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NTD TV Houston Upgrades with PlayBox Neo

by Isaac Oburu

New Tang Dynasty Television (NTD TV), a 24/7 Chinese language news broadcaster based in New York City, has upgraded the PlayBox Technology AirBox playout system at its Houston channel to the latest-generation AirBox Neo. …

Tags:Broadcast| China| USA

25% of US Homes Are Cable-Free

by Tom Allen

As many as 25% of US TV households do not own a cable or satellite subscription, according to GfK. Households with a resident between 18 and 34 are most likely to have cut the …

ITU Builds on Rec.2020 With HDR Standard

by Tom Allen

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has developed and published a new HDR standard (aka Recommendation) for television broadcasting. The standard was developed by the ITU’s Radiocommunication sector (ITU-R), working with industry stakeholders. It builds …

Tags:Broadcast| HDR - High Dynamic Range| ITU| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 26

Eutelsat and Rai Broadcast First of Seven Euro2016 Matches in Live Ultra Hd

by Isaac Oburu

Yesterday’s first quarter-final of the Euro2016 marked the kick-off of seven matches that Rai, Italy’s national public broadcaster, and Eutelsat are offering Italian TV homes. The initiative with Eutelsat marks Rai’s most ambitious foray …

Tags:Broadcast| Europe| UltraHD & 4K

HDR Acquisition is a Hot Button Topic

by Tom Allen

The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) has published an article on HDR capture, which is becoming increasingly important as demand for the format grows. The capture challenge is compounded by the …

Tags:Broadcast| HDR - High Dynamic Range| SMPTE| Vol 23 - Issue 26

The HbbTV Association extends contract for HbbTV 2.0.1 Test Suites

by Isaac Oburu

The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing an open standard for the delivery of broadcast and broadband services through connected TVs and set-top boxes, today announced that it has extended its contract …

Tags:broadband| Broadcast| HbbTV| STBs

IBC Chooses Apantac for Football Streams

by Tom Allen

Apantac’s UltraHD conversion technology is being used by the Euro International Broadcast Centre in Paris, during the UEFA football tournament. The IBC receives uncompressed UHD feeds, via fibre, from the main venues. It was …

BBC Prepares for UltraHD

by Tom Allen

The BBC has said that it is ‘stockpiling’ UltraHD footage, which Advanced Television states is in preparation for the launch of a dedicated channel about a year from now. The channel will be launched …

BeIN Uses Technicolor in MENA-First

by Tom Allen

BeIN Media Group has integrated Technicolor’s UltraHD technology into its broadcast platform for the MENA region. Technicolor’s technology enables UltraHD content to be broadcast, and includes a single layer transmission using 10-bit HEVC encode/decode; …

A La Carte TV Reaches Netherlands With T-Mobile

by Tom Allen

T-Mobile has launched an a la carte OTT service, Knippr, in the Netherlands, following a trial. The service can be taken without any other T-Mobile subscription and costs €11 per month at base; this …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Netherlands| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 23

Augmented Reality Glasses with Eye Tracking Showcased at AWE 2016

by Isaac Oburu

NEP Visions, one of the world’s most distinguished outside broadcast service providers, chose a Leader LV5940 4K multi-format waveform monitor as the master reference instrument during the recent UHD capture of Martin McDonagh’s play, …

Tags:Broadcast| VOD in UltraHD & 4K

NBC Will Air Olympics in UHD

by Tom Allen

Over a year ago, the IOC said that it did not plan to support UltraHD broadcasts during this summer’s Olympic Games (IOC Has ‘No Plans’ for UltraHD in Rio), as broadcasters had not shown …