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by Tom Allen
Swisscom TV customers will be able to watch select games of the European Championship in UltraHD this year; these will include the opening game and quarter-, semi- and grand finals. The games will be …
Tags:4k| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Switzerland| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 14
by Tom Allen
Fransat, Eutelsat’s French division, broadcast the Vienna Opera ballet, ‘Le Corsaire’, live in UltraHD on the 2nd April, using Ateme’s Titan solution. Content was encoded at 50fps with 10-bit colour, using HEVC.
Tags:4k| ATEME| Broadcast| France| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 14
by Tom Allen
Italian public broadcaster Rai is working with Eutelsat to show seven matches from the Euro 2016 football tournament, in UltraHD on the Tivùsat free-to-view platform. The matches will be broadcast live via satellite, starting …
Tags:4k| Broadcast| Italy| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 14
by Tom Allen
Dish’s Hopper 3 DVR can now be used to stream UltraHD content from Netflix.
Tags:4k| Dish Network| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Netflix| Streaming Video| UltraHD (4KTV)| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 14
by Tom Allen
DirecTV in the US has launched its first dedicated UltraHD TV channel, which will be used to show the Master’s gold tournament (DirecTV Brings UltraHD Straight From Amen Corner). Content will be shot by …
Tags:4k| DirecTV| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 14
by Tom Allen
Germany’s Media Broadcast tested an UltraHD broadcast, via satellite, on the 2nd April. The firm showed a live transmission of the Vienna State Opera, with 100% signal availability or the 50fps stream. It used …
Tags:4k| Broadcast| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 13
by Tom Allen
Espial and Tele Columbus have successfully trialled an UltraHD video service in Germany, called ‘Advanced TV’. The Tele Columbus service is based on Espial’s video solutions. 83% of trial participants were said to show …
Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| North America| Testing| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 13
by Tom Allen
Viaccess-Orca and French TV channel TF1 trialled a live UltraHD 360° VR broadcast of a football match on the 29th March. The signal was encoded using HEVC and sent to a private test audience. …
Tags:360 Degree Cameras| 4k| Broadcast| France| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 13
by Tom Allen
NHK’s Kashima Yoshiharu announced the changes.Japan has announced updates to its UltraHD plans at MIPTV in France. National broadcaster NHK intends to begin transmissions on the 1st August this year in Super-Hi Vision, aka …
Tags:4k| Broadcast| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 13
by Tom Allen
Paramount is the latest Hollywood studio to sign up to the UHD Blu-ray movement. ‘Star Trek’ and ‘Star Trek: Into Darkness’ will be released in UltraHD HDR, with Dolby Atmos, on the 14th June. …
Tags:4k| Blu-ray| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 13
by Tom Allen
The Digital Television Group (DTG), of the UK, and German TV Platform (DTVP) are to hold the second joint Plugfest on the 12th and 13th April, at the DTG’s headquarters in London. The event …
Tags:4k| DTG| Large Display Monitor| Testing| UK (United Kingdom)| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 13
by Tom Allen
Kramer has released a switcher that can handle DCI-4k 60Hz content with 4:4:4 colourimetry. The VS-211H2 has a maximum data rate of 17.82Gbps, includes actual video output connection and supports HDCP 2.2. It is …
Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Switchers| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 13
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