Dec 23 2016
Amazon’s show The Grand Tour is already breaking records after just one episode. The show was Amazon’s most watched premiere, the company announced Monday, taking the No. 1 spot from the record-breaking debut of its series The Man in the High Castle. Millions of Prime members streamed the first episode of Grand Tour in the […]
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 […]
Aug 30 2016
Sky has confirmed to TechRadar that it is looking hard at HDR as it peers beyond the imminent rollout of its Ultra HD Sky Q service to the next big jump in quality broadcasting. Normally at the cutting edge of television technology, Sky has found itself behind rivals in the rollout of 4K UHD, not […]
Aug 30 2016
Sky has confirmed to TechRadar that it is looking hard at HDR as it peers beyond the imminent rollout of its Ultra HD Sky Q service to the next big jump in quality broadcasting. Normally at the cutting edge of television technology, Sky has found itself behind rivals in the rollout of 4K UHD, not […]
Aug 16 2016
Looking to arrive at a standard of performance for new generation 4K Ultra HDTVs with high dynamic range (HDR) and a wide color gamut, Samsung recently commissioned the development of a new Ultra HD HDR Reference Test Disc and corresponding PC-based work flow to help product reviewers, professional calibrators and others properly test and evaluate […]
Aug 15 2016
By Ian Trow, Senior Director for Emerging Technologies and Strategy at Harmonic SAN JOSE, CALIF.—Ultra HD with high dynamic range, or UHD HDR: Everyone is talking about it, but few are doing it. Those companies that do have UHD-capable cameras and UHD HDR content are few and far between. Last year NASA partnered with Harmonic […]
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 29 2016
Luxembourg, 29 July 2016 – SES S.A. (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) reports financial results for the six months ended 30 June 2016. H1 2016 HIGHLIGHTS Strong business foundations excluding non-comparables in H1 2015 • Revenue of EUR 956.8 million, down 4.2% as reported (-4.8% at constant FX[1]) • EBITDA of EUR 699.8 […]
Jul 19 2016
Showcasing the latest in TV technology, Brazil’s Globo, Latin America’s biggest network, will from Monday offer its flagship production “Dangerous Liaisons (Ligações Perigosas)” in 4K High Dynamic Range to users of its Globo Play VOD service. Netflix (“Marco Polo”), Amazon (“Mozart in the Jungle”) and Vudu already offer content in 4K HDR, a standard backed […]
Jul 18 2016
Chinese display manufacturer Hisense has unveiled the world’s cheapest 100-inch high-end TV display, and says it is determined to become the world’s dominant supplier of large-format LCD displays. The company’s latest promised offering, a 100” LED laser projection unit, is to be priced at just over $10,000 (€9000) which sounds expensive but rival Japanese displays […]
Jul 18 2016
Chinese display manufacturer Hisense has unveiled the world’s cheapest 100-inch high-end TV display, and says it is determined to become the world’s dominant supplier of large-format LCD displays. The company’s latest promised offering, a 100” LED laser projection unit, is to be priced at just over $10,000 (€9000) which sounds expensive but rival Japanese displays […]
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Feb 17 2017
New Apple TV capable of streaming 4K & with HDR?
The company is testing a new Apple TV capable of streaming ultra-high-definition 4K. It may not be enough to take on Amazon and Roku Earlier this month, Apple Inc. poached the chief of Amazon’s Fire TV unit to run its television operations. Timothy D. Twerdhal brings hardware and content experience to his new gig, and […]
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By Expat • UK Media News, United Kingdom • Tags: 4K/UHD, Apple TV, HDR