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Dolby Previews Dolby Vision in USA and Europe

by Tom Allen

The Dolby Vision HDR format will be launched on Vizio’s upcoming Reference series of TVs this year – but on 22nd May, you can experience Dolby Vision content for yourself with the premiere of …

Tags:Back Panel| Broadcast| Dolby Vision| Europe| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Only 7.5% Say Linear TV Will Remain Important

by Tom Allen

The Connected100 survey, by the Connected100 research group, has shown that the key TV innovation drivers in coming years will be OTT (87.5% of respondents) UltraHD (77.5%) and TV Everywhere (70%). Linear broadcast (7.5%) …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| TV Viewing| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 16| Worldwide

Technicolor Adds HDR Grading, Develops Pay-TV STB

by Tom Allen

Technicolor is expanding its colour grading service to include high dynamic range (HDR) grading for films, TV shows and advertising. The company is also licensing an Intelligent Tone Management (ITM) plugin, which broadcasters can …

Tags:Broadcast| Colour Grading| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Technicolor| Vol 22 - Issue 16

BBC Aims at UltraHD in 2016

by Tom Allen

BBC CTO Matthew Postage has told the Financial Times that the company is likely to start broadcasting UltraHD programmes – and whole channels – in a standardised way next year. The challenge, he said, …

Tags:4k| BBC| Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 16

V-Nova Expands Partnerships

by Tom Allen

Encompass Digital Media has entered a partnership with V-Nova (V-Nova’s Perseus Lowers UltraHD Bandwidth Requirements). There are three solutions the partnership aims to deliver: 1) contribution quality video via the internet at a lower …

Tags:Broadcast| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Video over IP (VIP)| Vol 22 - Issue 16

Streaming Goes Multi-Screen – On One Screen

by Tom Allen

A new streaming device from 4SeTV is designed to bypass scheduling conflicts that arise when people want to watch different programmes. The product can be used with a tablet, smartphone or PC, and will …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2015| PCs| Smartphones| Streaming Video| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Motive’s TabletTV Reaches Europe

by Tom Allen

Motive’s TabletTV service (Display Monitor Vol 19 No 46) has been released in Europe, on the Apple App Store. It is initially available in the UK, joining TabletTV UK (Display Monitor Vol 21 No …

Tags:Broadcast| DVB-T & T2| Europe| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 16

Peerless Develops Multi-Monitor Mounting Options

by Tom Allen

Peerless-AV has developed a new range of mounts for desktop monitors, to help limit the effects of prolonged display use – such as fatigue, muscle aches and eye strain. The new mounts offer single, …

Tags:Broadcast| Display Mounts| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Peerless AV| Vol 22 - Issue 15

More Details of V-Nova Perseus Emerge

by Bob Raikes

We have managed to glean some more details of the Perseus compression technology from V-Nova (V-Nova’s Perseus Lowers UltraHD Bandwidth Requirements). Digitaltveurope.net reports that at the technology launch, a stream of 300Mbps was shown …

Tags:Broadcast| Codecs| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 15