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by Tom Allen
BeIN Media Group has integrated Technicolor’s UltraHD technology into its broadcast platform for the MENA region. Technicolor’s technology enables UltraHD content to be broadcast, and includes a single layer transmission using 10-bit HEVC encode/decode; …
Tags:4k| Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Technicolor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 24
by Tom Allen
Ericsson and Sprint worked together to test UltraHD live streaming over a 5G network during the 2016 Copa América Centenario football tournament. The test, at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field football stadium, used 400MHz of …
Tags:4k| 5G| Ericsson| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| North America| Streaming Video| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 23
by Tom Allen
Portuguese pay-TV service provider is using ARRIS’ ZD4500 STB for its new UltraHD service. The box uses HEVC and integrates with a new RDK 2.1-based app framework from Espial. Nagra provided security for the …
Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| STBs| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 22
by Tom Allen
Digital TV Europe has published a free report on the launch and delivery of UltraHD TV services. It deals with what constitutes a UHD TV, and the implications for adding ‘better pixels’ to the …
Tags:4k| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 21
by Tom Allen
Over a year ago, the IOC said that it did not plan to support UltraHD broadcasts during this summer’s Olympic Games (IOC Has ‘No Plans’ for UltraHD in Rio), as broadcasters had not shown …
Tags:4k| Broadcast| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Olympics| UltraHD (4KTV)| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 21
by Tom Allen
Several companies worked together at the CommunicAsia 2016 show, to deliver live HDR UltraHD TV over satellite. The demonstration took place on MEASAT’s stand. It used HEVC-encoded content at 50fps, with 10-bit colour, broadcast …
Tags:4k| Events| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Testing| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 21
by Tom Allen
SES has launched a new 24/7 UltraHD test channel, which will be used to transmit HDR content using Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), Analyst Comment HLG is the proposed scheme for HDR from the BBC …
Tags:4k| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| SES| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 21
by Tom Allen
South Korean satellite pay-TV provider KT SkyLife has chosen to use Ericsson technology in its UltraHD service. Ericsson’s HEVC encoders will be used in KT SkyLife’s fifth UltraHD channel.
Tags:4k| Broadcast| Ericsson| HEVC (H.265)| Korea| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Satellite| Video Encoders & Decoders| Vol 23 - Issue 20
by Tom Allen
Two of Japan’s three major mobile carriers have announced successful 8k trials. NTT Docomo, with Nokia, transported real-time 8k video over a 5G network. Video was stored on a server, compressed and transmitted to …
Tags:4k| Fibre optics| Japan| Large Display Monitor| NHK| NTT Docomo| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Transport| Vol 23 - Issue 20
by Tom Allen
Italian broadcaster Mediaset will launch Italy’s first UltraHD sports channel on the 28th May – coinciding with the Champions League final. Mediaset Premium Sport 4k will be distributed via terrestrial broadcasting.
Tags:4k| Italy| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 19
by Tom Allen
ABI Research has forecast an UltraHD STB market size of 7 million units this year – up from 2 million last year – followed by annual growth of 46% to 2021. Despite this rise, …
Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| STBs| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 19
by Tom Allen
Viasat, via MTG, has added an UltraHD sports channel in the Nordic region, which will be launched in the autumn. A new UltraHD Samsung STB will also be launched, as well as a new …
Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Nordics| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 19
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