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Waipu.tv Enabled on Amazon Fire TV

by Alan Spencer

German IPTV operator Exaring, has enabled its TV platform, to be available on the Amazon Fire TV box and stick. Subscribers watching waipu.tv on their smartphones can also use a swiping motion on their …

Ooredoo Launches 4K TV in the Middle East with Harmonic

by Alan Spencer

Ooredoo, a telecommunications operator based in Qatar, has launched a 4K TV service in the Middle East using Harmonic’s Electra VS convergent video system. Ooredoo’s new multiscreen channels, called FunBox UHD and C4K360, offer …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 11

First 4K NASCAR Race Broadcast On the Way

by Yvette Raikes

Following the successful 4K Ultra HD broadcast of college basketball, Fox Sports and DirecTV will deliver 4K NASCAR racing on April 1st on DirecTV’s on-demand video service. Major league baseball and NBA games in …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 10

Swisscom Adds Insight TV UHD to its Platform

by Alan Spencer

The UHD channel, Insight TV, has been added to Swisscom’s IPTV platform, Swisscom TV 2.0, which was launched in April 2016. Insight TV is a linear pay-TV service, offering travel and sports programmes. Swisscom’s …

Cheltenham Festival Highlights Shown in 4K 360° Video

by Alan Spencer

ITV, the UK commercial broadcaster, produced a daily highlights package of horse-racing action in Ultra HD and 360° video, for the Cheltenham Festival, which ended on 17th March. The content was put up on …

System76 Adds UltraHD Options

by Bob Raikes

System76 is a Denver, Colorado-based maker of Linux-powered systems and has upgraded its line of notebooks in the Oryx Pro (15″/17″), Serval WS (15″/17″) and Bonobo WS (17″) ranges to give options of UltraHD …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 10

Spo-book Kumo IV Can Drive Four UHD Displays

by Bob Raikes

SPO-comm has a new UltraHD Media Player, the spo-book Kumo IV, that can be used for VR or for high end digital signage. The box is based on an Intel Core i5-6400T CPU (Skylake) …

Pioneer Blu-Ray Drive can Write UltraHD Discs

by Bob Raikes

Pioneer has added to its line of Blu-ray devices for PCs with the BDR-211UBK which supports Blu-ray UltraHD reading and writing so that it can be used for creating UltraHD Blu-rays. It’s an internal …

Tags:Blu-ray| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Layer3 TV to Offer Live and On-Demand 4K Ultra HD Content

by Alan Spencer

The US-based cable TV provider, Layer3 TV, is starting to provide a selection of live and on-demand 4K ultraHD content to subscribers. One of the first offerings will be the BBC documentary, six-part nature …

DVB UHD Phase 2 Now an ETSI Standard

by Bob Raikes

The DVB, which coordinates the technical side of broadcasting in Europe and, increasingly globally, has announced that ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) has published the DVB Video & Audio Coding Specification as an ETSI …

Vodafone Germany to Show US TV Series in Ultra HD

by Alan Spencer

Customers in Germany that have signed up for the Vodafone HD premium package for the recently launched GigaTV 4K platform, are now able to access the new season’s first episodes of TV series “Power” …

V-Nova Demos UltraHD With Thaicom Using PC

by Bob Raikes

V-Nova said that its Perseus Codec is being used by Thaicom, a satellite operator, to demonstrate to clients that it can support UltraHD or Super Hi-Vision 8K. The companies said that broadcast was at …