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NEC Encoder Used in Terrestrial Trial

by Tom Allen

NEC has trialled UltraHD terrestrial broadcasting with Chilevisión, a commercial TV station in Chile. Chilevisión used NEC’s HEVC encoder (VC-8150) in the trial, sending live UltraHD transmissions to the press and VIP rooms of …

‘Festival 4k’ Channel Exceeds DCI-4k

by Tom Allen

What is being called ‘The first UltraHD channel in the world’ has been launched in the Netherlands. Brava Media’s ‘Festival 4K’ channel will show festivals, concerts and other events at a resolution higher than …

BBC Aims at UltraHD in 2016

by Tom Allen

BBC CTO Matthew Postage has told the Financial Times that the company is likely to start broadcasting UltraHD programmes – and whole channels – in a standardised way next year. The challenge, he said, …

GfK Predicts Significant UltraHD Sales Progress

by Tom Allen

At the recent MIPTV event in France, GfK shared its UltraHD TV sales data. In the 12 months to January 2015, 298,000 sets were sold in the UK; 294,000 in Germany; and 290,000 in …

No UltraHD on Apple TV

by Tom Allen

The Apple TV is due to be refreshed in June, Buzzfeed said recently (Apple TV Refresh Coming in June). Now managing editor John Paczkowski has shared some more information – there won’t be any …

NeuLion Adds UltraHD Streaming With HEVC

by Tom Allen

NeuLion, owner of an end-to-end distribution platform, has announced support for secure UltraHD streaming using HEVC and MPEG-DASH. Pay-TV operators can use the platform to stream live content to multiple platforms including mobiles, TVs …

Putman: UltraHD Spells End of 1920 x 1080 Sets

by Tom Allen

Pete Putman of HDTV Expert has predicted that the production of ‘ordinary’ (1920 x 1080) TV screens will cease by the end of 2016/2017. Quoted in the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers’ …

YouTube Moves Forward With 60fps UltraHD

by Tom Allen

YouTube introduced 60fps videos last year, and is now combining the format with UltraHD resolution. The content is still only an experiment (YouTube has only enabled it on six videos), and requires a relatively …

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Nanotech Licenses Hollywood Film

by Tom Allen

Nanotech continues to expand the content in its Ultraflix library, having recently signed a licensing agreement with Paramount Pictures. Paramount has given Nanotech permission to host the 2014 film Interstellar.

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BBC Looks to HDR UltraHD

by Tom Allen

The BBC’s head of innovation and standards, Richard Salmon, has said that he hopes to have ITU standards for UltraHD HDR “by [the] middle of this year”. Salmon made the comment at a recent …

UltraHD Comes to BitTorrent

by Tom Allen

BitTorrent ‘Bundle’ subscribers can now access UltraHD programming from film studio Mance Media. Four 90-minute programmes, shot in native UltraHD, are available for $5 – $6 each.

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UltraHD Planned for German Satellite Homes

by Tom Allen

HD+, the SES subsidiary, plans to launch an UltraHD demo channel in Germany by the end of the year. It will be launched by 1st December at the latest.