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Nanotech Expands With Samsung

by Raverstead

Nanotech Entertainment has signed a deal with Samsung, making its Ultraflix VoD service available on all 2014 Samsung UltraHD TVs.

UltraHD Concert Available for Streaming

by Raverstead

The Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga concert, ‘Cheek to Cheek LIVE!’, which was recorded in UltraHD (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 38), is now available for streaming worldwide. LG and Amazon collaborated on the …

No UltraHD Breakthrough Next Year

by Raverstead

OVAB’s Digital Signage Business Climate Index in the DACH countries shows that UltraHD signage is not expected to reach mainstream adoption next year. The ‘vast majority’ of respondents expected that the technology would have …

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UltraHD Expands With Wuaki

by Raverstead

The Wuaki.tv streaming service will begin to offer UltraHD streaming on the 1st December. The service will be launched in Germany and France, although there are plans to bring it to Wuaki’s other markets …

Sky Deutschland Brings UltraHD Concert to Germany

by Raverstead

On 20th December, Sky Deutschland will broadcast a live concert in UltraHD – the first such broadcast in Germany. The Die Fantastischen Vier concert will be sent from Stuttgart’s Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle to four selected households …

UltraHD Offering Will Reach Double-Digits by 2016

by Raverstead

Eutelsat expects that there will be 12 UltraHD channels operating worldwide by 2016, on various satellites. Hans-Pieter Schmitt of Eutelsat Germany said, “The development [of UltraHD channels] goes faster than with HD; 4k will …

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4Ever Captures and Tests Phase 2

by Raverstead

France’s 4Ever consortium has captured a basketball game and music concert (the Transmusicales music festival in Rennes) using the UltraHD Phase 2 format (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 35). These events tested the higher …

Direct TV Starts 4K Broadcasts This Year

by Norbert Hildebrand Don't Use

4K – Direct TV has announced that they are planning on starting 4K or UltraHD TV broadcasts this year. Via Satellite, a publication focusing completely on the satellite broadcast sector, interviewed Michael White, chairman, president …

Tags:4k| DirecTV| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Amazon Takes on Concert Streaming

by Super User

The ‘Cheek to Cheek: Live!’ concert by Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga will be streamed in UltraHD later this year on Amazon’s Instant Video service. LG, the official UltraHD sponsor of the concert, said …

CEA Aids Sales of UltraHD TVs

by Super User

The CEA in the US has created a guide for retailers to help them explain UltraHD technology to consumers. It is part of a push to boost spending in the category. There is also …

Chunghwa Chooses Broadpeak for Trial

by Super User

An UltraHD HEVC streaming trial is being run by Chunghwa Telecom in Taiwan. Chunghwa is using solutions from Broadpeak, a content delivery network technology specialist. Both VoD and NVoD (near video on demand) services …

TVP Trials UltraHD Over HbbTV

by Super User

TVP, the Polish public broadcaster, is to trial an UltraHD test transmission over HbbTV this month. A signal will be sent over the internet to the PIKE conference in Lodz, between 6th and 9th …