Japan’s Asahi newspaper has reported that that Japanese public broadcaster NHK will start transmitting 4K signals in July 2014 – some two years ahead of its anticipated start. Initial transmissions will be from satellite, quickly followed by digital terrestrial broadcasting. The transmissions will coincide with the Brazil 2014 football World Cup games, according to Asahi. […]
A report from international market research and consulting firm NSR – Ultra-HD via Satellite – finds, over the long term, Ultra-HD channels represent a respectable, but niche opportunity for satellite companies. This nascent market is expected to start at a low base in 2015 with just 15 channels being demanded by the global cable TV, […]
The technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) practice at Deloitte has revealed its predictions for the media sector in 2013. Jolyon Barker, global lead for Deloitte’s technology, media and telecommunications industry, comments: “Deloitte predicts that the television industry in 2013 will commence the roll-out the next generation of high definition TV, known as 4K, offering four […]
The global 3D consumer market is thriving in a dynamic environment marked by clear and discernible growth across its major platforms, including cinema, home video and pay-TV video on demand, with international markets continuing to make major contributions to the industry, according to an IHS Screen Digest Cross Platform Intelligence report from information and analytics […]
France’s broadcasting regulator the Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel has launched six new HD DTT channels. HD1, L’Equipe 21, 6ter, Numéro 23, RMC Découverte et Chérie 25 are now available to one in two households in the urban areas. They are available for 29 per cent of households who receive DTT via a terrestrial antenna aerial. To […]
The DI workstation from DVS makes it possible to attain a frame rate and image quality that has never before been achieved in the cinema. With the current high frame rate release 5.3, CLIPSTER also allows cinema films to be mastered in high quality at 48 fps in 3D instead of the standard rate of […]
News Corp-backed Sky Deutschland is already on record for its enthusiasm for ‘next generation’ Ultra-HD broadcasting. On Saturday December 1st it put its money into capturing a football match in 4K, probably the first game to be test-recorded anywhere on the planet. Brian Sullivan, CEO at Sky-D said the decision underlined the broadcaster’s position as […]
Research consultancy Futuresource expects a number of broadcasters to launch 4K channels during 2014. Test transmissions from the likes of SES Astra could start showcasing the technology in 2013. Futuresource’s forecasts suggest that by 2020, the sale of 4K-equipped receivers could amount to some 15 per cent of the overall TV set market and a […]
KIT digital’s former CEO Kaleil Isaza Tuzman, who left the business earlier in March, has offered to buy the complete business back at $3.75 a share, valuing the company at some $214 million. In addition, he accused KIT’s current management of deliberately seeking to “scapegoat” the company’s former management, and of wasting cash by moving […]
3net, the US 3D broadcast network owed by Sony, Discovery and IMAX, is preparing for the future with what it describes as ‘TotalD’ productions. It has announced a series of 3D – and what it calls world’s first native 4k -projects, for TV. “Today’s announcement marks an important first step in our ongoing mission to […]