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Spain tests 8K on DTT

by Bob Raikes

What They Say RTVE in Spain has tested 8K transmission using DVB-T2 and Dolby AC-4 sound in Madrid, Seville, Valencia, Barcelona, Santiago de Compostela, Málaga and Ciudad Real. The trial used Samsung QLED 8K …

Tags:Broadcast| Spain| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Terrestrial (DTT)

Growth of High-resolution Displays Boosted by High-Scan Driver ICs

by Artem Alekseenko

The 2020 Macroblock symposium was broadcasted live on September 25th 2020 to communicate with customers worldwide. On top of the exciting speeches delivered by the various speakers and the insightful panel discussion between the …

Tags:Broadcast| LCD displays| LED

ORF launches Ultra HD trial via DVB-T2 in Austria

by Bob Raikes

What They Say National broadcaster, ORF, of Austria has launched a trial of broadcasting UltraHD content using DVB-T2 technology. The broadcaster hopes to increase the content sent this way. What We Think A CI+ …

Tags:Austria| Broadcast| DVB-T & T2| UltraHD (4KTV)

ATSC 3.0 and the NAB Show Express: Part 2 – Broadcasters

by Matthew Brennesholtz

My Display Daily for yesterday discussed ATSC 3.0 in general and what the lack of backward compatibility with ATSC 1.0 means to consumers. This lack of backward compatibility is actually a much more serious …

Tags:ATSC| Broadcast| NAB 2020

ATSC 3.0 and the NAB Show Express: Part 1 – Consumers

by Matthew Brennesholtz

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) normally holds its annual trade show, the NAB Show, in Las Vegas, in early April every year. Last year, the show was held April 6 – 11, with …

ATSC 3.0 Highlighted in Sessions and on the Show Floor

by Aldo Cugnini

“Nextgen TV, powered by ATSC 3.0” was one of the key technologies highlighted at this year’s CES consumer technology show in Las Vegas. The first U.S. consumer receivers with integrated Nextgen TV capabilities were …

Games of Thrones: The Very Dark Night – What went wrong (and how can WE fix it)?

by Patrick Inhofer

Game of Thrones (GoT) Episode 803, “The Long Night”, recently took over social media – with fans complaining about the cinematography and color grading, delivering scenes so dark the images were nearly indecipherable. The …

ATSC 3.0 Shows Progress at NAB 2019

by Aldo Cugnini

From all appearances at the NAB 2019 Conference held in Las Vegas between April 6 and 11, there is considerable activity by broadcasters and manufacturers that are preparing to roll out over-the-air services, and …

Tags:5G| ATSC| Broadcast| USA

What do European Broadcasters Think about 8K?

by Bob Raikes

Recently I spent a couple of days at the DVB World event in Dublin – an occasion when broadcasters and service providers get together to talk about TV and broadcasting. One of the topics …

Tags:Broadcast| Europe| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| UltraHD

The Challenges of the European TV Market

by Bob Raikes

A few years ago, when the flat TV market was new and lots of companies saw this as an opportunity to disrupt the CRT TV market and jump into the scene (it didn’t work …

ATSC 3.0 Announcements at CES 2019

by Aldo Cugnini

With the ATSC 3.0 standard essentially finished last year, the casual observer might have expected to see new product at this year’s CES Show in Las Vegas. Indeed, while there were a few 3.0 …

Tags:ASICs| ATSC| Broadcast| CES 2019| Samsung

The Beginning of the End for Satellite TV Broadcast?

by Bob Raikes

I’m at CES, in the middle of the press day and I did think about writing about the first impressions, but I’ll leave that for later in the week. In the meantime, there was …

Tags:Broadcast| Satellite| Streaming Video