Findings from Parks Associates indicate that by mid-2015, more Samsung 4K TV sets were sold in the US than any other brand. Samsung accounted for 28 per cent of 4K TV purchases made within the last 12 months to US broadband households. Best Buy was the leading retailer, capturing more than 40 per cent of […]
Further to advanced-television.com’s revelation that multinational cable, fibre, telecommunications, contents and media company Altice had snatched the rights from holder Canal Plus, Altice has confirmed it has acquired the exclusive football broadcasting rights for France and Monaco for the Barclays English Premier League. Fixed and Mobile customers of Altice and affiliates in France and Monaco […]
Advanced Television talks to Mariam Zamaray, CEO of TV Entertainment Reality Network (TERN), about INSIGHT TV, its newly launched all 4k UHD channel. INSIGHT is a factual entertainment channel available via SES satellite to over 60 million homes . As well as providing maximum bit-rate and FPS picture quality, INSIGHT aims to put the viewer at the centre of […]
November 22nd saw Eutelsat transmit a major tennis final in Ultra-HD. The event was the Grande Sfida 4 at Palapanini in Modena, promoted by the Italian TV Supertennis channel and broadcast live in UHD via the Eutelsat satellites. For the first time, John McEnroe, Mats Wilander, Sergi Bruguera and Henri Leconte were shot live in […]
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) has announced the studio’s first releases in the next-generation Ultra-HD Disc format, which will arrive in early 2016. “By some estimates, consumers will own over 100 million Ultra-HD television sets by 2019. Sony Pictures’ 4K Ultra-HD Discs will deliver consumers the ultimate home theatre experience, with stunning picture and sound […]
As part of its ongoing efforts to advocate and promote entertainment platforms, products and distribution channels, industry association DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group has developed new artwork and other design elements for the package for Ultra-HD Blu-ray content. The package, which was developed in cooperation with Anchor Bay Entertainment, HBO Home Entertainment, Lionsgate, Paramount Home […]
Steven Kang, a senior staffer at Netflix and responsible for Global Originals & Future Technologies, says that all new content on Netflix is to be delivered in Ultra-HD as the means to future proof its output. Kang is in charge of production and post-production technical guidance and support for all Netflix Original series such as […]
Japan’s SkyPerfect JSAT pay-TV operator is to offer Ultra-HD transmissions in High Dynamic Range to its DTH subscribers. SkyPerfect is already transmitting UHD signals via its JCSAT-3A satellite. The broadcaster will demo the new signals at the Tokyo InterBee Broadcast Equipment event on November 18th – 20th. For the 4K HDR transmission, an uplink using […]
Satellite operator SES says it now has secured contracts for six Ultra-HD channels, five of which are already on air. CEO Karim Michel Sabbagh said: “SES has continued to be productive in Q3. SES has been first out of the starting gate in the commercial introduction of Ultra HD, building on the milestone of Europe’s […]
Movie industry professional membership association SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) used its Annual Technical Conference (SMPTE 2015) to publish its High Dynamic Range report which encompasses the work of some 170 top experts in the field. “HDR is a rapidly emerging and much-debated technology with the capacity to make a greater impact […]