Japan’s 8K ‘Super Hi-Vision’ broadcasting technology will be showcased at four venues at the end of this year. Japan’s NHK public broadcaster is behind the demos, which revolve around the top-rated end-of-year singling competition Kohaku Uta Gassen, which will be run this coming December 30th – 31st for the 66th time. Kohaku Uta Gassen is […]
Spanish telcos Orange-Jazztel and Vodafone-ONO have jointly acquired the football TV rights to La Liga for public venues (hotels, bars, restaurants) for over the next three seasons. It includes all football matches from the First and Second Division and the Copa del Rey. They will pay €300 million for the TV rights which the companies […]
Ofcom looks set to delay the start of its auction for another round of 4G spectrum, after threats of legal action from Telefonica and Hutchison, parent companies of O2 and Three, who want the regulator to wait until a decision is made about their plan to merge the two mobile companies. The spectrum, formerly used […]
In a move to boost pay-TV subscriptions to Movistar Plus, Telefonica has launched its Screen Fusion campaign to give its customers free smart TVs with offer access to only its own pay-TV platform. From December 14th, new subscribers to the Movistar Fusion+ 300Mbps fibre service will be able to choose between a 32” TV set […]
As Sky announces its $0.3 million investment in TV4 Entertainment, an Ampere Analysis report looks at the company’s investments in start-ups and next generation assets. With 11 such investments now under its belt since its start-up strategy began, how is the broadcaster future-proofing itself against the changing TV landscape? Ampere has identified five core developments […]
Vimeo sharing platform Vimeo is rolling out adaptive streaming, a major upgrade to the player that enables 4K viewing both on and offsite. Adaptive streaming automatically delivers the highest possible resolution (up to 4K) for any video, optimised for the user’s device and bandwidth. Vimeo On Demand will also support adaptive streaming, making it the […]
With the ATSC standard for next-generation broadcast television nearing completion, US broadcaster Sinclair Broadcast Group invited a delegation of 11 South Korean broadcast industry experts to witness the first end-to-end transmission of UHD High Dynamic Range (HDR) Scalable High Efficiency Video (SHVC) encoded content using the proposed ATSC 3.0 transmission standard. The broadcast originated from […]
David Frear, CFO at pay-radio operator SiriusXM, told the Bank of America Merrill Lynch media conference in New York that it was in the initial stages of a ‘Request For Proposals’ ahead of procuring two replacement XM satellites. He told delegates that the two satellites were scheduled to launch in 2019 and 2020 and would […]
The DTG, the independent UK collaboration centre for innovation in digital media technology, has launched UHDready.co.uk to help the retail trade sell with confidence, supported by manufacturers including LG, Sony, and Philips, with more to come. Ultra HD is the next step in the TV experience, with four times to detail, richer colours and smoother […]
Malaysia’s government has renewed its exclusivity agreement with Measat Broadcast, which operates the Astro pay-TV operation in the country. The new agreement runs until the end of February 2017. The need for a re-assessment came about because of the need to migrate Measat/Astro’s existing Broadcast Licence to the newly created Content Applications Service Provider Individual […]