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Japan Meets 8k Deadline

by Tom Allen

Highlights from the London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony were played on the channelJapan began 8k broadcasts on the 1st August – five days before the Olympic Games. NHK is running the satellite channel, …

Simulated PS Neo Shows Console’s UHD Merits

by Tom Allen

Eurogamer has run tests on a simulated Playstation Neo to assess the console’s UltraHD gaming performance. Of course, the console has not launched yet, so Eurogamer used an AMD RX 480 GPU (likely the …

SKY Perfect JSAT Chooses HLG for HDR

by Isaac Oburu

Japanese satellite operator SKY Perfect JSAT is set to launch the world’s first publicly-available UltraHD HDR broadcast on the 4th October. The channel will be free of charge and accessible to anyone with compatible …

US Cable Operators Trials UHD With SES

by Isaac Oburu

Cable operators in the US are testing the UltraHD platform and receiving HEVC IP set top boxes from SES. The cable operators are Cable America in Missouri, Golden West Telecommunications in South Dakota, MTC …

SNL Respondents Believe Consumers Will Pay a Premium

by Isaac Oburu

Irdeto, a digital platform security specialist and analyst firm SNL Kagan have released a report covering global UltraHD video. The report (‘A Clearer Picture of Growth: 2016 Global 4K UHD Industry Survey’) finds that …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Pricing| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 29

Tricolor TV Launches UltraHD Package

by Isaac Oburu

Russia’s pay-TV operator Tricolor TV has launched a commercial UltraHD package that consists of three channels: Tricolor Ultra HD, Insight UHD, and Fashion One.

UltraHD Missing From Xbox One S

by Isaac Oburu

Microsoft has confirmed that the Xbox One S requires an update to be downloaded before it can play bacl UltraHD content. The console was launched worldwide on the 2nd August.

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 30| xBox

Telus Brings UHD to BC and Alberta

by Tom Allen

Canadian broadcaster Telus has launched the first UltraHD TV service in Western Canada. ‘4K on Optik TV’ can be accessed by residents of British Columbia and Alberta and includes a variety of content, including …

Sky Shares UHD Date

by Tom Allen

Sky is preparing to launch its long-teased UltraHD service. The content will become available on the 13th August to customers using the Sky Q Silver box. This is – by no coincidence – the …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Sky| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 27

Eutelsat Broadcasts Football in UHD

by Tom Allen

Eutelsat has begun to broadcast the final seven matches of the UEFA European football tournament in UltraHD. Several partners are showing the matches, including Rai in Italy, which is using V-Nova’s Perseus codec. The …

Xbox One S Will Upscale Existing Games

by Tom Allen

Microsoft has said that the Xbox One S (Microsoft Rises to Challenge of UHD & HDR Gaming) will upscale existing games to UltraHD, using a new AMD SoC. Xbox executive Mike Ybarra confirmed the …

Swisscom Uses Cisco

by Tom Allen

Swisscom is using Cisco’s UltraHD live encoding solution to run its new UltraHD TV service, which was launched on the 14th April. Swisscom wanted to focus on picture quality and stability.