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by Andrew Fenn
The BBC in the UK has launched a live restart feature for most smart TVs manufactured from 2012 onwards. Now, when a user switches to a BBC channel part way through a programme, a …
Tags:BBC| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smart TV| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 25 - Issue 29
by Andrew Fenn
The BBC has called its Ultra HD and HDR live streaming trial “a great success” following broadcasts of all the World Cup matches that the BBC held rights to, plus every Centre Court match …
Tags:4k| BBC| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 25 - Issue 28
by Bob Raikes
We seem to be a little late to report it, as there are only two matches left, but the BBC has been streaming UltraHD footage of the World Cup and the Wimbledon tennis tournament …
Tags:4k| BBC| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Sports and Stadiums| UltraHD| Vol 25 - Issue 27
by Adrian Pennington
The BBC says it has found the answer to one of the problems bedevilling the industry’s transition to live HDR production — that of not compromising the standard dynamic range signal. It has developed …
Tags:BBC| Broadcast| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Vol 25 - Issue 27
by Andrew Fenn
The BBC will offer select games from this year’s Wimbledon tennis tournament in Ultra HD and HDR to viewers in the UK via its catch-up TV platform, iPlayer. The news follows a trial during …
Tags:4k| BBC| Large Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| UK (United Kingdom)| UltraHD| Vol 25 - Issue 24
by Andrew Fenn
The BBC streamed last week’s Rugby League match between the York City Knights and Catalans Dragons live in Ultra HD and HDR on its experimental iPlayer Beta app. The BBC uses HEVC encoding and …
Tags:BBC| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| UltraHD| Vol 25 - Issue 16
by Andrew Fenn
The BBC has launched an augmented reality companion app for its series Civilisations, which airs in the spring. The app will enable users to explore a museum full of historical artefacts, including an Egyptian …
Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| BBC| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 06
by Andrew Fenn
The BBC has announced it will make all episodes of David Attenborough’s Blue Planet II available on iPlayer, in Ultra HD and HDR. The BBC is using Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG) HDR, as well …
Tags:4k| BBC| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 47
by Bob Raikes
Andrew Cotton from the BBC’s R&D department is one of the developers of the HLG EOTF and gave an update on the development of support for the technology as one of SES’s excellent technical …
Tags:BBC| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IBC 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 35
by Andrew Fenn
The BBC will be showing coverage of the Gfinity Elite Series of eSports on BBC Three online every weekend for the next six weeks. BBC 3 is an online channel only. The news marks …
Tags:Back Panel| BBC| eSports| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 27
by Bob Raikes
The BBC got invited to try out Facebook’s VR chat room which allow those that want to communicate using avatars. There is a video online here. In the Facebook virtual chatroom, gestures and facial …
Tags:AR/VR| BBC| | Mobile Display Monitor| | Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 28
by Alan Spencer
The BBC Taster division has launched a free VR app for iOS and Android. The Corporation said that the free app will feature a range of content designed to push the limits of VR …
Tags:AR/VR| BBC| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 25
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