Advanced Television

Equipment

Technicolor powers Insight TV HDR

UHD HDR broadcaster and producer of native UHD content Insight TV has confirmed that it is using Advanced HDR by media and entertainment technologist Technicolor. This solution is composed of Technicolor HDR and Technicolor HDR Intelligent Tone Management (ITM) technologies to up, down and cross-convert its existing UHD content library providing the highest quality to […]

November 14, 2018

LG ‘rollable’ screens in 2019?

LG Displays have been making flexible ‘rollable’ OLED displays – as prototypes – for a couple of years. Indeed, Japan’s public broadcaster NHK used four 42” roll-up displays, stitched together, to create a massive 8K screen back in 2016 at broadcasting technology show IBC. LG demonstrated a shelf-mounted 65” rollable 4K screen at CES this past […]

November 5, 2018By Chris Forrester

“No profit” for LG’s display division

LG makes the best panels for OLED manufacturers, and there is no doubt that their ‘best of breed’ quality is appealing for their own branded displays as well as those of its retail rivals. But according to analysis by Bob Raikes of Display Daily the South Korean electronics giant is some way off from making […]

October 25, 2018

OLED displays can suffer screen logo ‘burn in’

OLED-based TV displays are generally acknowledged to enjoy a ‘best of breed’ reputation amongst viewers and the industry. However, a recent suite of tests show an alarming set of results and distinct anxieties. The tests were run by product review and ratings specialists Rtings.com (which coyly describes ‘burn in’ as “image retention”). Rtings started a […]

October 24, 2018By Chris Forrester

IHS: 2m 8K TV shipments by 2020

After declining unit-shipment volumes in 2017, global TV shipments are forecast to grow 3.6 per cent year over year in 2018, with additional 1.4 per cent growth in 2019, according to a new report from business information provider IHS Markit. Of the 226 million TVs expected

October 15, 2018

IHS: Young males most likely to seek UHD content

According to Fateha Begum, associate director, connected devices, IHS Markit, adults under the age of 35, and particularly males, are most interested in UHD content when choosing a video service. “More than a third of video subscribers across the five markets surveyed – the US, UK, Germany, Japan and Brazil – indicated that UHD content […]

October 11, 2018By Colin Mann

Analyst: 4K poised to take over the living room

Nearly 50 per cent of all TVs shipped worldwide will, by year-end, be 4K, according to a market tracking report from Futuresource Consulting. The report, which includes TVs, broadcast coverage, STB installed base, Blu-ray players, Blu-ray software, digital transactional video and digital subscriptions, focuses on the latest key developments and future consumer trends in 4K. […]

October 9, 2018

Amazon unveils Fire TV Stick 4K

Amazon has unveiled the Fire TV Stick 4K, claiming it to be “the most powerful streaming stick available”. The device, paired with an all-new Alexa Voice Remote, will ship in the UK from November 14th at a price of £49.99 (€56.20). “We’ve listened to our customers and pushed to deliver the complete 4K solution they […]

October 3, 2018

UPC Switzerland rolls out new UPC TV service

UPC is adding the new UPC TV to its Happy Home portfolio. “We want to delight our customers. And so we took a step back from static television. UPC TV is not just television, it is an experience, because every customer can watch television how they want. Whether that is on the sofa in the […]

October 3, 2018

Spain: Movistar Plus adds 4K offer

Telefónica’s Movistar Plus has launched its 4K offer with a new UHD-equipped STB. The pay-TV platform will initially air football matches in 4K on two channels called beIN LaLiga 4K and Movistar Partidazo 4K, with VoD content (documentaries, TV series and movies), and more channels to be added shortly. Fibre optic customers will be able […]

October 1, 2018From David Del Valle in Madrid