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UHD Channel in Scandinavia!

by Isaac Oburu

Danmon Group has finished building Scandinavia’s first UHD TV channel: ViaSat Sport. The channel is now transmitting selected live sport events in UHD to viewers throughout the Nordic region. Danmon also built an additional …

Virgin Joins UHD With TV Relaunch

by Tom Allen

Virgin Media CEO, Tom Muckeridge, has said that the company is to relaunch its TV service under the name Virgin TV. It will use a new STB called Eos, which will be launched in …

US UHD Sales Up 119%

by Tom Allen

The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) has said that US consumer spending on home entertainment products was strong in Q2, up 6% YoY to $4.3 billion. There was a continued shift to UltraHD TVs, with …

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Sky Germany to Adopt UltraHD

by Tom Allen

Sky Deutschland will join Sky UK in launching UltraHD services this year. The broadcaster will launch a channel in the autumn, starting with live coverage of football games. A new receiver will be required …

SES Has 16 UltraHD Channels

by Isaac Oburu

First half numbers for SES shows it now has 16 commercial UltraHD channels, from 0 last year. The Luxembourg-based satellite operator reports that its portfolio of 2,422 HD channels represents 32.7% of its total …

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SKY Perfect JSAT Chooses HLG for HDR

by Isaac Oburu

Japanese satellite operator SKY Perfect JSAT is set to launch the world’s first publicly-available UltraHD HDR broadcast on the 4th October. The channel will be free of charge and accessible to anyone with compatible …

US Cable Operators Trials UHD With SES

by Isaac Oburu

Cable operators in the US are testing the UltraHD platform and receiving HEVC IP set top boxes from SES. The cable operators are Cable America in Missouri, Golden West Telecommunications in South Dakota, MTC …

SNL Respondents Believe Consumers Will Pay a Premium

by Isaac Oburu

Irdeto, a digital platform security specialist and analyst firm SNL Kagan have released a report covering global UltraHD video. The report (‘A Clearer Picture of Growth: 2016 Global 4K UHD Industry Survey’) finds that …

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Tricolor TV Launches UltraHD Package

by Isaac Oburu

Russia’s pay-TV operator Tricolor TV has launched a commercial UltraHD package that consists of three channels: Tricolor Ultra HD, Insight UHD, and Fashion One.

Telus Brings UHD to BC and Alberta

by Tom Allen

Canadian broadcaster Telus has launched the first UltraHD TV service in Western Canada. ‘4K on Optik TV’ can be accessed by residents of British Columbia and Alberta and includes a variety of content, including …

Industry Must Pull Together to Promote ‘Ultra Everything’

by Tom Allen

There was an introduction to the display set-up in the auditorium before the next presentation began. Chris Mullins of Sony Digital Cinema came on-stage to tell us about the projector, which was a Sony …

Sky Shares UHD Date

by Tom Allen

Sky is preparing to launch its long-teased UltraHD service. The content will become available on the 13th August to customers using the Sky Q Silver box. This is – by no coincidence – the …

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