Sky 3D has announced plans for “groundbreaking” one-off film Pandas 3D. The 60 minute documentary will showcase the highly endangered giant pandas in the Wolong National Nature Reserve in China. Sky’s director of 3D John Cassy commented: “Giant Pandas have an enduring appeal – we have seen time and time again how fascinated people are […]
In what it describes as a “one-off experiment”, Sky is transmitting the second pre-season Formula One test in Barcelona in 3D. Sky has the rights to show live all Formula One races in the UK, with 2013 marking the second year of its coverage, launching a dedicated Sky F1 HD channel in 2012. The test […]
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE, together with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Abertis Telecom, SAPEC, Sony, Apuntolapospo and URL La Salle have demonstrated the first Ultra High Definition 1 (UHDTV 1) DVB-T2 broadcast, in Barcelona at the MWC. The terrestrially distributed transmission, using 3840×2160 pixel resolution known as UHD-1 – four times the resolution of current […]
Sky Italia is following in the wheeltracks of its British counterpart by launching its first HD channel exclusively dedicated to Formula 1 – Sky Sport F1 HD. The new HD channel will broadcast live all the 2013 Grand Prix races, ten of which will be exclusively live. Along with the live broadcasting of the races’ […]
This weekend is Carnival in Rio, as well as in many other countries in the build-up to ‘Fat Tuesday’ (Mardi Gras) events around the world. TV has the Rio de Janeiro event well covered with TV Globo and Japan’s NHK using around 150 technicians to cover the event. The signals are also being streamed on […]
Sky and Formula 1 will bring viewers another world first with live F1 coverage on Sky 3D from the third test at the Circuit de Catalunya Sky 3D viewers can watch live coverage of Formula 1 across all four days of the third test from February 28th to March 3rd at the Circuit de Catalunya. […]
CBS Sport says it will use up to 70 cameras to capture this Sunday’s 47th Super Bowl game in New Orleans, and six of them will be native 4K high frame-rate For-A FT-One cameras. The units will be used to circle the ground and cover the action from every angle. Additional ‘beauty cams’ will include […]
Japan’s Asahi newspaper has reported that that Japanese public broadcaster NHK will start transmitting 4K signals in July 2014 – some two years ahead of its anticipated start. Initial transmissions will be from satellite, quickly followed by digital terrestrial broadcasting. The transmissions will coincide with the Brazil 2014 football World Cup games, according to Asahi. […]
A report from international market research and consulting firm NSR – Ultra-HD via Satellite – finds, over the long term, Ultra-HD channels represent a respectable, but niche opportunity for satellite companies. This nascent market is expected to start at a low base in 2015 with just 15 channels being demanded by the global cable TV, […]
The technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) practice at Deloitte has revealed its predictions for the media sector in 2013. Jolyon Barker, global lead for Deloitte’s technology, media and telecommunications industry, comments: “Deloitte predicts that the television industry in 2013 will commence the roll-out the next generation of high definition TV, known as 4K, offering four […]