Vol 24 – Issue 02 – Page 9

Ultra HD Forum Releases Updated HDR Deployment Guidelines

by Chris Chinnock

The Ultra HD Forum was formed a couple of years ago to help develop best practices mainly for the distribution community in their assessment and deployment of 4K, UltraHD and HDR/WCG services. At NAB …

Tags:CES 2017| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Video Editing & Production| Vol 24 - Issue 02

First ATSC 3.0 Television Product Shown at CES

by Aldo Cugnini

LG has debuted at CES what may be the first market-ready ATSC 3.0 television set. The ATSC 3.0-enabled 4K Ultra HD TVs are being rolled out to support this year’s nationwide deployment of the …

CES Panel Envisions ATSC 3.0 Business Opportunities

by Aldo Cugnini

At CES 2017 in Las Vegas this past week, industry experts weighed in on some of the many business models envisioned for the emerging ATSC 3.0 standard. Speaking at a panel entitled, “ATSC 3.0: …

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Matrox Maevex Helps Ice Hockey Centre

by Yvette Raikes

Ice hockey team Montreal Canadiens uses Matrox’s Maevex H.264 system to provide streaming of the game around the whole of the Bell Centre, even away from the playing area in the concourse. It is …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Matrox| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 24 - Issue 02

UHD Alliance Focusing on Mobile HDR

by Chris Chinnock

The UHD Alliance canceled a planned press conference at CES 2017, so we met with them in a suite at the Westgate Hotel. Apparently they wanted to make an announcement about the extension of …

Blu-Ray Disc Association Provides Status Update

by Chris Chinnock

We had a chance to meet with the Blu-ray Disc Association at CES and get an update. This update was mostly about the status of the roll out in terms of players and titles. …

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TV Streaming Box is Not Disney Licensed

by Yvette Raikes

The rumour from CES that Snakebyte’s new STB would be pre-loaded with Disney content has been denied by both parties. Apparently there have been some exploratory discussions between the two companies about licensing Disney-owned …

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Panasonic Upgrades OLED HDR TV – but Not for North America

by Chris Chinnock

Panasonic issued a press release at CES describing their new OLED TV, but they never mentioned it in their press conference and we never saw it at CES. We heard afterwards that it was …

Philips Intros First Dolby Vision TV and Other Models

by Chris Chinnock

P&F USA Inc, the company that manages the Philips brand in North America, and managed by Funai, used CES 2017 to introduce four new series of TVs. Only the Philips 4K Ultra HD 8000 …

Sharp TV Models Announced but Not Shown

by Chris Chinnock

Hisense has control of the Sharp brand in North America – and it announced new TV products, but, surprisingly, didn’t show any – at least none that we saw. Hisense’s press conference was all …

LeEco Shows ecoTVs

by Chris Chinnock

LeEco has started to sell a few products in North Americam, starting last fall, and hoping to duplicate their success in China. As we have reported previously, they are introducing a potentially disruptive business …

LG’s Nano Cell / Nano Color Technology Explained

by Chris Chinnock

LG Electronics talked a lot about their Nano Cell technology at CES 2017 and how this improves performance of their Super LCD TVs. They described Nano Cell LCD displays as having, “uniformly-sized particles measuring …