UHD

The trends of 2023: IP adoption, UHD/HDR, and virtual production

AJA president Nick Rashby talks to TVBEurope about the continuing move towards broader IP adoption, demand for UHD/HDR content, and the rise of virtual...

Media Consumption

UHD Spain conducts 5G UHD-HDR broadcast trial

"In the not too distant future, the production model we have tested will become standard for covering live events at the highest UHD-HDR quality,...

Media Consumption

France Télévisions to deliver more 4K UHD content in time for Paris 2024

Almost two-thirds of French viewers will be able to watch UHD content by the start of the Olympic Games in July

Media Management

AWS announces MediaConnect support for Link UHD

AWS Elemental Link UHD is a compact cloud-managed encoder, which simplifies the process of connecting live HDMI or SDI video sources, such as cameras...

Live Production

Domo Broadcast Systems, Timeline TV collaborate on ‘revolutionary’ in-car broadcasting technology

The technology enables the transmission of multiple camera angles simultaneously or individually, with built-in switching, real-time over-air playback, and remote operator control of multiple...

Media Consumption

European broadcasters prepare for UHD terrestrial TV

Broadcasters RTVE and France Télévisions will begin broadcasting UHD channels from later this year

Media Consumption

EBU updates guidance on UHD/HDR content exchange

The new versions are based on recent work from contributing EBU members and are designed to be easier to use, said the organisation

Media Consumption

NEP UK serves up expanded UHD coverage at Wimbledon

NEP UK is using 224 channels of conversion to deliver both HD SDR and UHD HDR to rights holders around the world

Live Production

EMG Group companies extend contracts with Wimbledon Broadcast Services

This year's Wimbledon will see more UHD or 1080p HDR cameras in use as WBS expands the high-quality format support from Centre Court out...

Media Delivery

TDF, France Télévisions trial UHD on DTT, 5G Broadcast at Roland Garros

TDF has obtained permission from France's broadcast regulator ARCOM to broadcast from the Eiffel Tower and is working with Ateme, Qualcomm and Rohde &...

Live Production

How the BBC delivered the Coronation of King Charles III in UHD HDR

BBC R&D spent the last six months working with the BBC Studios Production team, manufacturers, and its outside broadcast providers, Cloudbass, EMG, Timeline and...

Media Consumption

Ultra HD Forum updates industry guidelines to make them more user-friendly

The updated guidelines aim to offer greater clarity on HDR in the production book (Blue) and include updated linear metadata for immersive audio

Media Consumption

BBC iPlayer to stream Coronation in UHD HDR

BBC iPlayer’s UHD stream will also use Wide Colour Gamut

IP Migration

Evertz, Lumen partner on UHD signal over IP network proof of concept

The IP flow output from the JPEG XS encoder was compliant with the Video Services Forum (VSF) TR-07 recommendation for carriage of JPEG-XS video...

Media Consumption

Virgin Media kicks off Sky Sports in UHD

Available channels include Sky Sports Main Event Ultra HD and Sky Sports Ultra HD 1

Live Production

‘It’s really important for us to know where we sit among our peers’: EVS’ CTO discusses IP, UHD, the edge and more

Alex Redfern discusses EVS' priorities for 2023 and why it's important for the company to "know that we play well with everyone else"

Audio

What’s in store for the media tech industry in 2023: Audio, sustainability, IP and more

The final part of TVBEurope's looks at what topics may dominate the media technology industry in 2023 includes audio, sustainability, IP, UHD and 8K,...

Production & Post

dock10 provides home comforts for BBC’s World Cup coverage

The UK’s leading television facility is serving as the UK production base for BBC Sport’s coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2022

Production & Post

Blackmagic Design updates Cintel to include real-time HDR scanning in UHD

The new model retains features from the original Cintel Scanners, such as digital servos, gentle capstan drives, advanced colour science, 35mm and 16mm film...

Media Consumption

Spain gives UHD broadcasts the green light

UHD Spain announced that the tests will take place in "practically all the provincial capitals and in some additional important cities"

Media Consumption

BBC to stream ‘most of’ its FIFA World Cup games in UHD HDR

Broadcaster has the rights to 33 matches during Qatar 2022, including the big game between Wales and England on 29th November.

Media Consumption

The coming of age of 12G

With recent advances in product design, it’s increasingly apparent that many in the broadcast industry are going to bypass quad-link solutions in favour of...

Media Management

A timely migration to the cloud for motion compensated frame rate conversion

James Shepherd, CTO, InSync Technology, takes a look at how frame rate conversion can help broadcasters meet the ever-growing demand for high-quality content

Business

September edition of TVBEurope out now

Our September 2022 issue offers the latest insight on UHD and HDR capabilities, as well as a look at he restoration of early Morecambe...

Media Management

Fraunhofer IIS: JPEG XS solution achieves 25 per cent higher for encoding and decoding

The big benefit for the production workflow is that less than four cores of a CPU processor are required to carry out the en-...

Media Delivery

BBC serves up Wimbledon in Ultra HD again

All matches on centre court will be available in Ultra HD on BBC iPlayer and online

Media Delivery

Ultra HD Forum updates guidelines to include NDI, SRT, colour accuracy and video over IP

The Ultra HD Forum Guidelines aim to provide recommendations and procedures that promote uniformity of product, interchangeability and "ultimately the long-term reliability of audio/video...

Live Production

For first time in Olympic broadcasting, as many signals will be sent via the cloud as standard delivery

OBS reveals details around its production workflows, use of 5G and AI, and how Beijing 2022 is the first Winter Games in UHD HDR

Media Management

How AWS helped the BBC smash UHD during the summer sporting calendar

The BBC’s media services team established a robust UHD delivery workflow that included AWS Elemental Live encoders to help it deliver both Wimbledon 2021...

Media Management

Sky Deutschland upgrades sport production to UHD

Rohde & Schwarz's Venice ensures correct flagging and handling of UHD and HDR material

Media Delivery

iPlayer debuts on PlayStation 5, enabling more viewers to watch UHD content

PS5 owners can add the BBC iPlayer app by going to the Media tab on the PS5 home screen

Media Management

ATEME launches sustainable UHD encoder

Encoder consumes less power, thus reducing its carbon footprint and increasing its green credentials for adopters

Media Consumption

FORTA brings 12 new members to UHD Spain

Spanish regional networks to be inaugurated into UHD association at the 4KHDR Summit

Media Consumption

EBU delivers UHDTV recommendations

EBU R 153 and EBU R 154 aim to address the lack of common baseline for UHDTV exchange format

Media Consumption

The future of live sports: 4K UHD, immersive audio and personalised content

As video service providers and broadcasters compete for eyeballs, Harmonic's Stephane Cloirec explains why providing the best possible user experience is an excellent way...

Live Production

Imagine Communications assists NEP UK on live sport coverage

Installs Selenio Network Processor appliances in four OB trucks

Production & Post

Blackmagic releases DaVinci Resolve 17.3

Blackmagic Design has announced the release of DaVinci Resolve 17.3, which comes with a speed increase that CEO Grant Petty hails "hard to believe"...