Movistar 4K Champions League channel
Movistar channel Liga de Campeones UHD – dedicated to broadcasting Champions League football in Ultra HD – will make its debut on February 19th, airing the first leg of the…
Virgin TV reveals 4K slate
Virgin TV has revealed some of the content that will be broadcast in 4K quality on its Virgin TV Ultra HD – channel, the UK’s first dedicated ultra-HD entertainment channel.…
F1 returns to Sky Deutschland
Premier single-seater race series Formula 1 has announced a new two-year agreement with Sky Deutschland that will see Sky broadcast all Grand Prix weekends live across satellite, cable, IPTV, web…
RCN launches 4K channels with SES
US multiplay operator RCN has confirmed its commercial launch of Ultra HD services through a partnership with satellite operator SES. RCN is featuring seven dedicated 4K channels from the North…
Ukraine’s first 4K channel on AMOS-7
Spacecom, operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, has announced its AMOS-7 communication satellite is broadcasting the Ukraine’s first ever 4K TV channel. Nashe Media Group’s #NASHE HDR channel is being…
8K overhyped, or next big thing?
Chris Chinnock, a respected figure on the high-resolution scene, and regular contributor to Display Daily, has been appointed to look after the newly-formed 8K Association (8KA). The grouping, which has…
NEC, NTT 5G UHD trial
IT and network technologies integration specialist NEC Corporation has contributed to a video transmission test utilising 5G conducted by Japanese telco NTT DOCOMO and Tobu Railway through the provision of…
Limelight: “8K TVs pointless with no 8K services”
With all the 8K TV hype currently happening at CES 2019, Andrew Gray, Marketing Director EMEA at Limelight Networks, has addressed the fact that there are no services to accompany…
Insight TV linear channel on Samsung TV Plus
Insight TV, the 4K HDR broadcaster and producer of native UHD content, is building upon its relationship with Samsung Electronics by making its linear channel available on Samsung’s unique TV…
Telstra boost for Fox Sports 4K cricket
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…
TDF trials third UHD pilot channel
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…
UHD owners: “Where’s my 4K content?”
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…
5G network slicing 4K UHD live broadcast
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…
Analyst: UHD now in 200m homes
The number of homes worldwide using an Ultra HD TV has now passed the 200 million mark, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics’ Connected Home Devices service. The…
IHS: Q3 surge for larger screen TVs
Although overall TV shipments in the third quarter of 2018 were flat compared to the previous year, the average TV unit-shipment screen size increased more than any previous quarter in…