Advanced Television’s Nick Snow and Colin Mann (@colincmann) are in Cannes to provide regular coverage of MIPTV’s 4K Ultra HD Conference and Theatre Screenings, providing both video clips and panel summaries across all three days of the programme. Conference Chairman Chris Forrester will also be offering his own observations on proceedings Updates will be posted […]
Raymundo Barros, CTO at Globo TV, speaking at MIPTV’s Ultra HD event in Cannes, says that: “From now on, everything goes 4K”. Delegates heard that despite the technology challenges, Globo was now fully ready for 4K production. Its 10 studios were now equipped for high-end production. It had 45 4K cameras in position and in […]
Philips, via its licensing partner MMD, is launching a 5K high-end Ultra HD receiver. Designed for mostly professional use the 5120 x 2880 pixel unit manages to deliver four times as many pixels as a ‘standard’ Quad HD unit and 50 per cent more than a conventional Ultra-HD set. The unit measures just 27” so […]
NeuLion, a technology product and service provider specialising in the broadcasting, distribution and monetisation of live and on-demand digital video content to Internet-enabled devices, and Spanish multimedia communications group MEDIAPRO are teaming up to provide live 4K delivery of the upcoming match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, taking place at the Camp Nou Stadium […]
The huge MIPTV programming market in Cannes this coming week (April 4-7) will see three days of intense focus on 4K/UHD programming. Indeed, it is now clear that 2016 is likely to be the year when 4K does begin to break through to viewers around the world. The constant stream of positive news for 4K […]
Satellite services provider MEASAT Satellite Systems has agreed a deal with broadcaster Television Entertainment Reality Network International (TERN International) for the distribution of the INSIGHT UHD channel via the MEASAT-3a satellite. INSIGHT UHD is the second UHD channel distributed via the 91.5°E video neighbourhood. Marketed in Asia by Thema, Insight UHD is Asia’s first UHD […]
Japan is buying 4K/Ultra HD televisions at an impressive rate. Last year saw some 1.17 million sets bought, while 2016 is expected to see around 3.3 million UHD sets installed. But adoption is forecast (by Mitsubishi Research) to grow rapidly from 2017 onwards. Next year the data suggests that 6.8 million sets will be installed. […]
OTT platforms are ramping up the battle with pay-TV providers to offer 4K UHD content with the confirmation from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment that the studio’s new 4K Ultra HD movie streaming service, ULTRA, will debut April 4, 2016 on Sony 4K Ultra HD TVs with Android TV in the United States. “Consumers are rapidly […]
UHD is part of every broadcaster conversation but is it ready for the market – there are plenty of TVs being sold but what about standards, content capture, workflow and transmission? Chris Forrester chaired a discussion with senior representatives from BT Sport, Harmonic, Harmonic, Snell Advanced Media and Sony. [bitsontherun xioz1Mru-hLYU43gg]
2016 will be a key inflection point for the rollout of Ultra HD via satellite, according to NSR’s UltraHD via Satellite, 3rd Edition report. NSR forecasts over 785 Ultra HD channels by 2025, and satellite capacity required to carry bandwidth intensive Ultra HD channels will drive an added $280 million in annual leasing revenues. The […]