News reports out of Japan say that public broadcaster NHK is contemplating starting its ‘Super Hi-Vision’ 8K test transmissions in 2016, some 4 years sooner than originally planned. NHK had earlier specified 2020 as the target date in order to transmit the 2020 Olympic Games – and Tokyo is hoping to be the host city […]
Ateme, a provider of video compression solutions, has revealed that Taiwan Broadcasting System (TBS), the public and largest free to air broadcaster of the Republic of China, has selected Ateme’s Kyrion encoders to rollout HD for digital terrestrial television. “Ateme proposed a very attractive solution for our project” commented Chin-chang Chen, Engineering Manager, TBS. “This […]
France’s broadcasting regulator the Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel has launched six new HD DTT channels. HD1, L’Equipe 21, 6ter, Numéro 23, RMC Découverte et Chérie 25 are now available to one in two households in the urban areas. They are available for 29 per cent of households who receive DTT via a terrestrial antenna aerial. To […]
Japanese public broadcaster NHK is to broadcast its annual New Year’s Eve TV spectacular ‘Red & White Song Contest’ in Super Hi-Vision, the 8000-line high-end version of Ultra-HDTV. The telecasts will be beamed to two locations, Tokyo Tower and at a TV station in Yokohama. A statement said: “The public viewings will coincide with the […]
SES has announced that its German HD platform HD+ is adding its 15th channel. Deluxe Music HD will start on December 17th and broadcast its HD offering on the HD+ platform. Deluxe Music was launched 2005 in Germany and offers a high-end music programme now also in High Definition. Launched in November 2009, HD+ reaches […]
The DI workstation from DVS makes it possible to attain a frame rate and image quality that has never before been achieved in the cinema. With the current high frame rate release 5.3, CLIPSTER also allows cinema films to be mastered in high quality at 48 fps in 3D instead of the standard rate of […]
ESPN says its Latino service will transmit 10 to 20 events in 3D during 2013. A press reception in Buenos Aires, Argentina, heard channel bosses outline new services for second screens including tablets, and new web-sites as well as 3D activity. ESPN’s 3D coverage is to include Wimbledon tennis, soccer in the shape of the […]
Paul Kane, head of product research engineering at BSkyB, told a London conference that it was very much staying abreast of developments on Ultra-HD, and that this ‘next-generation’ video technology was a key part of its R&D responsibilities. “Ultra-HD is the next evolution of high-definition, with four times the resolution of HD. For us we […]
DirecTV is to revamp its channel output for its Latin American satellite output in the New Year, and in the process increase the number of HD channels on offer. The new line-up will contain 147 standard-def channels, and 42 HDTV services. The new channels include SD and HD channels such as Bravo, Lifetime, SyFy, Golf […]
News Corp-backed Sky Deutschland is already on record for its enthusiasm for ‘next generation’ Ultra-HD broadcasting. On Saturday December 1st it put its money into capturing a football match in 4K, probably the first game to be test-recorded anywhere on the planet. Brian Sullivan, CEO at Sky-D said the decision underlined the broadcaster’s position as […]