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Movistar Plus Plans 4K over IPTV

by Milos Pavlovic

Economia Digital reports that Movistar Plus, the IPTV service from Telefónica in Spain, is launching UltraHD channels that will feature La Liga football and formula one racing. The content will be transmitted using HEVC …

NASA Shows the Sun in UHD

by Milos Pavlovic

NASA has released a stunning 4K video of the sun, shot using 12 different cameras which capture different frequencies of UV light. http://tinyurl.com/p4yvghb for the 30 minute version, or http://tinyurl.com/b7uk9ld for the three minute …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Europe Gains New UltraHD Sources

by Tom Allen

The availability of UltraHD content continues to rise in Europe. Eutelsat’s director of commercial development and marketing, Markus Fritz, told Broadband TV News that the company wants to expand its offering of high-resolution content. …

Ericsson Writes About Immersive TV

by Tom Allen

Ericsson has published a paper on immersive viewing, covering UltraHD resolution and other enhancements, such as high dynamic range, high frame rate and wide colour gamut. Find it at http://tinyurl.com/oovc5lk. You can also see …

HDR and UltraHD on Vudu

by Tom Allen

VoD service Vudu is now streaming content in UltraHD. Currently only available to users of the Roku 4 STB, the 12 films that Vudu is offering can be watched on Vizio’s new Reference TVs …

Tags:4k| Dolby Vision| Large Display Monitor| VOD in UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 43

TRT to Bring UHD Football to Turkey

by Bob Raikes

The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) will transmit a football match between Fenerbahçe of Istanbul and Ajax of Amsterdam in the UEFA Europa League competition. Samsung and Mediapro have been involved in the …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 42

UltraHD on Show in Munich

by Bob Raikes

Eutelsat and Bayerischer Rundfunk ran an UltraHD showcase at the Medientag München 2015 this week. A 6 minute video of Audi and the TU München in Garching were transmitted on Eutelsat’s Ultra HD showcase …

BT in UltraHD Talks With Netflix

by Tom Allen

BT is talking with Netflix about taking carriage of its UltraHD service on the latest YouView set-top box, used by BT for its TV service. Jamie Hindhaugh confirmed the discussions to Digital TV Europe, …

Hamlet Broadcast Live Across the UK

by Tom Allen

Benedict Cumberbatch stars as HamletThe 12-week run of Hamlet, now ongoing at London’s Barbican Theatre, is being broadcast live, in DCI-4k resolution, to cinemas across the UK. Much as it did with War Horse …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| sony| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 41

NOS Chooses Thomson for Trial

by Tom Allen

NOS, the Portugese communications and entertainment group, has launched two trial UltraHD channels in the country, using Thomson’s Vibe VS7000 encoding/transcoding platform. The HEVC-encoded channels are for NOS’s own service, as well as one …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Portugal| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 40

Sony Teaches World About UltraHD

by Tom Allen

Sony Professional Solutions Americas division has launched a new ‘Sony 4k’ YouTube channel. As well as a variety of UltraHD content (from Sony cameras, of course), the channel will also host tutorials and testimonials …

Dish Hops Into 4k

by Tom Allen

Dish has announced its first UltraHD STB, the 4k Joey. Said to be on the way ‘very soon’, the box can decode HEVC, and supports UltraHD at 60fps over HDMI. It is also capable …