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Barnfind has installed a new fibre optic transport system to connect the Norwegian Nationals Soccer Stadium in Ullevål. The connection sends uncompressed video directly to TV Norge. As well as sending video back to the broadcaster, control signals can be sent to the stadium. Display Daily Comments A couple of years ago at CES, I … Read more
A calibration tool for UltraHD and DCI-4k displays has been developed by Joe Kane Productions, in the USA. Digital Video Essentials UHD v0.9 provides tools to assess content creation and home theatre products. Available on a USB 3.0 thumb drive, the software contains test signals and static images, from 8-bit to lossless 16-bit high dynamic … Read more
Google will not fix a framerate issue with its Chromecast device, it has said. In Europe, most video content is delivered at 25fps or 50fps, but Chromecast is hard-wired to send video at 60fps. The result is a mismatch in frames, displayed as judder. ‘Chromecast cannot attempt to handle changes in HDMI refresh rates since … Read more
Wildstone, in the UK, has been granted planning consent for two new double-sided towers with LED displays. The towers will be constructed at Greenford Roundabout on the A40 (West London), with a tender in the near future. Wildstone has also received permission for several double-sided LED displays in the centre of Newcastle. Each will measure … Read more
Ceske Radiokomunikace (CRA), in the Czech Republic, says that it is the first Central European company to successfully test DVB-T2 with HEVC. The trials began in July (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 28) and have now ended. CRA is now interested in undertaking additional live broadcast tests, in SD, HD and UltraHD, via DVB-T2 HEVC, … Read more
Direct TV is launching Direct TV 14 the latest satellite in its line-up and the one to bring 4K/UHD broadcast to subscribers. The satellite will be launching on December 4th from French Guiana with Arianespace. The geo-stationary satellite will cover the Indian market and carry the local 4K/UHD signal. DirecTV-14 uses Ka-band and the new … Read more
Director Reed Morano has begun a petition on Change.org (http://tinyurl.com/ntvnw97) to get TV manufacturers to get rid of motion interpolation (or at least to offer TVs with the option off by default). Interpolation is the practice of inserting extra frames into content to make it appear smoother. While motion interpolation is accepted for sporting content, … Read more
A DirecTV satellite has been launched that will deliver UltraHD programming across the USA. DirecTV 14 will begin operation in Q2’15, using the Reverse Band Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) spectrum.
An UltraHD VoD service has been launched by DirecTV in the USA. The service includes new film releases and documentaries, including Forrest Gump, Star Trek (2009) and Amistad. Customers require a DirecTV Genie HD DVR and a 2014 Samsung UltraHD TV. Content costs between $4 and $16 per item to rent.
Dish Network of the US said its pay-TV subscribers fell by about 12,000 in Q3. The company reported a rise in churn rate, to 1.67% (versus 1.66% last year) and ended the period with just over 14.04 million pay-TV customers. Gross new pay-TV customers totalled about 691,000, compared to 734,000 in Q3’13.
Kazakhstan will not introduce DTT services next year, as originally planned. Instead the roll-out has been postponed until 2018, due to technical issues, according to local media.
Digital TV Labs in the UK has announced an HbbTV 2.0 Test Suite – which it claims is the world’s first. The Suite will be developed to support Digital UK’s next-generation Freeview service. Manufacturers of interactive digital TVs and set-top boxes can use it to ensure conformance with the HbbTV 2.0 technical requirements.
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