Sep 15 2016
Japan’s public broadcaster NHK has recorded an 8K programme in an international coproduction with French art museum the Louvre, for test broadcasts of 8K (Super Hi-Vision). This marks the first international coproduction to be created entirely in 8K. NHK says it hopes that the high regard that the Louvre, the world’s most famous art museum, […]
Sep 12 2016
Japanese public broadcaster NHK has unveiled plans to develop a new ‘ultra-thin’ OLED-based 8K display technology at IBC. NHK is showing a 1mm-thick lightweight OLED display on its stand which it said would ultimately be developed as a plastic rollable screen designed for consumers to pull down and watch 8K images in the home. An […]
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. […]
Apr 5 2016
Japan’s plans for the introduction of 4K and 8K transmissions were explained in detail at MIPTV’s dedicated UHD sessions in Cannes, April 4th. There are already some 4K test transmissions on air, notably from SkyPerfecTV, but MIPTV delegates heard (from Yoshiharu Kashima, NHK’s senior manager/programming, that its transmissions would start on August 1st 2016, and […]
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 […]
Sep 4 2015
NHK will have what it describes as the world’s first 85” 8K LCD (“Super Hi-Vision”) display on show at IBC next week. The display will also have High Dynamic Range (HDR) technology built in. The unit’s screen displays 7680 horizontal pixels x 4320 pixels height. The contrast ratio is claimed to be 100,000 : 1 […]
Dec 1 2014
Japanese public broadcaster NHK has been at the forefront of advances in video technology with its ambitious plan to deliver content in 8K, or “Super Hi-Vision” (SHV). Previously NHK had planned to begin testing 8K broadcasts in 2020, but once the International Olympic Committee (IOC) chose Tokyo to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, […]
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Jan 12 2018
NHK to cover Winter Paralympics in 8K
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 […]
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By Expat • 8K/UHD, Japan, South Korea • Tags: 8K, NHK, Super Hi-Vision, Winter Paralympics