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High-Res STB Planned by Orange

by Tom Allen

Orange CEO Stéphane Richard has said that the company will launch an UltraHD set-top box next year. At the presentation of Orange’s ‘Essential2020’ strategic plan, Richard said, “4k is not a market one can …

Tags:4k| France| Large Display Monitor| STBs| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Animal Planet Claims First 60fps UltraHD Programme

by Tom Allen

Animal Planet (owned by Discovery) claims to have the first TV series to have been shot and post-produced in UltraHD at 60fps. The series, Too Cute, is about kittens and puppies. It consists of …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Dell Live-Streams Concert in UltraHD From SXSW

by Tom Allen

Dell, Intel, Red Digital Cinema and Sharp are working together to live-stream the ‘Fader Fort Presented by Converse’ concert from the SXSW Festival in Texas, in UltraHD. The stream will begin on 17th March …

Tags:4k| Dell| Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Red| sharp| Streaming Video| UltraHD & 4K| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Netflix Future Proofs Programming With 6k Recording

by Tom Allen

Netflix, according to The Hollywood Reporter, has shot season three of its original programme, House of Cards, in 6k resolution. Netflix apparently used cameras from Red to accomplish the high-resolution challenge, with Encore handling …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Witbe Supports UltraHD Conformance Testing

by Tom Allen

Witbe, which monitors the quality of experience for service providers’ and content owners’ IP video, has added UltraHD support to its product offering. The company is now able to perform lab testing and live …

Tags:4k| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Video Quality| Vol 22 - Issue 09

IOC Has ‘No Plans’ for UltraHD in Rio

by Tom Allen

The Internal Olympics Committee has said that it has ‘no plans” for UltraHD TV broadcasts during the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. Yiannis Exarchos, CEO of Olympic Broadcast Services, said, “There is no …

Tags:4k| Brazil| Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Olympics| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Sony Intends to Head UltraHD IP Alliance

by Tom Allen

Sony plans to form a group called the IP Life Consortium, say Asian sources, to boost IP-based UltraHD video broadcasts. Ten companies, including Cisco and Rohde & Schwarz, will be members.

Tags:4k| Broadcast| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| sony| UltraHD (4KTV)| UltraHD Alliance| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Qualcomm Sets Up Local 4G to Stream UltraHD

by Tom Allen

Qualcomm has confirmed that it is developing a reference design for an UltraHD dongle, using its own Snapdragon 800 chipset (Qualcomm Hopes to Grow Content Availability With Dongle). The stick appears to use Android …

Tags:4k| HDMI| Large Display Monitor| LTE| Qualcomm| Streaming Dongles| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Panel Makers: UltraHD Will Pick Up in 2015

by Tom Allen

AUO and Innolux are optimistic about UltraHD LCD TV shipments this year, according to Taiwanese media. The companies are said to be predicting shipments of 23 million – 25 million units, reaching 13% – …

Tags:4k| AUO| Innolux| Large Display Monitor| TV Production| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 08| Worldwide

SES Brings Demo Channel Across Channel

by Tom Allen

SES Astra has extended its UltraHD demo channel for continental Europe to the UK and Ireland. It is broadcast using UltraHD Phase 1 specifications and encoded in the HEVC Main 10 standard. Analyst Comment …

Tags:4k| Ireland| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| SES| UK (United Kingdom)| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Cricket Cup Broadcast Live in High Res

by Tom Allen

The International Cricket Council has said that the ICC World Cup 2015 will be produced in UltraHD. Seven matches will be broadcast live, using the format, by India’s Star Sports. Analyst Comment I was …

Tags:4k| Cameras| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| VOD in UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 07

Epson Brings UltraHD to Ultimicron

by Tom Allen

At the CP+ 2015 show (12th – 15th February in Pacifico Yokohama, Japan), Seiko Epson will show an UltraHD LCD panel for electronic viewfinder applications. The newest Ultimicron unit will be used in cameras …

Tags:4k| Epson| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Viewfinders| Vol 22 - Issue 07