Advanced Television

Production

ATV@ Sony 4kUHD Theatre MIP TV. Bertrand Loyer, Saint Thomas Productions

Bertrand Loyer talks about being a UHD early adopter – using 4K since 2009 – for Saint Thomas’s wild life and natural disaster shooting. He says UHD and particularly HDR is an evolution in the viewers relationship with the screen with ‘as the eye sees’ pictures for the first time and ability to naturally follow […]

April 6, 2016

Vivendi’s STUDIO+ offers premium mobile content

Recognising the growth in mobile phone ownership and viewing, and the scarcity of quality scripted content in increasingly popular short form episodes, Vivendi is launching STUDIO+, which it claims is the first global premium series offer for mobile screens. STUDIO+ will produce exclusive premium series created specifically for smartphones and tablets and a dedicated App […]

April 5, 2016Colin Mann @ MIPTV

ATV@ Sony 4K UHD Theatre MIP TV, Royal Opera House

Tony Followell, Head of Media, at London’s Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, explains their commitment to UHD for their audience beyond the opera house, reflects on technical trials and new business models and predicts a UHD future for the company’s growing remote audience. [bitsontherun NqFgV7xv-ni7dlelE]

April 4, 2016

ATV@ Sony 4K UHD Theatre MIP TV, Infront Sport

Daniele Gauna reveals what they have learned in trial broadcasts of Serie A as they prepare to bring a slate of games to the Italian audience next season. And he looks forward to more sport coverage in UHD. [bitsontherun eCcVz9gb-ni7dlelE]

April 4, 2016

4K/UHD well placed in 2016

The broadcast industry is well placed to see an expansion of 4K Ultra HD as 2016 progresses, according to speakers at the opening session of the MIPTV 4K Ultra HD Conference Programme. Representing a range of technology, infrastructure and programmers, the speakers revealed a growth in the availability of equipment, delivery platforms and content that […]

April 4, 2016ATV @ MIPTV 4K Ultra HD Conference

ATV @ Sony 4K UHD MIP TV Theatre, Insight TV

Advanced Television brings you the latest from Cannes and the 4K UHD Conference. Mariam Zamaray runs Insight TV, the first all 4K, all action channel. Why 4K? What is the additional cost? [bitsontherun zP38wHFs-ni7dlelE]

April 4, 2016

Netflix first Spanish production

Netflix is set start production on its first original series filmed and produced entirely in Spain. The yet-to-be-titled drama will start production in Madrid this year and debut on Netflix worldwide some time in 2017. The series will be a period piece set in the 1920s, following the lives of four women with very different […]

April 1, 2016

BBC Studios launch delayed

The opening of BBC Studios has been delayed by a month. It had been intended that hundreds of staff who make some of the BBC’s biggest hits such as EastEnders and Top Gear would be transferred into a new £400 million (€499m) complex on April 1st. But the formation of BBC Studios will now take […]

April 1, 2016