LG Electronics (LG) has agreed key partnerships with premier technology companies and content providers to offer consumers more high-quality 4K HDR (high dynamic range) content. LG’s new OLED TVs and Super UHD TVs in 2016 are designed to support the current industry-standard HDR formats such as HDR10 and Dolby Vision. LG, Dolby and Netflix collaborated […]
Enjoying a premium, full-featured Ultra High Definition in-home experience has been simplified for consumers as the UHD Alliance (UHDA), the inter-industry group charged with fostering the Ultra HD ecosystem and promoting the benefits of Ultra HD entertainment technology, today unveiled a consumer-facing logo to identify devices, content and services capable of delivering a premium experience […]
US cable MSO Comcast is claiming a world first with the installation of what the company believes to be the world’s first gigabit DOCSIS 3.1 modem on a customer-facing network. “The next-generation technology that will deliver gigabit Internet speeds moved from the laboratory to the living room late last month,” wrote Tony Werner, Executive Vice […]
Ericsson and Apple have agreed on a global patent licence agreement between the two companies. The agreement includes a cross licence that covers patents relating to both companies’ standard-essential patents (including the GSM, UMTS and LTE cellular standards), and grants certain other patent rights. In addition, the agreement includes releases that resolve all pending patent-infringement […]
The continued roll-out of 4K/UHD services has received a boost following the announcement of an updated royalty rate structure by independent licensing administrator HEVC Advance, following active engagement with market participants across the industry. The updates support accelerated adoption of HEVC in the marketplace for the benefit of both industry and consumers. “After our initial […]
A group of broadcast and media industry suppliers including Grass Valley, Imagine Communications, Lawo, Snell Advanced Media and Nevion have collaborated to form the Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS). This new, independent trade association’s mandate is to bring IP solutions to market that offer complete interoperability, are based on open standards, and integrate seamlessly […]
One-Blue has revealed that ARRIS has joined the One-Blue product licensing programme as a licensor. ARRIS joins the current programme licensors Columbia Technology Ventures, Cyberlink, Dell Global, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard Company, Hitachi, JVCKENWOOD, Koninklijke Philips, LG Electronics, Panasonic, Pioneer, Samsung Electronics, Sharp, Sony, Taiyo Yuden and Yamaha. “One-Blue is pleased to announce that ARRIS has joined […]
The UHD Alliance, which is made up of many 4K industry leaders including Hollywood’s major studios, says it has completed the premium specifications for Ultra-HD TV display screens, content and distribution. A formal announcement, and release of its full specifications, will take place at CES on January 4th. While most of the planned details emerged […]
Wrapping up a milestone year for next-generation television broadcasting, 10 more standards in the ATSC 3.0 suite of standards – including video encoding, Internet Protocol transport, electronic service guides and closed captioning – are moving toward “Candidate Standard” status this month, the Advanced Television Systems Committee. On the heels of approving the ATSC 3.0 transmission […]
Cartesian has announced that Farncombe, its wholly owned subsidiary and specialist in digital video, was appointed by AACS LA as the first Authorised Robustness Consultant (ARC) able to help manufacturers ensure the security of their next generation Ultra HD Blu-ray players meets the robustness requirements of the AACS2 Licences for implementations of the recently-released AACS2 […]