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Links Week Commencing 13th September 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. The best Dolby Vision movies to test …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| China| Dolby Vision| LED| Outdoor Displays| Satellite| Semiconductor Market| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| TSMC

Sky Q to offer live sport in HDR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The UK’s dominant pay TV firm, Sky, has said that it will supply over 200 hours of Olympic coverage in UltraHD and with HDR on its dedicated 4K channel. It will …

Tags:Broadcast| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Satellite| UK (United Kingdom)| UltraHD

TP Vision integrates HD+ into Philips TVs via HbbTV OpApp

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TP Vision has integrated an app in its Philips-branded TVs to support the German DTH satellite service, HD+. The app acts as a ‘virtual STB’ and will be available on the …

Tags:Germany| Satellite| Smart TV| STBs| TPV (TP Vision)

Ultra HD Forum: “Hard to make business case for 8K”

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Advanced Television reported comments from Ben Schwarz, writing for the Ultra HD Forum as saying that it is very hard for broadcasters to justify 8K adoption. The article identifies just five …

Tags:OTT Video| Satellite| Super Hi-Vision (8K)

Roland Garros UHD Availability is Mixed

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Roland-Garros tennis tournament in Paris has been a popular event for testing new TV technologies (e.g. HDTV via MPEG4 in 2006, 3D broadcast in 2010, UltraHD in 2013 etc) and …

Tags:France| FTA (Free to Air)| Satellite| Sports and Stadiums| Terrestrial (DTT)

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SES Announces Total Reach of 361 Million TV Homes Worldwide

by Artem Alekseenko

SES announced the results of its annual Satellite Monitor market research, the industry’s premier accounting of satellite’s TV reach, which underscore SES’s established position as a leader in enabling direct and indirect content delivery …

Tags:OTT Video| Satellite| SES

SES Takes Worldwide Reach to 361 million

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Satellite operator SES put out its latest Monitor market research and said it is now delivering 8,265 channels worldwide, including close to 3,000 in the HD format. The reach of the …

Tags:Broadcast| Satellite| SES

Amazon Prime Video launches on Freesat

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Amazon Prime video has done a deal to allow Amazon Prime Video to launch on the UK’s FreeSat platform. Prime Video joins Freesat’s other services, including Netflix, UKTV Play, Britbox and …

Tags:Amazon| FTA (Free to Air)| Satellite| SVOD

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

What Bob Saw Around the Net…. 06/11/2018

by Bob Raikes

Most days, our editor, Bob, spends some time looking around the net for news. Here are some articles and links that he thought worth sharing… (note that registration or subscriptions may be required!) Türksat …

Tags:Apple| HDTV| iPhone| Satellite| Sky| Super Hi-Vision (8K)

What Bob Saw Around the Net…. 05/12/2018

by Bob Raikes

Most days, our editor, Bob, spends some time looking around the net for news. Here are some articles and links that he thought worth sharing… (note that registration or subscriptions may be required!) Battlefield …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Nvidia| ray tracing| Satellite| Supply Chain| Touch Interfaces| Virtual Reality

What Bob Saw on the Net 02/04/2019

by Bob Raikes

Most days, our editor, Bob, spends some time looking around the net for news. Here are some articles and links that he thought worth sharing… (note that registration or subscriptions may be required!) HP …

Tags:Codecs| Digital Signage| Financial Data| HP Inc| Huawei| Large LCD Supply| LED| Notebooks| OLEDs| Satellite| SES| Sports and Stadiums| TVs (TV Sets)| V-Nova| Video over IP (VIP)