AsiaSat has confirmed the launch of its first Ultra-HD television channel – 4K-SAT – at 122°E on AsiaSat 4, marking a new era for AsiaSat’s satellite broadcasting services in the region. This new UHD channel will be available free-to-air across more than 50 countries and regions within AsiaSat 4’s enormous footprint, spanning from New Zealand […]
Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat used the Munich ‘Mediadays’ annual event to announce an Ultra-HD cooperation with German public broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) which is part of the ARD consortium of public broadcasters in Germany. The third ‘partner’ in the project is the Munich Technical University (IRT). The partners presented a six-minute TV film on the […]
High dynamic range (HDR) TV sets, offering enhanced brightness for a broader palette of light outputs and sparkling highlights, will soon be commonplace in the global ultra-high-definition (UHD) TV market. According to critical information and insight source IHS, unit shipments of HDR TVs are expected to grow dramatically from 2.9 million in 2016 to 32.6 […]
Turkish Radio and Television Corporation TRT4K Channel is to broadcast a football match in 4K for the first time, breaking new ground in TV broadcast and Turkish football history. The 4K live production of the Fenerbahçe versus Ajax UEFA Europa League match to be played in Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium on 22 October 2015 Thursday, […]
Premium movie player and server specialist Kaleidescape has launched a new product line – Encore – the centrepiece of which is the Kaleidescape Strato Movie Player, which the company says is the world’s first 4K Ultra HD high-dynamic-range movie player for the home. The Encore line also includes the Kaleidescape Alto Movie Player, a new […]
Connected CE research from Parks Associates finds that more than 330 million Ultra-HD TVs will be sold globally by the end of 2019, an increase from two million in 2013. The report, Connected CE: Trends and Innovation, notes that, of US broadband households planning to purchase a flat-panel TV in 2015, 56 per cent think […]
CUBA Pace Media Development delivered its first CUBA 4K Graphics server to SES Platform Services which is now on air with INSIGHT TV, the newly launched UHD channel of Dutch broadcaster TERN (Television Entertainment Reality Network). INSIGHT TV is the first interactive channel where users shoot and broadcast their own content in Ultra HD. Most […]
Two of Japan’s broadcasting giants are ramping up Ultra-HD programming for transmission as the nation embraces the improved technology. NTT Plala, established in 1995, is a major cable/IP supplier and at last week’s MIPCOM UHD event in Cannes told delegates that its 4K transmissions, which commenced in October 2014 and were the first to launch […]
A panel at MIPCOM heard Indian broadcasting experts predict a buoyant future for Ultra-HD channels in India. New 4K programming is coming online now, with three India DTH operators about to show their first 4K Bollywood movie, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, on October 11th. Star India will broadcast the film, while Videocon d2h, Tata Sky and Airtel […]
According to LG Electronics, with an expanded family of OLED TVs at aggressive new price points, the company is moving the industry’s most advanced video display technology from an aspirational, early-adopter product to a mainstream category. Marking a significant milestone for the company that pioneered the revolutionary OLED TV technology, LG is announcing 30 per […]