Advanced Television

Ultra-HD/4K

Harmonic, AsiaSat launch new UHD channel

Harmonic, a specialist in video delivery infrastructure, and AsiaSat, Asia’s premier satellite operator, have announced a partnership to launch a new Ultra HD channel 4K-SAT2/HVN’, AsiaSat’s second free-to-air UHD channel on AsiaSat 4 at 122 degrees East for Asia-Pacific. Launching on the new channel on March 1st will be 4K video content from Harmonic’s broad […]

January 20, 2016

Rogers lines up 4K NHL

Fresh from delivering the first-ever live 4K sports broadcast in North America on January 14th, Canadian communications and media company Rogers is claiming another first – producing and broadcasting the first-ever NHL game in 4K. The game will be a Hockey Night in Canada telecast produced by Sportsnet and available to Rogers customers with NextBox […]

January 19, 2016

4K PVR from Bell

Canadian multimedia company Bell is raising the 4K stakes by confirming that its Fibe TV customers in Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa and Québec City can now purchase Bell’s new 4K Whole Home PVR, which it describes as the most advanced 4K PVR available today. The new Fibe TV 4K Whole Home PVR is the smallest available […]

January 19, 2016

ATEME powers Globo Play 4K

Latin America commercial TV network Globo has deployed ATEME’s TITAN stream processing system to power 4K content on its new OTT multi-screen services. The newly-launched Globo Play services are available on Smart TVs, PCs, smartphones and tablets. The first TV shows to benefit from this UHD resolution will be the 2014 mini-series Dupla identidade, followed […]

January 19, 2016

4K NBA on BT Sport, Rogers

Canadian communications and media company Rogers, the US National Basketball Association and UK broadcaster BT Sport are set to deliver the first live NBA game in 4K. Rogers’ Sportsnet brings Canadians the Toronto Raptors vs. the Orlando Magic on January 14th, live from The O2 Arena in London. Rogers’ cable customers can tune their NextBox […]

January 14, 2016

SES channel growth tops 11%

Satellite operator SES says its channel growth has exploded over the past year, rising by 11.3 per cent. It is now carrying 7,268 channels and says its strongest growth “is in emerging markets”. Growth is also occurring in HDTV broadcasting, and SES says that its Ultra-HD confirmed channel count now amounts to seven channels with […]

January 13, 2016By Chris Forrester

Consumer group: 8K chatter confuses 4K message

A senior representative of US consumer body Consumer Reports has questioned the need for television manufacturers to showcase 8K sets at the recent CES 2016 show in Las Vegas at a time when industry has taken great strides in raising public awareness of 4K/UHD. Writing on consumerreports.org, Glenn Derene, Director of Content Development, noted that […]

January 11, 2016By Colin Mann

More logo confusion on 4K/UHD

Last week at the Las Vegas CES show Panasonic unveiled an impressive addition to its Ultra-HD line-up of 4K models, a LCD unit (branded the DX900 model) described as the world’s first ‘Ultra HD Premium’ displays.  The units will be available in 58” and 65” versions.  Not to be undone, Samsung and LG also cite […]

January 11, 2016By Chris Forrester

Videocon d2h revamps 4K output

Indian DTH pay-TV giant Videocon d2h is re-working how it supplies Ultra HD programming to consumers. “Our focus is on creating the highest-quality consumer experience possible. We will be focusing on providing a variety of content as the demand for 4K UHD content continues to increase and evolve. Our new 4K UHD content is another […]

January 8, 2016By Chris Forrester

Live ATSC 3.0 broadcast delivers 4K HDR

With its first live over-the-air broadcast of 4K Ultra HD TV with high dynamic range (HDR) using the new ATSC 3.0 Candidate Standard, digital television pioneer LG Electronics (LG) is ushering in the era of next-generation television broadcasting at CES 2016. The landmark broadcast, from Las Vegas station KHMP-TV’s transmitter on Nevada’s Black Mountain, is […]

January 7, 2016