Production & Post
Video: Technicolor’s Peter Doyle on HDR colour finishing
Technicolor’s Peter Doyle explores how the role of the colourist has changed and takes a behind the scenes look at his work on films such as...
HDR
Business
Freeview Play TV sales surpass one million
Freeview has announced sales of Freeview Play TVs and set-top boxes have surpassed one million. Launched in late 2015, Freeview Play offers UK viewers...
TVBEverywhere
Apple testing UHD-capable Apple TV update
New device could be available to consumers later this year
Analysis
SMPTE’s century of innovation
Richard Welsh, SMPTE education vice president-elect and CEO of Sundog Media Toolkit, writes exclusively for TVBEurope about SMPTE's centennial year
Interviews
Intuitively interactive television
Walking away from my interview with the Axonista co-founders Claire McHugh and Daragh Ward, I could not prevent myself singing, ‘When Irish apps are...
News
TVBEverywhere
Sony announces new Bravia HDR range
The new flagship XBR-A1E Bravia OLED and XBR-X930E/X940E series TVs are designed to deliver wider brightness range, higher contrast and better picture quality. Both...
Business
UHD-1 Phase 2 approved
The last specification for UHD TV, UHD-1 Phase 2, has been approved today following a DVB Steering Board (SB) meeting. The new specification is...
Production & Post
Sony brings HDR to The Farm Group
The Farm Group has selected Sony’s BVM-X300 4K HDR Trimaster EL OLED master monitors for its new facility. Based in London, the facility –...
Opinion
Three steps to curbing video piracy
The digital revolution that has and continues to flourish globally has led to a rise in consumer expectations. Access to their favourite movies, TV...
TVBEverywhere
Roku completes ‘biggest ever’ player launch
Roku has rolled out five new streaming devices in what it is calling the biggest player launch in its history. The new device line-up...
Features
Inside the chief executive’s office
Philip Stevens talks to the CEO of the Olympic host broadcaster about the upcoming spectacular in South America
TVBEverywhere
Eutelsat launches HDR UHD channel
Eutelsat has rolled out Hotbird 4k2 HDR, a new UHD channel delivering HDR content. It is using Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG) technology, the new HDR...
News
Analysis
Moving up a grade
Camera technology is driving and exploiting a demand for ever higher resolution and high dynamic range, expanding creativity on the acquisition side. However, the
Features
Business
Sony set to expand 4K movie service
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) is planning to expand the availability of Ultra, its 4K movie streaming service, early next year. In Q1 2017,...
IBC
Bluefish reveals Kronos for UHD
Bluefish444 has introduced its Kronos range of video, audio and data processing and I/O cards. The new line extends the feature set of its...
Analysis
VIDEO: TVBEurope 2020: Is UHD everything?
Andy Beale, chief engineer for BT Sport, delivers an enlightening presentation: 'Does UHD provide the complete picture?' at the second annual TVBEurope 2020 conference....
Features
TVBEverywhere
ITU announces new HDR standard
The ITU has announced a new standard for HDR television that enhances the quality of imaging for HD, 4K, 8K and VR. The new...
News
Features
European Digital Forum returns for 13th year
The medieval city of Lucca, in Tuscany, provided a picturesque backdrop for the 13th European Digital Forum earlier this month. Delegates and speakers from...
Features
TVBEverywhere
Perseus ready for 8K and HDR
V-Nova’s Perseus video compression technology is now ready for 8K and HDR output, according to an informitv evaluation. The evaluation combined qualitative and
News
TVBEverywhere
Swisscom launches UHD box
Swisscom has released a new UHD box ahead of Euro 2016 this summer. The new box will enable UHD coverage of the tournament via...
News
Analysis
What we will learn from NAB: Tim Thorsteinson, SAM
Ahead of NAB 2016, TVBEurope asked a number of industry leaders for their views on the progress of the broadcast and video technology industry,...
Features
Analysis
What we will learn from NAB: Stan Moote, IABM
Ahead of NAB 2016, TVBEurope asked a number of industry leaders for their views on the progress of the broadcast and video technology industry,...
News
Business
Netflix and Prime to expand 4K
OTT providers Netflix and Amazon Prime are to expand their 4K content throughout 2016
News
Analysis
High Dynamic Range video – software is the solution
Today, there is much debate about High Dynamic Range (HDR) as a means to improve video image quality in Ultra HD. The challenge is...
Features
TVBEverywhere
Netflix to deliver HDR
Netflix is concentrating on high dynamic range (HDR) technology for forthcoming drama productions
News
Data Centre
Fifty three per cent of UK to be smart by 2019
53 per cent of the UK’s TV homes will have smart TVs by 2019, according to the IHS
News
Business
Netflix launches globally
Netflix has launched its service globally, bringing its Internet TV network to more than 130 countries in the world
TVBEverywhere
Sony unveils video streaming service
Sony have unveiled Ultra, a Sony Bravia TV app that lets viewers purchase 4K titles from the Sony Pictures Home Entertainment library
TVBEverywhere
Samsung and LG convert to HDR
Samsung and LG have announced that their new flagship TVs will support high dynamic range video playback
Interviews
The new golden ageof television
Elisabetta Romano has recently become head of TV and media at Ericsson. She spoke to TVBEurope about competition in the industry, her ten years...
News
TVBEverywhere
Vizio reveals “jaw-dropping” new Dolby Vision HDR series
Vizio and Dolby Laboratories have announced the pricing and availability of the new Vizio Reference Series, the industry’s first complete High Dynamic Range solution...
News
IBC
HDR: From zero to infinity
High Dynamic Range (HDR) technology — which effectively expands the range between the darkest and brightest images a projector, TV or other display can...
IBC
Quested backs HDR single proposal
The term HDR has become public knowledge, but creating a single standard to define image dynamic range to add to what Rec. 2020 gave...
IBC
Next generation cinema technology
IBC’s ‘Big Screen’ strand will examine in detail current and future advances in cinema technology. Marking its second year as a free conference strand...
IBC
Adapting to tackle complexity
“Disruptive innovations” to help content providers address next-generation video complexity are the focus for Elemental Technologies at IBC. In addition to its full product...
IBC
Realising new IP potential
The focus for Ericsson is to enable all the players in the media value chain to realise their new potential as the industry transitions...
IBC
Taking the tech temperature
For those of us who are fascinated by the strategic direction of media technology, the publication of IBC’s technical conference stream is a significant...
Business
Twentieth Century Fox to release UHD films in HDR for home viewing
Ateme has worked with Twentieth Century Fox to enable distribution of what the company claims is the first ever UHD with High Dynamic Range...
IBC
Thomson Video Networks boosts encoder compression
Compression-boosting encoding updates, simplified content delivery management and enhanced DVB-T2 multiplexing, IRD, and 4K compression on show at IBC2015
News Releases
Technicolor paves the way for next-gen TV with HDR and SDR compatibility solution
Technicolor has announced the availability of its new High Dynamic Range (HDR) single-layer solution for testing by key ecosystem partners.
News
Business
Thierry Fautier to provide keynote at TVBEurope 2020
Fautier, president of the new Ultra HD Forum, will deliver opening address on convergence of UHD and IP ecosystems
Business
TVBEverywhere
BBC, SES and Samsung demo first DVB broadcast of HDR UHD TV
SES and Samsung Electronics demonstrated the first DVB transmission of High Dynamic Range UHD TV at the annual SES Industry Days in Luxembourg on...
News