Industry trade bodies the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group have joined forces to release an educational video created to help US consumer electronics retailers explain the benefits of Ultra High-Definition Television (Ultra HDTV) to consumers and ultimately drive sales of the emerging technology. The one-minute video is
Thaicom’s CEO Suphajee Suthumpun says her company’s Thaicom-8 satellite will launch 1H/2016 in order to further expand Thailand’s broadcasting industry, and will be placed at the company’s ‘hot spot’ orbital position at 78.5 deg East (along with Thaicom-5 and 6). “The satellite will also allow us to meet the Ultra-HD demands for Thailand and the […]
The RVU Alliance, which develops and promotes the RVU Remote User Interface (RUI) standard, has announced a major feature expansion with the launch of the RVU Certification program for Ultra HDdevices, along with a significant expansion of the RVU membership roster. RVU is a client/server protocol which allows a central server to provide a consistent […]
Technicolor has confirmed the availability of what it claims is the world’s first “high-frame-rate” 4Kp60 (60 frames per second) STB,. Available for both Cable and Satellite networks, Technicolor is gearing up to deliver the most immersive 4K experience. Along with its work on High Dynamic Range (HDR) and Colour Gamut technologies, Technicolor is building on […]
Grass Valley, a Belden Brand, has announced a partnership with AJA Video Systems that will provide 4K enhancements to its K2 Dyno Replay System. Grass Valley is integrating AJA’s Corvid Ultra and TruScale scaling hardware into the K2 Dyno to drive real-time pan and zoom to allow HD extraction from 4K acquisition with DynoZoom. With […]
LG Electronics has announced a 319 per cent increase in first-quarter net profit compared with the same period last year. First-quarter 2014 net profit rose to KRW 92.60 billion ($86.62 million) while operating profit of KRW 504 billion marked a significant improvement from the previous quarter due to improved profitability from the LG Home Entertainment […]
A special team at BSkyB’s West London headquarters is working on a new set-top box concept, ‘Project Ethan’ which will make it easier for viewers to access programmes on any device, according to Britain’s Sunday Telegraph newspaper. The newspaper says that Sky will give subscribers capacity in a ‘Sky Cloud’ service which will allow viewers […]
Humax, a UK provider of digital set-top boxes, has launched what it claims is the world’s slimmest soundbar. The STA-1200 BSW brings powerful audio performance to home cinema and TV entertainment for only £199 and is available to buy from Euronics dealers, select independent retailers, John Lewis and Humax Direct, from 1st May 2014. The […]
UK-based technology consultancy Futuresource is forecasting a speedier than anticipated take-up of 4K Ultra-HD TVs. Futuresource say that TV set vendors can expect that 4K sets will account for 5 per cent of global sales of flat-panel displays, and rising to 42 per cent by 2018. “Besides attractive pricing, the industry is hoping that the […]
Next-generation Ultra-HD broadcasting has commenced in Korea. U-max, an Ultra-HD cable TV channel, recently went on the air and started broadcasting four hours of Ultra-HD programming five times per day, including documentaries, cartoons and live concerts. “We started broadcasting in ultra HD for the first time worldwide, after a test run last July,” said Minister […]