3D is the dog that didn’t bark. Bringing pictures ‘to life’ was to bring (another) renaissance to movie theatres and provide another whole new replacement market for big screen TVs. Avatar, James Anderson’s 2009 blockbuster about persecuted blue humanoid alien forest dwellers, was to be the start of something big and game changing. It turned […]
Following the July award by UK regulator Ofcom to communications infrastructure and media services company Arqiva of the two new HD Digital Terrestrial TV multiplexes in the 600MHz band in July 2013, the company has confirmed that international news and current affairs channel Al Jazeera English HD will be available to over 50 per cent […]
Discovery, as well as being an investor in 3net which is already shooting programming in Ultra-HD, is also fancying 4K/Ultra HD content. Glenn Oakley, Discovery’s EVP/media technology is a fan. He was previously EVP/GM at Rainbow Media’s Rush HD, part of Rainbow’s VOOM high-resolution service. Speaking to Multichannel News, Oakley said Discovery was always looking […]
Sky Italia has unveiled details of its “Musei Vaticani 3D” production. For the first time, Ultra HD 4K/3D cameras enter the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel for a programme with new original images recorded through this cutting-edge technology. Last June, Sky Italia’s troupe had the opportunity to shoot the Vatican Museums for an entire […]
Grass Valley has revealed it will provide Russian satellite broadcaster NTV Plus with several of its innovative live production solutions to deliver multichannel sports production for the 2014 Winter Games to be held in Sochi, Russia, February 7-23, 2014. These solutions include a K2 Summit production client with a K2 Storage Area Network (SAN), GV […]
Consumer electronics leader Samsung Electronics and satellite operator Eutelsat Communications are teaming up to combine their expertise to partner on the promotion of Ultra-HD. The two companies have launched a dedicated Ultra-HD satellite channel that can be received directly by Samsung’s latest Ultra-HD TVs with embedded satellite receivers and incorporating the Samsung Evolution Kit which […]
As revealed exclusively by advanced-television.com August 28th, a group of broadcast industry players is to demonstrate a true 4K Ultra HD Television, end-to-end video transmission over satellite to the RAI Convention Center in Amsterdam during IBC2013. This milestone will mark the first time a full multi-camera production of a sports event has been captured in […]
As part of Sky’s on-going innovation in technology, on August 31st its research and development teams successfully broadcast the UK’s first ever live event in Ultra HD at its West London HQ. The broadcaster filmed Saturday’s 3pm Premier League football match between West Ham and Stoke City and transmitted the whole match live over satellite […]
Jamie Hindhaugh, the COO of BT Sport, has become the latest industry insider to dismiss the future of 3D TV. Hindhaugh has first hand experience of 3D programming after overseeing the BBC’s Olympic coverage in 2012: “I did the Olympics in 3D and it was the biggest waste of time I did. No-one ever watched […]
A growing market and ecosystem is forecast for Ultra HD technology by the US’s Consumer Electronics Association. The analysis, contained in a new report – Ultra High-Definition: State of the Industry – provides a snapshot of the emerging Ultra HD market, with overviews of key industry segments including content development, production, and delivery, as well […]