Dish Adds UHD to Hopper
by Tom Allen
Dish’s Hopper 3 DVR can now be used to stream UltraHD content from Netflix.
Tags:4k| Dish Network| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Netflix| Streaming Video| UltraHD (4KTV)| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 14
DirecTV Goes Live With UHD
by Tom Allen
DirecTV in the US has launched its first dedicated UltraHD TV channel, which will be used to show the Master’s gold tournament (DirecTV Brings UltraHD Straight From Amen Corner). Content will be shot by …
Tags:4k| DirecTV| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 14
Media Broadcast Tests Live UHD
by Tom Allen
Germany’s Media Broadcast tested an UltraHD broadcast, via satellite, on the 2nd April. The firm showed a live transmission of the Vienna State Opera, with 100% signal availability or the 50fps stream. It used …
Tags:4k| Broadcast| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 13
UltraHD Trial is Success in Germany
by Tom Allen
Espial and Tele Columbus have successfully trialled an UltraHD video service in Germany, called ‘Advanced TV’. The Tele Columbus service is based on Espial’s video solutions. 83% of trial participants were said to show …
Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| North America| Testing| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 13
NHK Plans 8k in August
by Tom Allen
NHK’s Kashima Yoshiharu announced the changes.Japan has announced updates to its UltraHD plans at MIPTV in France. National broadcaster NHK intends to begin transmissions on the 1st August this year in Super-Hi Vision, aka …
Tags:4k| Broadcast| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 13
DTG and DTVP Schedule UHD Plugfest
by Tom Allen
The Digital Television Group (DTG), of the UK, and German TV Platform (DTVP) are to hold the second joint Plugfest on the 12th and 13th April, at the DTG’s headquarters in London. The event …
Tags:4k| DTG| Large Display Monitor| Testing| UK (United Kingdom)| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 13
Deluxe Delivers UHD Over Public Internet
by Tom Allen
Deluxe Entertainment Services Group says that its MediaCloud platform has been used to broadcast live UltraHD video, at 50fps, between Europe and North America. The broadcast used the public internet and was delivered using …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 12
More Satellite UHD Expected Over Next Decade
by Isaac Oburu
NSR’s ‘UltraHD via Satellite, 3rd Edition’ report points to 2016 as a year for the roll out of UltraHD via satellite. The report forecasts more than 785 UltraHD channels by 2025. Satellite capacity required …
Tags:4k| Channels| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 12
Vodafone Marketing UltraHD in Spain
by Isaac Oburu
Vodafone has began marketing a new UltraHD-capable TV decoder, which uses an xDSL receiver. it is the first on the Spanish market to do so, the firm says. Festival Fun Box 4K UHD, Slow …
Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Spain| STBs| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vodafone| Vol 23 - Issue 12
UltraHD Coming for Formula 1
by Isaac Oburu
It is now official that the UK’s Sky has secured rights to broadcast Formula 1 racing in UltraHD in the UK and Ireland, between 2019 and 2024. Beginning next year, every Formula 1 race …
Tags:4k| Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Sky| UK (United Kingdom)| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 12
UHD STBs in Canada With Alticast and Videotron
by Isaac Oburu
Alticast has partnered with Videotron to achieve a milestone for the Canadian pay-TV industry. The two companies have made a cable UltraHD set-top box available to consumers in the country.
Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| North America| STBs| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 12
Eutelsat Shares UHD Viewing Preferences
by Tom Allen
Eutelsat presented its findings from a study on UltraHD viewing preferences in Europe at the Connected TV Summit in London last week. We were unable to attend, but Broadband TV News covered the event. …
Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| UltraHD (4KTV)| VOD| Vol 23 - Issue 11
