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BBC Aims at UltraHD in 2016

by Tom Allen

BBC CTO Matthew Postage has told the Financial Times that the company is likely to start broadcasting UltraHD programmes – and whole channels – in a standardised way next year. The challenge, he said, …

GfK Predicts Significant UltraHD Sales Progress

by Tom Allen

At the recent MIPTV event in France, GfK shared its UltraHD TV sales data. In the 12 months to January 2015, 298,000 sets were sold in the UK; 294,000 in Germany; and 290,000 in …

QD Vision and Konka Partner to Launch Quantum Dot TVs in Chinese Market

by Helen Vince

At the China Information Technology Expo (CITE), Konka, one of China’s leading HDTV manufacturers, unveiled a pair of new quantum dot UHD TVs based on QD Vision’s Color IQ™ optics. QD Vision’s quantum dots …

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UltraHD Costs Keep Coming Down

by Tom Allen

Supply chain sources expect global UltraHD TV penetration to reach 20% this year. UltraHD models now cost just 15% more than FullHD TVs to produce, but about 50% more at retail. The increasing demand …

No UltraHD on Apple TV

by Tom Allen

The Apple TV is due to be refreshed in June, Buzzfeed said recently (Apple TV Refresh Coming in June). Now managing editor John Paczkowski has shared some more information – there won’t be any …

NeuLion Adds UltraHD Streaming With HEVC

by Tom Allen

NeuLion, owner of an end-to-end distribution platform, has announced support for secure UltraHD streaming using HEVC and MPEG-DASH. Pay-TV operators can use the platform to stream live content to multiple platforms including mobiles, TVs …

Putman: UltraHD Spells End of 1920 x 1080 Sets

by Tom Allen

Pete Putman of HDTV Expert has predicted that the production of ‘ordinary’ (1920 x 1080) TV screens will cease by the end of 2016/2017. Quoted in the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers’ …

BBC Looks to HDR UltraHD

by Tom Allen

The BBC’s head of innovation and standards, Richard Salmon, has said that he hopes to have ITU standards for UltraHD HDR “by [the] middle of this year”. Salmon made the comment at a recent …

Leader Chosen for North America’s First UltraHD MPU

by Tom Allen

Leader Instruments’ LV5490 UltraHD waveform monitor has been chosen by the Mobile TV Group, to be used in the first UltraHD mobile production unit in North America. The Mobile TV Group created the MPU, …

NTT Does UltraHD at 4:2:2

by Tom Allen

Japan’s NTT showed off a new professional video encoder LSI, capable of handling UltraHD at 60fps, in real-time. The encoder supports the HEVC codec. According to NTT, the LSI is the first every to …

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UltraHD Planned for German Satellite Homes

by Tom Allen

HD+, the SES subsidiary, plans to launch an UltraHD demo channel in Germany by the end of the year. It will be launched by 1st December at the latest.

Majority of US TVs Now HD

by Tom Allen

81% of US households own at least one HD TV, according to the Leichtman Research Group, and 51% own multiple HD TVs. This is up from 46% and 17% in 2010. UltraHD TV awareness …