IHS Markit says that the global OLED TV market is likely to grow to 2.54 million units sold this year, compared with just 300,000 in 2013. By 2022 the market size should expand to 9.35 million units, says the market research firm. The increase in sales volume is reflected in how the high-end OLED units […]
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) will be leading trials with several EBU Members and industry partners of production workflows to shoot, process, record, and distribute live Ultra High Definition (UHD) content, with High Frame Rates (HFR), High Dynamic Range (HDR), and Next Generation Audio (NGA), at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin. The event […]
Following the BBC’s Ultra HD trials this summer, the Corporation has revealed that BBC iPlayer received over 1.6 million requests for its live Ultra HD coverage of the World Cup and Wimbledon. The trial successfully delivered all 29 BBC One World Cup games and every Centre Court match at Wimbledon – all live in Ultra […]
The rapid and increasing number of worldwide 4K flat panel TV shipments over the past few years is contributing to the overall growth of the global flat panel TV market. 4K TV units account for more than one-third of the total flat panel TV units sold in 2017. ABI Research, a market-foresight advisory firm providing […]
From July 30th, UK multiplay operator Virgin Media will be adding the BT Sport 4K UHD channel to its top TV bundles at no extra cost. The move follows Virgin Media reaching a new multi-year agreement to continue bringing all of the sporting action from BT Sport to Virgin TV. This includes all 351 UEFA […]
Chris Chinnock, founder and president of consultants Insight Media and organiser of last week’s QLED & Advanced Display Summit held in Hollywood, quotes one of his speakers saying that the development of 8K broadcasting is “right on track”. Chinnock was writing his summary for Display Daily. Michael Cioni, SVP Innovation at high-end cinema camera specialists […]
Samsung has launched ‘The Frame’ – what it describes as “lifestyle TV” – an attempt to populate the TV set with choices from a portfolio of 800 works of art. The Frame is similar to the company’s 2018 QLED range, but specifically designed for near-flush wall-mounting. The Samsung Art Store, claimed to be the world’s […]
Later this year at the IFA technology show in Berlin on August 29th, South Korea’s electronics company Samsung is expected to launch two ranges of consumer-ready 8K displays. At Samsung’s recent 2018 QLED & Advanced Technology event in Los Angeles, and where Samsung called for global 8K transmission standards to be set, it emerged that […]
UK multiplay operator Virgin Media will be giving its customers the opportunity to watch the Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s finals from the Championships at Wimbledon in 4K Ultra High Definition through Eurosport. Virgin TV customers with a V6 TV box will be able to watch both finals in Ultra High Definition for the very first time. […]
California-based semiconductor company Amlogic used the Broadcast Asia show to debut its S905X chip-set with built-in support for Netflix, and designed for use on Android-based set-top boxes. One clear advantage, says the company, is that the innovative design uses only 1GB DDR memory (double data rate) and compared to 2GB or more currently in use […]