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Discovery is Ready for 4k

by Tom Allen

Discovery is preparing to develop UltraHD TV content, so that it can be ready for TV operators’ demand. Both the CEO and president, David Zaslav, and president of international, JC Perrette, have confirmed that …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 27

Broadcasters Cautious About New Technologies

by Tom Allen

31% of broadcasters see no potential gain from HDR or HFR A survey by Quantel and Snell predicts that 60% of broadcasters only consider UltraHD as relevant to the future (on a two-to-five-year timescale). …

Apple Has Been Testing UltraHD For Years

by Tom Allen

Leaked emails from Sony show that Apple has been licensing the company’s UltraHD content for testing purposes since 2013. Although not earth-shattering, it does show that Apple is interested in the format – which …

SES Launches Demo Channel

by Tom Allen

SES has launched an UltraHD demonstration channel in North America. The channel is delivered via the SES-3 satellite, and enables cable operators to prepare and test their networks for UltraHD trials.

France Gets Taste of UltraHD HDR

by Tom Allen

Several companies worked together to televise the French leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, in Lorient, in UltraHD HDR this month. The event was the first time an offline UltraHD HDR broadcast, at 50fps, …

Nvidia’s Shield Goes on the Offensive

by Tom Allen

An UltraHD software update has been rolled out to Nvidia’s Shield STB (Nvidia Reaffirms Move to Gaming Products With Streaming Console). Although already supporting UltraHD from local sources (via HDMI), software update 1.2 enables …

UltraHD Appears to Hit Setback in France

by Tom Allen

The future of UltraHD TV, on DVB-T2, does not look bright in France. According to Barry Flynn of Inside Satellite TV, the CSA, the French regulator, has been cagey about the platform. Few of …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 25

Cisco Encodes UltraHD Football

by Tom Allen

Cisco has said that it took part in the experimental UltraHD broadcast of the UEFA Champions’ League match on 6th June. Canal+ used Cisco’s Videoscale Anyres Live UltraHD encoders, to broadcast the content over …

Timeline Develops Europe’s First OB Truck

by Tom Allen

UK-based outside broadcast service provider, Timeline, has built what it says is the first purpose-built UltraHD outside broadcast truck (OBT) in Europe. The company has won a four-year contract from BT Sport to provide …

UltraHD Sports Arriving in August

by Tom Allen

BT will launch an UltraHD sports channel in the UK this August. A new YouView+ set-top box, with 1TB of storage, will also be launched at the same time, and will be supplied to …

Eutelsat’s UltraHD Offer Rises

by Vanessa Browning

UltraHD content from SPI International and Anixe HD Television is now being carried on Eutelsat’s free-to-air Hot Bird 4K1 channel.

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 24

UltraHD Trial Extended in France

by Tom Allen

France Télévisions has said that its UltraHD test channel will be active throughout June. The company was testing UltraHD transmissions at the French Tennis Open tournament, which ended earlier this month. The channel will …