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VR Partners Named for Olympic Games

by Tom Allen

Viasat in Europe and NBC Olympics in the USA have signed up to broadcast this year’s Olympic Games in virtual reality (Olympics to be Broadcast in VR). 85 hours of VR programming will be …

Eutelsat Broadcasts Football in UHD

by Tom Allen

Eutelsat has begun to broadcast the final seven matches of the UEFA European football tournament in UltraHD. Several partners are showing the matches, including Rai in Italy, which is using V-Nova’s Perseus codec. The …

Swisscom Uses Cisco

by Tom Allen

Swisscom is using Cisco’s UltraHD live encoding solution to run its new UltraHD TV service, which was launched on the 14th April. Swisscom wanted to focus on picture quality and stability.

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 …

Amazon Increases Dolby Vision Content

by Tom Allen

Amazon has launched multiple new pieces of content on Amazon Video, using the Dolby Vision format. The titles include the second season of Amazon original series ‘Bosch’ as well as Sony Pictures films, such …

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 and Technicolor Deliver First 4k Ultra HD Satellite Receiver to Homes in the Middle East and North Africa

by Isaac Oburu

Technicolor , a worldwide technology leader in the media and entertainment sector, announced today that global media and entertainment leader beIN MEDIA Group has integrated Technicolor’s 4K Ultra High Definition (UHD) technology into its …

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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; …

NOS Chooses ARRIS and Nagra

by Tom Allen

Portuguese pay-TV service provider is using ARRIS’ ZD4500 STB for its new UltraHD service. The box uses HEVC and integrates with a new RDK 2.1-based app framework from Espial. Nagra provided security for the …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| STBs| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 22

DTVE Examines Next-Gen TV

by Tom Allen

Digital TV Europe has published a free report on the launch and delivery of UltraHD TV services. It deals with what constitutes a UHD TV, and the implications for adding ‘better pixels’ to the …

Tags:4k| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 21

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 …

Live UHD Delivered Over Satellite

by Tom Allen

Several companies worked together at the CommunicAsia 2016 show, to deliver live HDR UltraHD TV over satellite. The demonstration took place on MEASAT’s stand. It used HEVC-encoded content at 50fps, with 10-bit colour, broadcast …