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Freeview tackles football with ad campaign

UK DTT service Freeview has unveiled a new advertising campaign ahead of the World Cup aimed at promoting the idea that there’s more to TV than football – even during the World Cup. The multi-platform campaign, entitled ‘Love or Hate Football,’ centres on a new TV ad, challenging viewers to watch whatever it is they […]

June 2, 2014

Eutelsat steps up Ultra-HD activity

Satellite operator Eutelsat Communications is ramping up its Ultra-HD activity with the launch of Europe’s first demo channel encoded in HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) and broadcasting at 50 frames per second with 10-bit colour depth (one billion colours – HEVC Main 10 profile). According to Eutelsat, these three parameters are key for creating a […]

May 27, 2014

New LatAm neighbourhood for SES

Satellite operator SES has launched a new video distribution neighbourhood for Latin America and a new antenna seeding programme for the NSS-806 satellite located at 47.5 degrees West. The new neighbourhood will provide fresh capacity for expansion of video channel delivery to cable head-ends throughout Latin America, as well as much-needed capability to accommodate the […]

May 16, 2014

Eurosport 360HD multi-feed for Roland Garros

Eurosport is accelerating the roll out of its exclusive live sport multi-feed service after agreeing a new distribution partnership with Telefonica in Spain. Eurosport 360HD debuted on Sky Deutschland in August 2013 with the US Open Grand Slam. Now the unique live multi-feed + multi event service will be accessible to subscribers of Telefonica in […]

May 16, 2014

Lynch: ‘Machine intelligence to power TV of the future’

Celebrated technologist Dr Mike Lynch has suggested that intelligent devices could play a major role in creating video content in the future. Lynch, who was CEO of Autonomy prior to its acquisition by HP for $11 billion in 2011, made the comments during the first Royal Television Society (RTS) and Institution of Engineering and Technology […]

May 14, 2014By Colin Mann

Awareness video boost for Ultra HDTV

Industry trade bodies the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group have joined forces to release an educational video created to help US consumer electronics retailers explain the benefits of Ultra High-Definition Television (Ultra HDTV) to consumers and ultimately drive sales of the emerging technology. The one-minute video is

April 30, 2014

Rai, Eutelsat validate 4K production

A documentary shot in Ultra HD/4kTV by Rai Strategie Tecnologiche in collaboration with Eutelsat has been given its first screening to industry experts and media in Rome. Directed by Lina Wertmüller, the documentary – Roma, Napoli, Venezia… in un crescendo rossiniano – exploits the exceptional image quality of 4K to display the artistic and cultural […]

April 15, 2014

FIFA: World Cup will be in 4K, and 8K

Football’s governing body FIFA says its upcoming World Cup tournament from Brazil will be carried by some broadcasters in 4K. Niclas Ericson, head of FIFA’s TV Division, speaking at MIPTV in Cannes, said FIFA was working 24/7 to capture the event, not only in HDTV, but also in 4K and even 8K. “We are working […]

April 9, 2014By Chris Forrester

Pope embraces 3D and 4K TV

Later this month, on April 27th, Pope Francis will canonise two previous pontiffs as saints in a lavish ceremony in St Peter’s Square, Rome. The event will be broadcast live in 3D by Sky Italia and carried on the 3D channels of BSkyB and Sky Deutschland, and also beamed around the world to cinemas in […]

April 1, 2014By Chris Forrester

China drives 4K sales

The December 23rd – February 2nd New Year/Chinese New Year period saw record sales of LCD TVs in China with 8.26 million units sold, an increase of 3.6 per cent over last year. According to IHS Technology, the sales have

March 26, 2014By Chris Forrester