Various Eurovision units have followed up a successful 4K test from Kitzbühel, Austria a few weeks ago by setting up a similar showcase at the recent 2016 IBU Biathlon World Championships in Oslo –Holmenkollen. 4K cameras were placed at the venue in order to produce Ultra High Definition resolution content (clips) featuring sharp and crisp […]
French pay-TV operator Canal+ Group, a leading provider of premium channels, is partnering with quad-play operator Orange to launch its latest set-top box with a complete Ultra-HD offering including: Live events: Top rugby and football matches with a new UHD experience Original productions in UHD A selection of UHD movies, series and documentaries Content will […]
Media commentator Andrew Neil has predicted that Sky’s new premium-level pay-TV offering Sky Q will be the development that kick starts the market for Ultra HD TV. Delivering a ‘State of the Industry’ keynote address at the SES Satellite Monitor event in London, Neil, the launch Chairman of the original Sky DTH service in the […]
Famed movie director Ang Lee (Life of Pi, Hulk) says he is filming his next project in Ultra HD, 3D and High Dynamic Range (HDR) as well as using an ultra-smooth 120 frames/second format. The project, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, will be previewed at NAB next month in an April 16 Keynote during SMPTE’s […]
Toronto-based Blue Ant Media’s Love Nature streaming channel is investing in a joint-venture full-UHD production Camp Zambia. Blue Ant’s partner in the project is Plimsoll Productions, and the plan calls for some 50 hours of stunning wildlife and nature programming from a new production facility in Zambia. The series producers say they will record and […]
AT&T has confirmed that its DirecTV DTH satellite subsidiary will deliver the first-ever live 4K broadcast in the US with April’s Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club, marking the inaugural live event on the new DirecTV 4K Channel. “Golf’s premier event deserves the best viewing experience that 4K UHD on DirecTV provides,” said Dan […]
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 […]
Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs & Communications says the country is likely to have between 19 and 22 4K channels on air by 2018. Some Japanese broadcasters, notably JSAT’s SkyPerfecTV, are already transmitting UHD programming. The Ministry says that these 4K channels are a precursor to the even higher quality 8K ‘Super Hi Vision’ broadcasts […]
Cable MSO Liberty Global has no immediate plans to introduce 4K services on its networks, although it has confirmed that deployed set-top boxes would be 4K-capable. The remarks came during Liberty Global’s Q4 2015 Results Earnings Call, when CEO Mike Fries said that in terms of video pricing, he didn’t know whether 4K was going […]
International lifestyle and entertainment channel HIGH TV 4K is continuing its global roll out with the launch of the service in India Via Splendid Media. “It is indeed a major milestone for us, as an international 4K channel, to be present in India through a leading Media Company such as Splendid Media, with the highest […]