Blue Skye Entertainment, a Blue Ant Media and Smithsonian Networks joint venture, has launched its new, direct-to-consumer Love Nature 4K SVoD service in 32 countries worldwide, including UK, Australia, Germany, Mexico, New Zealand and Switzerland. On Love Nature, subscribers will enjoy a robust library of documentaries, series, featured themes and exclusive natural history scenes updated […]
TP Vision – which is licensed to manufacture Philips-branded TV sets in a number of territories – will continue to exhibit its long term policy of moving the company’s current top PQ processing technology from hi-end sets into the following year’s mid-range models with the introduction of the first-half 2016 product range. HDR performance will […]
Advantech and Vantrix have announced that the Advantech VEGA-3300 4K Live HEVC Encoding Accelerator has been integrated into the Vantrix Media Platform, bringing the benefits of low power broadcast quality HEVC live compression into high density multiscreen applications. “The powerful combination of Advantech and Vantrix technology brings more efficient broadcast quality HEVC live encoding to […]
Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs & Communications says the country is likely to have between 19 and 22 4K channels on air by 2018. Some Japanese broadcasters, notably JSAT’s SkyPerfecTV, are already transmitting UHD programming. The Ministry says that these 4K channels are a precursor to the even higher quality 8K ‘Super Hi Vision’ broadcasts […]
Cable MSO Liberty Global has no immediate plans to introduce 4K services on its networks, although it has confirmed that deployed set-top boxes would be 4K-capable. The remarks came during Liberty Global’s Q4 2015 Results Earnings Call, when CEO Mike Fries said that in terms of video pricing, he didn’t know whether 4K was going […]
Sony Electronics has confirmed the presale for its newest line-up of 4K HDR Ultra HD televisions, the XBR-X850D and the XBR-X930D/XBR-X940D series, with exclusive Sony picture enhancing technologies. According to Sony, the sets deliver a better 4K and HDR viewing experience as well as near 4K HDR Ultra HD quality up-converted from HD sources. “This […]
Japanese electronics company Sharp has already showcased 8K monitor screens. Indeed, at IBC last September the word got out that its beautiful 85” display, capable of delivering 16x the resolution of ‘ordinary’ HDTV, would be available for an eye-watering $133,000. In January, at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the concept was again […]
South Korea’s LG Display is back in the top position as far as shipments of Ultra-HD displays are concerned. Research specialist IHS says that the global market for UHD displays during Q4/2015 topped 11.25 million units, down slightly on the 11.52 million achieved during Q2 last year. Shipments fell back because of over-supply during Q4. […]
International lifestyle and entertainment channel HIGH TV 4K is continuing its global roll out with the launch of the service in India Via Splendid Media. “It is indeed a major milestone for us, as an international 4K channel, to be present in India through a leading Media Company such as Splendid Media, with the highest […]
Insight, an all-Ultra HD channel currently on air over much of Europe, Russia and Asia, is to launch in the US within the next few months. Rian Bester, broadcast operations adviser to TERN (the TV Entertainment Reality Network) which backs Insight, also told delegates at a ReelScreen ‘Keeping up with 4K’ conference that while some […]