Ultra HD

Sony Pictures and Dolby Atmos announce collaboration

Dolby Laboratories and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) have announced a collaboration to release SPHE titles in Dolby Atmos

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UHD Alliance releases consumer specifications

The UHD Alliance has released its specifications for consumer UHD

Business

Netflix launches globally

Netflix has launched its service globally, bringing its Internet TV network to more than 130 countries in the world

Features

4K World Summit 2015

4K, UHD, 3840x2160; technology, deployment, cost; consumers, creators, content; the hopes, the reality. These were just some of the topics covered and contested at...

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El Clásico broadcast in UHD with V-Nova’s Perseus

Video compression technology from V-Nova was deployed by Mediapro’s Overon for visually lossless contribution of the 21 November El Clásico match between Real Madrid...

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Production & Post

Festival 4K marks IPTV 4K UHD channel in France

Playout service provider Basmedia, is launching a new HEVC UHD service using Ateme’s TITAN Live. The channel, Festival 4K, will launch in France

Business

Lift off for NASA TV UHD

NASA TV UHD, the first consumer Ultra HD UHD channel in North America, is now available. The ambient video channel provides consumers with an...

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Business

£12 million of funding, 170 researchers, 5G Innovation Centre opens

The University of Surrey's 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC) officially launched last month and, housing over 170 researchers, is the world’s largest academic research centre...

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Production & Post

BT Sport picks Root6 Technology for UHD transcoding

Timeline Television, the managed service provider for BT Sport, has installed two ContentAgent workflow management and automation systems from Root6 Technology at BT Sport’s...

Production & Post

8K and Imaging of Things at Canon Expo 2015

Canon yesterday opened its Expo 2015 in Paris, a global event taking place once every five years, showcasing the breadth of the company’s technologies....

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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...

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Business

joiz Global to power community marketing platform for UHD channel Insight

New UHD factual entertainment channel partners with joiz Global for its interactive, data collection and cross-platform analytics services

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NOS delivers UHD first in Portugal

ViBE VS7000 provides HEVC encoding for NOS' own exclusive 4K content and content from Hispasat 4K channel

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SBS and LG conduct 4K UHD broadcast test first

Korean broadcaster SBS partnered with LG Electronics for the first live over-the-air broadcast of 4K Ultra HD signals using technologies behind the emerging ATSC...

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IBC

DTG’s hard data approach helps the UK launch real UHD services

Simon Gauntlett, DTG chief technology officer, explains how live testing and retailer advice is helping British TV platforms to lead Europe into the next generation...

IBC

Integrated Ultra HD PTZ camera

The new AW-UE70 is claimed to be the industry’s first integrated Ultra HD pan/tilt/zoom camera. It delivers 3840×2160 resolution at 25p via HDMI, and...

TVBEverywhere

Harmonic and Intelsat partner for UHD demo channel

Intelsat's Galaxy 13 satellite to deliver 2160p60 video content enabled by Harmonic's Spectrum server and Electra X3

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4K World Summit 2015 registration now open

It is now possible to reserve a place for the international conference on 4K and Ultra HD technology, to be held in Seville on...

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Features

TVBEurope 2020: A new conference for new workflows

TVBEurope’s conference season has rolled around again, but this one marked an evolution from past years, with TVBEurope’s venerable Beyond HD Masters and IT...

IBC

Thinking outside the OB-Box

Hitachi’s new OB-Box concept is claimed to offer increased operational flexibility for outside broadcasts, cost-efficiency and technical performance up to Ultra HD. The fully...

IBC

MediaCorp Toggles with Muse

The SEA Games 2015 saw MediaCorp deploy Envivio Muse encoders for its Toggle service, which delivers OTT TV to viewers in Singapore. The Southeast...

IBC

Content manager brings UHD to media mix

Enhanced production and delivery capabilities are promised in WinMedia version 2.15, a MAM-based platform covering content creation from ingest through to automated playout, archive,...

Business

BT Sport boosts broadcast business

Broadband and TV revenue saw a seven per cent increase, and the BT Sport channel saw a 51 per cent increase in average daily...

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SES and Armstrong initiate UHD trial first

Satellite operator SES has initiated its first ever live and linear Ultra HD (UHD) trial with cable MSO (Multiple System Operator) Armstrong.

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German UHD shopping channel to launch via SES in September

As reported by TV Technology Europe, Pearl.tv will launch via SES Platform Services when it goes online with Europe's first free-to-air UHD service this...

Production & Post

BT Sport launches UK’s first UHDTV channel with Ericsson

Ericsson has signed a multi-year broadcast and media services deal with BT Sport to help launch three new television channels and an interactive red...

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Production & Post

MOOV deploys ChyronHego for BT Sport’s new 4K UHD graphics service

The next-generation Lyric graphics creation solution from ChyronHego has been deployed as the ultra high-definition (UHD) graphics infrastructure for MOOV and BT Sport's new...

Production & Post

Timeline delivers UHD 4K OB truck for BT Sport

Timeline TV has designed and created the first purpose-built Ultra HD (UHD) 4K outside broadcast unit in the Europe.

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BT Sport launches UK’s first UHD channel

Some of football’s most recognisable faces turned out at BT Sport’s facility at the Olympic Park in London yesterday, as the broadcaster made a...

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Production & Post

Sony’s latest release captures UEFA final in 4K

The 2015 UEFA Champions League final in Berlin was broadcast live from the Olympiastadion in Berlin in ultra-high definition on Saturday, using Sony’s new...

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CHILI unveils UHD service with Thomson Video Networks

CHILI, the independent Italian provider for the digital distribution of movies and TV series, is using Thomson Video Networks’ ViBE VS7000 multiscreen and HEVC...

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Masstech advances MAM with new software version

Masstech Group showcased innovative advances in media asset management at the 2015 NAB Show with demonstrations of the highly-anticipated version 8.0 of its MassStore...

Opinion

From scene to 4K screen

Technology trends over the last year have travelled in the direction of bigger, better, faster and higher quality. We saw it with the growth...

Business

HbbTV sets foundation for the future of TV services

The HbbTV Association has announced the release of the new HbbTV 2.0 specification, designed to pave the way for a new wave of consumer...

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Civolution’s content-protection solution integrates with STMicroelectronics’ SoC

STMicroelectronics and Civolution announced the integration of Civolution’s NexGuard forensic watermarking with ST’s UltraHD-4K Cannes and Monaco SoCs (Systems-on-Chips) to detect unauthorised sharing of...

Business

UHD Alliance formed to support innovation

A new UHD (Ultra High Definition) Alliance has been launched by a coalition of Hollywood studios, consumer electronics brands, content distributors, post production and...

Business

G.fast solves Ultra HDTV bandwidth bottleneck

The Broadband Forum, a global association of broadband service providers and technology vendors, has announced support for the new ITU-T ultra broadband access standard,...

Production & Post

Sony and TopVision deliver Linkin Park live in 4K

TopVision has successfully accomplished the 4K live production and transmission of a Linkin Park concert in Berlin using production technology from Sony

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