BBC – Display Daily

Links Week Ending 25th November 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the end of this week. LG Display: All new OLED TV panels produced …

BBC iPlayer Shows Strong Streaming for Sport

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The BBC today showed the England (6) v Iran (2) FIFA World Cup match in UltraHD with HLG HDR on its streaming iPlayer service. What We Think I felt the need …

Tags:BBC| OTT Video| Sports and Stadiums| Streaming Video

Links Week Starting 14th November 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Interested in VFX? – BorisFX held a …

The Green Planet AR experience opening in London

by Bob Raikes

What They Say There is a new AR experience called ‘The Green Planet AR Experience’ that is due to open on February 11th in London. The event was reated by Factory 42 with BBC …

Nreal Glasses Reviewed

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The BBC reviewed the latest Nreal Light AR glasses and found them a bit heavy and disliked the need to use a tethered Android smartphone. The reviewer found they sat quite …

Tags:Augmented Reality| BBC| Testing

Links Week Commencing 29th November 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Mobile phone museum celebrates ugly and iconic …

SMPTE Visits the BBC’s R&D for an HLG Update

by Bob Raikes

The SMPTE UK chapter had an event – originally planned as as in-person event but later mutated to a virtual video – to visit the BBC’s R&D department. It promised some information on the …

Tags:BBC| Broadcast| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Video Editing & Production

What Bob Saw on the Net 22/10/2019

by Bob Raikes

Most days, our editor, Bob, spends some time looking around the net for news. Here are some articles and links that he thought worth sharing… (note that registration or subscriptions may be required!) Philips …

What Bob Saw on the Net 18/12/2019

by Bob Raikes

8K, HDR and LED Drones in Future Zones

by Bob Raikes

We kept our visit to the Future Zone until the end of one of our last days at the show as a reward for slogging around the rest of the show! Of course, NHK …

BBC to Commemorate World War One with First VR Proms Experience

by Andrew Fenn

The BBC has announced it will release its first VR experience to honour the centenary of World War One, as part of its annual Proms concert season in London. “Nothing to be Written”, which …

Tags:AR/VR| BBC| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 30

BBC R&D to Demonstrate UHD HLG Streaming Via IP Multicast

by Andrew Fenn

The BBC’s research and development team will demonstrate Ultra HD Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG) HDR streaming over IP multicast at this year’s IBC conference in Amsterdam. The demonstration will take place as part of …