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Apple takes a bite out of high frame rate HDR
New model is powered by A12 Bionic chip which also supports Dolby Vision
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LTN Global releases signalling system for addressable adverts
LTN Target designed for delivering ad decisioning and ad signalling system integration
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Europeans are watching more TV than their American counterparts
Daily TV viewing rose by 15 minutes across Europe during 2020 according to new figures from research company Glance
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Watch Together is the ‘silver lining’ of innovation for watching sport
New report from Sports Innovation Lab looks at the various apps and technologies that let fans watch sport together, even when they are...
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Synamedia debuts suite of data-driven SaaS services, Black Box expands KVM solutions, and more
TVBEurope rounds-up the latest products and services news from Synamedia, Black Box and Signiant
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F1 set to test HDR during 2021 season
"We will be conducting tests this year, and that for us I think is potentially the next stage of an offering," said sport's director...
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HDR Vivid: What is it, and why should the media tech industry care?
TVBEurope investigates the new standard which has recently been released in China
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BritBox to launch on Amazon Channels
The launch on Amazon Prime Video Channels will make BritBox available to approximately 90 per cent of VoD homes in the UK
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NOW TV launches new Sky Sports reruns feature
Fans can rewatch Premier League matches and Formula 1 races for up to seven days after the live event
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DAZN hires former Disney D2C boss as chairman of the board
Former Disney D2C chairman Kevin Mayer has been appointed chairman of the board at DAZN Group; incumbent chair John Skipper remains on board of...
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BBC Three to return as a linear channel
The BBC said it does not intend to take any further traditional TV channel capacity for its services, but reallocate distribution capacity from existing...
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MediaKind integrates Dolby Vision into encoders
Dolby Vision is an advanced imaging technology that combines HDR with wide colour gamut capabilities to provide high-quality pictures
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Canal Plus offers football fans 360-degree stream of live match
Broadcaster installed four high-resolution 360-degree cameras, one behind each goal and the other two on the touchlines, covering the entirety of the pitch
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BBC, Microsoft, Intel, Adobe join standards group for online content
New coalition will develop open technical standards for certifying the source and history or provenance of media content
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YouTube TV adds 4K, offline viewing options
YouTube says that its vMVPD service is its fastest area of growth
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Imagine Communications, Sky Media partner on cloud-based ad sales system
Once new platform is fully rolled out in the UK, Sky Media intends to deploy it across its European footprint
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TF1 plans to launch personalised news bulletins by end of 2021
Viewers will be able to choose the length of the bulletin, and select specific topics such as sport or culture
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Disney Plus at 100m subscriber milestone
Official figures released yesterday show the streaming service at 94.9 million subscribers as of 2 January, 2021, an increase of eight million from December...
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Telestream monitors live 8K UHD TV test over 5G
According to broadcaster CCTV, this was the world's first 8K UHD TV live broadcast across a 5G network
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Apple ‘working on micro OLED displays’
According to reports, work on the displays is in the trial production phase at a secretive facility in Taiwan
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Comscore expands Predictive Audiences ad targeting to UK, Germany
According to Comscore, it is the first time such technology has been launched in Europe
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Magnite to acquire SpotX in $1 billion deal
Deal will create the largest independent CTV and video advertising platform in the programmatic marketplace
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It’s A Sin gives All 4 heavenly audience figures
Series has already had 6.5 million views on Channel 4's BVoD service
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Intel, NHK, Spin Digital and more demonstrate 8K live streaming over the internet
The demonstration consisted of an end-to-end 8K live video showcase from live production to encoding, streaming and playback on 8K TVs
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How can D2C platforms better protect their exclusive regional content?
Robin Boldon, director product management for anti-piracy at OpSec Security explains why direct-to-consumer platforms at must begin to work with experts and implement...
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App Annie: Mobile video streaming up by 40 per cent in 2020
“The world has forever changed. While people stay at home across the world, we saw mobile habits accelerate by three years,” said Theodore Krantz,...
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UKTV Play sees 42 per cent increase in views during 2020
The broadcaster cites the likes of Red Dwarf: The Promised Land, The Bill: The Early Years, Meet The Richardsons, EastEnders and Hypothetical as helping it grow its audience.
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EBU publishes new chart for checking HDR monitoring setups
The EBU said the chart is not intended to accurately measure a display’s Dynamic Range, but as a visual test to see if code values are...
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Sony announces ‘world’s first’ Cognitive Intelligence televisions
Sony’s cognitive intelligence TVs are designed to duplicate how humans see and hear.
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4K UHD disc sales jump 20 per cent YoY
The biggest-selling 4K UHD disc of 2020 was Star Wars IV: A New Hope, followed Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy.
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Doctor Who Christmas special to be available in 4K HDR
Other festive highlights that will be available on 4K HDR include The Queen's Speech, Black Narcissus and Meerkat: A Dynasties Special.
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YouTube launches HDR support for livestreams
Feature supports HEVC hardware encoders with a bit depth of 10 bits.
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Video entertainment industry still faces barriers to achieving sustainability
Did you know an 8K television uses more than double the electricity of a 4K set?
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Tuning into TV’s age gap
Johan Bolin, chief product and technology officer, Edgeware looks at how broadcasters can reach out to a lost generation of viewers.
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YouTube launches 8K on Android TVs
Viewers need TVs with Android 10 that support the AV1 codec.
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Zixi, AWS test 4K and 8K broadcast workflows over 5G
Zixi's SDVP leverages ultra-low latency access to AWS compute and storage services enabled by AWS Wavelength at the Verizon 5G Edge to process UHD...
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Industry companies unite to form globalisation association
Sixty companies from across the industry have combined to form the first Entertainment Globalization Association
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Lost in translation: UK hits language barrier with international content
Consumers in UK and South Africa show limited enthusiasm for foreign language content, while streaming services adopt different approaches to content localisation
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Disney Plus smashes expectations as subs hits 73.7 million
Platform reaches 2024 subscriber goal within 12 months of operation, but may need more baby Yodas and original content offerings to maintain (and retain)...
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Why the paradox of choice will bring content together in virtual channels
Unified Streaming's Simon Westbroek explains why using playlist-based workflows offers content owners an opportunity to go a step further and curate channels from a...
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TVs will lead the push to 8K
SMPTE 2020 panel recommends content creators start shooting in 8K now
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Spin Digital releases HEVC encoder for 8K live video
Spin Enc Live can compress both 4K and 8K content in real-time at low bit rates, and includes modules for input capture and output...