Australian pay-TV operator Fox Sports’ 2019 cricket coverage in 4K is being delivered by Telstra Broadcast Services’ 4K fibre contribution transmission, making it the first Australian telco to offer 4K delivery capability in the country. Telstra Broadcast Services utilises mature third generation dedicated 4K hardware encoding. For Fox Sports, Telstra is supplying a full suite […]
Infront and Eurosport will this weekend broadcast the 3TRE FIS World Cup Night Slalom on Eurosport 4K Russia in Ultra HD. It will be the first time a FIS World Cup event will use the technology. Produced by Infront, in collaboration with Euroscena and DBW Communication, both runs from the race will be available to […]
French TV transmission services company TDF is launching a third pilot channel as part of UHD trials that are taking place in Paris area and the cities of Nantes and Toulouse, in partnership with TV regulatory body CSA. The new channel complements the two previous demo channels which have been operated since 2014. TDF is […]
The UK’s influential Digital Television Group (DTG) quotes a study conducted by pollster YouGov and focus groups that the research company carried out in November 2017 with owners of 4K/UHD televisions. While participants praised
The 12th Migu Music Awards held recently in Shanghai saw the implementation of what is being claimed by participants Migu, China Mobile, and Huawei as the first application of 5G network slicing in global large-scale live broadcasting. “We have implemented E2E 5G+4K live broadcasting for this ceremony, including 4K filming, 4K transcoding, and 4K video […]
Eurosport says its coverage of snooker’s Home Nations series will reach new heights December 10th to 16th when the BetVictor Scottish Open is televised in Ultra High Definition for the first time. The tournament in Glasgow will be on the Eurosport 4K channel and available in France (via Canal) and Russia (via Tricolor TV and […]
Harmonic announced that it has been awarded a Patent in the U.S. for the invention titled “Dynamic Allocation of CPU Cycles in Video Stream Processing.” It says the patent defines innovative technology that dynamically adjusts CPU cycles for cloud-based video processing based on video complexity information. With this latest patent, Harmonic continues to lead the […]
Luxury home cinema experience specialist Kaleidescape is partnering with BBC Studios – Americas to bring BBC documentaries and TV series to Kaleidescape. The deal marks the first time Kaleidescape has offered episodic content in 4K Ultra HD and high dynamic range (HDR). BBC’s titles enhance Kaleidescape’s deep catalogue with acclaimed titles ranging from documentary programmes […]
At a ceremony in Tokyo on Saturday, December 1st, Communications Minister Masatoshi Ishida said he hopes Japan will play a leading global role in 4K and 8K broadcasting. NHK, Japan’s public broadcaster, at 10am local time, switched on the two new channels. NHK President Ryoichi Ueda said the broadcaster will aim to spread the service […]
UHD HDR broadcaster and producer of native UHD content Insight TV has confirmed that it is using Advanced HDR by media and entertainment technologist Technicolor. This solution is composed of Technicolor HDR and Technicolor HDR Intelligent Tone Management (ITM) technologies to up, down and cross-convert its existing UHD content library providing the highest quality to […]