Foxtel launches 4K cricket
Australian pay-TV operator Foxtel will broadcast all Australian men’s international cricket and KFC BBL games in 4K during the forthcoming Australian summer on a new dedicated channel that marks the…
Astro kicks off 4K broadcasts
Malaysian digital media company Astro is claiming an historic milestone with the August 12th launch of the nation’s first live 4K UHD broadcast, showcasing two live English Premier League games…
Cineworld launches first ScreenX in the UK
UK cinema chain Cineworld has introduced cinemagoers to a what it describes as a revolutionary new cinema technology called ScreenX at Cineworld Greenwich O2. ScreenX is the world’s first multi-projection…
LG goes on OLED push
IHS Markit says that the global OLED TV market is likely to grow to 2.54 million units sold this year, compared with just 300,000 in 2013. By 2022 the market…
European Championships: UHD High Frame Rate trials
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) will be leading trials with several EBU Members and industry partners of production workflows to shoot, process, record, and distribute live Ultra High Definition (UHD)…
BBC UHD trials: 1.6m requests
Following the BBC’s Ultra HD trials this summer, the Corporation has revealed that BBC iPlayer received over 1.6 million requests for its live Ultra HD coverage of the World Cup…
ABI: 4K TVs propelling flat panel TV market
The rapid and increasing number of worldwide 4K flat panel TV shipments over the past few years is contributing to the overall growth of the global flat panel TV market.…
Virgin TV adds BT Sport in 4K
From July 30th, UK multiplay operator Virgin Media will be adding the BT Sport 4K UHD channel to its top TV bundles at no extra cost. The move follows Virgin…
Panavision: “Start thinking of 8K, then 16K and 32K”
Chris Chinnock, founder and president of consultants Insight Media and organiser of last week’s QLED & Advanced Display Summit held in Hollywood, quotes one of his speakers saying that the…
Samsung offers 800 works of art
Samsung has launched ‘The Frame’ – what it describes as “lifestyle TV” – an attempt to populate the TV set with choices from a portfolio of 800 works of art.…