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DirecTV Has 25 2017 Baseball Games Coming in UHD

by Bob Raikes

DirecTV will show 25 Major League Baseball in UltraHD this year, with five games in April. DirecTV will also be broadcasting a number of NBA matches in 2017 –starting with Oklahoma City at Orlando …

UK Consumers Adopting UltraHD

by Bob Raikes

A survey in the UK conducted by Atomik Research for the DTG, and reported in Advanced Television, has found that 22% of consumers have already bought an UltraHD TV, with younger buyers more likely …

Verizon Trials the SES UHD Service

by Alan Spencer

SES and Verizon have announced a collaborative agreement aimed at driving the development of UHD delivery solutions for Verizon Fios subscribers throughout the US. Verizon, plus others, are trialling SES satellite-based UHD. Verizon will …

Comcast Again Stalls Introduction of 4K HDR STBs

by Alan Spencer

Comcast has announced that it is delaying the introduction of its 4K HDR set-top boxes. The company is deliberately doing this until the 4K content landscape becomes clearer. Joshua Seiden, executive director at Comcast …

4KUniverse to Launch 4K SVOD on Amazon Fire TV

by Alan Spencer

4KUniverse is to launch its 4K SVOD service on Amazon Fire TV in May this year in North America. The service will be based on Accedo’s Videa cloud-based platform solution. The channel is available …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| SVOD| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 11

One-Blue Calls For UltraHD Blu-ray Patents

by Bob Raikes

One-Blue LLC said that it is working to expand its Blu-ray Disc products license programs to include Ultra HD Blu-ray products, with respect to patents essential to the following Ultra HD Blu-ray standards issued …

Leader to Support HDR Testing

by Bob Raikes

Leader Instruments said that at the NAB show it will show enhancements to its LV5490 waveform monitor to support new formats. The LV5490SER07 HDR option enables the LV5490 to measure both 4K and HD …

Tags:4k| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Waipu.tv Enabled on Amazon Fire TV

by Alan Spencer

German IPTV operator Exaring, has enabled its TV platform, to be available on the Amazon Fire TV box and stick. Subscribers watching waipu.tv on their smartphones can also use a swiping motion on their …

First 4K NASCAR Race Broadcast On the Way

by Yvette Raikes

Following the successful 4K Ultra HD broadcast of college basketball, Fox Sports and DirecTV will deliver 4K NASCAR racing on April 1st on DirecTV’s on-demand video service. Major league baseball and NBA games in …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 10

Swisscom Adds Insight TV UHD to its Platform

by Alan Spencer

The UHD channel, Insight TV, has been added to Swisscom’s IPTV platform, Swisscom TV 2.0, which was launched in April 2016. Insight TV is a linear pay-TV service, offering travel and sports programmes. Swisscom’s …

Cheltenham Festival Highlights Shown in 4K 360° Video

by Alan Spencer

ITV, the UK commercial broadcaster, produced a daily highlights package of horse-racing action in Ultra HD and 360° video, for the Cheltenham Festival, which ended on 17th March. The content was put up on …

NHK Shows 8K VR Ride

by Bob Raikes

NHK Enterprises (NEP) and NHK Media Technology showed an 8K VR ride at the recent SXSW event in Austin. The ride, which allowed a virtual visit to Tokyo, was developed with RecoChoku Labo and …