Mediacorp will deliver a live telecast of Singapore’s 54th National Day Parade (NDP 2019) in 4K resolution on its OTT platform Toggle on August 9th, marking the first-ever live content delivery in UHD in Singapore. Toggle users have also been invited to a closed trial of this 4K event, where they will get to experience […]
Insight TV, the 4K UHD HDR broadcaster and producer of native UHD content, is creating two music series with the world-famous music festival Tomorrowland as its backdrop. The stylish 4K HDR productions will focus on the antics of the people who come back to this fairytale festival year after year, as well as the globally […]
Findings from Hub Entertainment Research’s Evolution of the TV Set study indicate a disparity between feature availability and consumer awareness, as well as a strong brand awareness lead for Roku over Amazon Fire. Highlights from the study: 1) Many consumers with 4K TV sets don’t know where to find 4K content—even though most subscribe to […]
IT and network technology specialist NEC Corporation has confirmed the successful transmission of live 8K video using 5G at the recent French Grand Slam tennis tournament at Roland-Garros. This demonstration was carried out in cooperation with France’s largest television station, France Télévisions, and 8K broadcasting equipment manufacturers. In this demonstration, NEC’s VC-8900 8K material transmission encoder, […]
UK multiplay operator EE has unveiled a new range of EE Home Broadband plans that include Apple TV 4K and access to BT Sport. With Apple TV 4K, customers can easily access TV shows and movies through the Apple TV app and by using Siri, as well as enjoy thousands of other apps, including games, […]
The recent 8K Display Summit in New York saw speaker after speaker explain why they thought 8K displays would break through into the mass market, and not just for viewers in Asia. Florian Friedrich (Principal, FF Pictures) argued that many prejudices needed to be addressed. He said: “Some people say you need to sit 60 […]
The BBC is providing coverage of all 18 courts in HD live for the first time ever at Wimbledon for 2019. In addition, BBC Sport’s digital service at Wimbledon will be larger than ever this year. The BBC’s ultra-high definition trials are being expanded, so that viewers with compatible TVs will be able to watch […]
Mumbai-based Travelxp 4K continues its dramatic expansion across the world, and Malaysia’s Measat is the latest platform to add the Ultra HD channel to its portfolio. The international travel channel will join MEASAT’s leading UHD video neighbourhood at 91.5°E, where it will be distributed to television platforms and operators in more than 100 countries across […]
Major post-production and TV facilities house The Farm says that the shift to Ultra-HD in production, especially drama, is near-total. “It is safe to say that at least 75 per cent of our Drama clients are now working in UHD, and a big chunk of high-end Factual are also fully in UHD. Then our OTT […]
Rome-based facility house DBW Communication used two 4K OB trucks to serve the 87th Rome Piazza di Siena Master d’Inzeo international equestrian event in Rome, at the famous Villa Borghese. DBW beamed more than 15 hours in UHD to Italian public broadcaster RAI and Eurosport while at the same time supplying the Rolex-sponsored event in […]