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by Alan Spencer
Both Sony and BBC have confirmed that BBC iPlayer will be removed on 2011 Sony TVs from 16th August 2017. The only reason given was due to “performance issues”. The BBC advised that iPlayer …
Tags:BBC| Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 25
by Bob Raikes
The BBC’s Andy Quested has said that he believes that Wide Colour Gamut (WCG) and High Frame Rates (HFR) will be critical in making a success of UltraHD at the SES UltraHD conference. He …
Tags:BBC| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 23
by Alan Spencer
Viewing numbers for BBC’s online services are suffering due to Netflix. Nine years after launch, the iPlayer is used weekly by 13% of all adults in the UK, the same as for Netflix. For …
Tags:BBC| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 13
by Alan Spencer
BBC World News, the 24-hour international news channel, has launched a live stream of its news on SVoD service Hulu Japan. This is the first time the BBC has made the linear channel available …
Tags:BBC| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 13
by Matthew Brennesholtz
I have written multiple articles for Display Daily about high dynamic range (HDR) cinema and TV, as have other Display Daily authors. Most of these articles have been from the Dolby Vision/HDR 10 point …
Tags:BBC| Dolby| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Vol 24 - Issue 03
by Yvette Raikes
BBC iPlayer received a record 69.3 million requests in the week between Christmas and New Year. It was particularly popular on mobiles on New Year’s Eve! This helped to make December its best ever …
Tags:BBC| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 02
by Isaac Oburu
As the complex ultra-high-definition (UHD), high dynamic range (HDR) ecosystem continues to evolve on the broadcast front, there are some simple concepts that should be considered as these issues are addressed, in the opinion …
Tags:BBC
by Bob Raikes
We spotted a nice article in the December SMPTE Newswatch email that reports on an interview with Tim Borer of the BBC about the HLG HRD specification and its development. Borer also goes on …
Tags:BBC| HDR - High Dynamic Range| SMPTE| Vol 24 - Issue 01
by Bob Raikes
The BBC has experimented with broadcasting in 360º video with a recording of the New Year Fireworks in London. The video is below.
Tags:360 Degree Cameras| AR/VR| BBC| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 01
by Bob Raikes
The BBC has put a programme, “We Wait”, an animate film about the dangerous boat journey from Turkey to Greece made by migrants, on the Oculus store so that it can be viewed on …
Tags:AR/VR| BBC| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 49
by Bob Raikes
The BBC and ITV in the UK have said that they will create an advertising-free SVoD service that will be launched in the UK in Q1 2017 under the ‘Britbox’ name. AMC Networks, which …
Tags:BBC| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| SVOD| UK (United Kingdom)| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 49
by Bob Raikes
The BBC is experimenting with UHD and HLG-based HDR on ‘compatible connected TVs’. A four minute extract of the recent Planet Earth II (a very good view, even in FullHD with SDR – Man. …
Tags:BBC| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 49
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