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by Tom Allen
Director Ang Lee’s next project – which he announced at CinemaCon 2015 would be shot at 120fps – will be previewed at NAB in April. The film, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, will also …
Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| 4k| HDR - High Dynamic Range| HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2016| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 10
by Tom Allen
Italian public broadcaster Rai is working with Eutelsat to trial UltraHD broadcasts. Although Rai has not shared any more details, it has purchased the TV rights to (eventually) air 23 of the games from …
Tags:4k| Broadcast| Italy| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 10
by Tom Allen
DirecTV has announced that it will deliver live UltraHD coverage of the Master’s Tournament golf event at the Augusta National Golf Club, in the USA. All four rounds will be shown, between the 7th …
Tags:4k| Broadcast| DirecTV| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 09
by Tom Allen
OSN, the Middle Eastern pay-TV provider, is preparing to launch new UltraHD channels by taking additional satellite capacity. The company unveiled a new contract with Eutelsat at Cabsat in Dubai recently. OSN will use …
Tags:4k| Capacity| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Satellite| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 09
by Tom Allen
UltraHD will not be broadcast from the Olympics in Rio (IOC Has ‘No Plans’ for UltraHD in Rio) – but the format will not be entirely absent. Japan’s NHK will record at least some …
Tags:4k| Brazil| Cameras| Japan| Large Display Monitor| NHK| Olympics| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 09
by Isaac Oburu
By the end of 2016, Netflix’s programming should include 600 hours of UltraHD content, the company told CNBC at MWC. The company is in no rush to create VR content, however.
Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 08
by Isaac Oburu
Satellite operator SES has announced it is now carrying eight Ultra HD channels. SES also said that it had signed an agreement to buy RR Media and to absorb its business with SES Platform …
Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| SES| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 08
by Isaac Oburu
Balan Nair, CTO of Liberty Global, has said that their set-top boxes will be UltraHD-capable beginning next year. However, Liberty Global has said that it has no plans to introduce UltraHD services itself this …
Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Liberty Global| Mobile Display Monitor| STBs| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 07
by Isaac Oburu
Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs & Communications has announced that the country is likely to have between 19 and 22 UltraHD channels on air by 2018. The ministry adds that they are already testing …
Tags:4k| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 07
by Isaac Oburu
Best Buy has already started selling the new Blu-ray UltraHD disc format movies, several weeks before the scheduled date in March. CNET claims to have seen the following titles in Best Buy: Chappie, The …
Tags:4k| Best Buy| Blu-ray| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 07
by Isaac Oburu
The CTO of the Olympic Games’ Olympic Broadcast Services has confirmed that there will be no 4K/UHD transmissions from the Rio event this summer. Sotiris Salamouris told trade magazine TVB Europe that that he …
Tags:4k| Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Olympics| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 05
by Tom Allen
Quantum Data has announced that its 980 series HDMI 2.0 Video Generator module will now offer an optional licence for the UHD Alliance test pattern pack. The pack can be used to assess a …
Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Testing| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 04
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