UK subscription-free satellite TV platform Freesat is seeking proposals from manufacturers to develop a set-top box for its next generation consumer product. The new product will give manufacturers a significant opportunity to develop a new range of innovative set-top-boxes at scale for subscription-free satellite TV customers across the UK. The product requirements will be based […]
20th Century Fox, Panasonic Corporation and Samsung Electronics have forged a new partnership to create an open, royalty-free dynamic metadata platform for High Dynamic Range (HDR) through an associated certification and logo programme, tentatively called HDR10+. Together, the three companies will form a licensing entity that will begin licensing the HDR10+ platform in January 2018. […]
Multi-play telco Digicel and Huawei Technologies have teamed up to push the boundaries of technology and put the real power of fibre to the test with the first-ever local linear broadcast of Ultra HD TV in the Caribbean. Hosted at Digicel’s downtown Kingston headquarters in Jamaica, the test demonstrated the benefit of having a 100 […]
BT Media and Broadcast, the digital media and broadcast solutions arm of the telco, is to broadcast live coverage of two Aviva Rugby Union Championship matches in UHD at broadcast technology show IBC over the weekend of September 16-17, using the latest High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) equipment from NTT Electronics, supplied by its UK […]
IHS Markit research shows that sales of high-end OLED displays are growing. The latest numbers from IHS, and reported by Large Display Monitor (LDM), say that OLED will grow to dominate the TV market for sets that cost more than $1,000 which took 5 per cent of the overall market in 2016, but more than […]
A new Japanese satellite, BSAT-4a and built by Space Systems/Loral, has arrived in Kourou, French Guiana, to be readied for launch by Arianespace. The satellite will be used for DTH broadcasting over Japan, and this will include 4K and 8K transmissions during the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020. BSAT-4a has 24 Ku-band transponders and will […]
Taiwanese broadcaster Chinese Television System (CTS) will use a comprehensive video contribution and distribution (C&D) solution from video delivery infrastructure specialist Harmonic during the 29th Summer Universiade, August 19th to August 30th, in Taipei, Taiwan. The Universiade is organised by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) as a worldwide multi-sports event for university athletes. Harmonic is […]
TP-Vision – brand licensee for the design, manufacturing and marketing of Philips TVs – has confirmed that the company’s new 6162 and 6262 2017 range of Philips Smart TVs will be the first Philips sets to feature the Freeview Play service in the UK. Freeview Play combines catch-up, on-demand services and live television together in […]
South Korea’s electronics giant LG Display confirmed July 26th that it will invest 15 trillion Won (about $13.5 bn) to boost production of OLED screens, for TV sets and cellular devices. LG said its board had approved its plan to invest 7.8 trillion won in new OLED production facilities located in Paju in Gyeonggi Province. […]
Orange Spain has launched a new set-top-box compatible with 4K and Netflix in Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona. The new STB, branded WHD81, also allows subscribers to access to YouTube, the streaming service Rakuten TV and 4K content. The STB has a new interface with two USB ports to watch TV content with DTT functionality.