting, 4K TV shipments are expected to grow by 147 per cent in 2015, despite an overall 2 per cent fall in TV sales. Global TV sales rose in 2014 by 3 per cent to reach 235 million units, with trade value up to $94 billion. […]
Jul 6 2015
Japanese broadcaster Fuji Television Network has begun streaming 4K ultra-HD programmes online, becoming the first commercial broadcaster in the country to offer such a service. The service launched with a documentary based on Hashima Island, also known as ‘Battleship Island’, and a programme introducing illuminated spots in Tokyo. Fuji TV says it will soon screen […]
Apr 9 2015
The video compression vendor COGO, which has a heritage in the backhaul market but is now targeting the production and distribution segments, claims it can deliver high quality 4K content over the Internet and broadcast networks using H.264 (AVC) encoders and transcoders, avoiding the need for HEVC encoding. Although the company is developing an H.265 […]
Mar 5 2015
The DTG has highlighted the risks of over-promising on the 4k experience after the Advertising Standards Authority told DSG Retail not to re-run a Christmas ad implying that 4k TVs would show greater detail without supporting evidence, and to ensure they ‘clearly communicated the standard of quality that would be achieved’. DTG CEO Richard Lindsay-Davies […]
Jan 30 2015
According to a report from Transparency Market Research, the market for ultra-high definition (UHD) panels globally is estimated to reach $30.4 billion by 2020. In terms of volume sale, the market for UHD panels is expected to reach 5.7 million units by 2020, at a CAGR of 9.2 per cent from 2014 to 2020. Factors […]
Jan 13 2015
BBC R&D was lucky enough to be granted access to this year’s London New Year’s Eve Fireworks to undertake a test shoot of the festivities in “4k” Ultra High Definition (UHDTV) and Higher Dynamic Range (HDR). This blog describes the benefits of HDR and why it may be an important part of a future television […]
Dec 19 2014
Demand for UHD 4K TVs will hit 100 million units by 2018, according to Futuresource Consulting. According to the research group, demand for 4K sets will achieve a 72% compound annual growth rate between now and 2018. Futuresource expects 11.6 million UHD units to be shipped this year, up 700% year-on-year, with demand led by […]
Jun 5 2014
The BBC has announced today that in a trial with BT and Arqiva, they will broadcast the World Cup final, plus two other matches in Ultra HD (UHD) as part of ongoing experiments. This trial will be the first time that 4K resolution will be distributed over the DTT and IP infrastructure to a number […]
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 […]
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Nov 3 2015
Movistar Plus starts 4K transmissions
Telefónica’s IPTV platform Movistar Plus is launching 4K transmissions, with the first Ultra HD broadcasts of football matches from La Liga and Formula One races on the channels Canal + Liga and Canal Moto GP. Telefónica is using a bitrate three times more than in HD, with 30 Mbps under the codec HEVC or H,265. […]
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By Expat • International News • Tags: 4k, Movistar Plus, Telefónica