Speakers at a MIPTV 4K Ultra HD Conference session on ‘The New Ultra HD Broadcasters’ have expressed their confidence in the prospects for the format, admitting their roles in launching such services has enable many valuable lessons to be learned. Dr Michael Schiffer, CEO EnStyle/pearl.tv noted that although there is widespread availability of 4K capture […]
Bill Baggelaar, SVP Post Production Technologies, Sony Pictures, has suggested that his role “and passion” at the studio is to help bring innovation and new equipment as much as possible to productions, whether they be features or television products. “This is for the purpose of allowing us to tell stories more compellingly in creative ways,” […]
Event organiser Reed MIDEM has revealed that Japan has been named the MIPCOM 2016 Country of Honour. MIPCOM, the world’s entertainment content B2B trade event, takes place in Cannes, France, from 17-20 October 2016, with senior Japanese government officials suggesting the status will allow the country even greater scope to showcase its work in 4K […]
Speakers at a MIPTV 4K Ultra HD Conference session on the opportunities for drama and high-end theatrical screenings agreed on the suitability of the genres for the format, but agreed that a range of technical and production challenges needed to be addressed. Andy King, Head of Technology Television at the BBC, noted that standards were […]
Japan’s plans for the introduction of 4K and 8K transmissions were explained in detail at MIPTV’s dedicated UHD sessions in Cannes, April 4th. There are already some 4K test transmissions on air, notably from SkyPerfecTV, but MIPTV delegates heard (from Yoshiharu Kashima, NHK’s senior manager/programming, that its transmissions would start on August 1st 2016, and […]
Daniele Gauna, Senior Sport Production Technology Consultant with Infront in Italy, told delegates at the MIPTV 4K Ultra HD Conference that with the popularity of football in the country it made the sport a natural platform to carry out tests of 4K technology. Its first such test had taken place in the San Siro stadium […]
TERN (Television Entertainment Reality Network) International has confirmed the launch of INSIGHT TV in HD in the UK on the Sky platform and in Spain in UHD with Vodafone. UK – HD The channel will launch on Sky’s digital satellite platform in HD. INSIGHT TV’s exclusive and original programming such as SpartanX, Dracula and Power […]
German TV industry trade body the DTVP’s Ultra HD Working Group and the DTG’s UK UHD Forum is to hold the second joint Plugfest on April 12th – 13th, at the DTG’s headquarters in Vauxhall, London. This follows the success of the first joint UHD Plugfest which took place in Berlin last December. The second […]
Andy King, Technology Controller BBC Television, talks about the broadcaster’s commitment to UHD, what they are learning as they trial the first drama shoots, and the importance of agreeing some standards. [bitsontherun v8oWKXBL-ni7dlelE]
The broadcast industry is well placed to see an expansion of 4K Ultra HD as 2016 progresses, according to speakers at the opening session of the MIPTV 4K Ultra HD Conference Programme. Representing a range of technology, infrastructure and programmers, the speakers revealed a growth in the availability of equipment, delivery platforms and content that […]