LG Electronics will be unveiling what it says is the world’s first 21:9 aspect ratio Curved Ultra-HD TV (Model 105UB9) at the CES 2014 show in Las Vegas. LG’s newest premium TV is also the company’s very first Curved Ultra-HD model and is, at present, officially the largest curved TV ever made. “LG Display has […]
There has been some concern amongst the production community that Digital Europe’s ‘Beyond HD’ recommendation that their minimum standard for 4K/Ultra-HD displays should be set at an 8-bit depth for colour is simply not adequate. There was considerable argument at IBC over the proposal, with a general consensus that a colour bit-depth of 10-bit should […]
Amazon Studios, the original film and TV production arm of Amazon.com, has revealed plans to shoot all 2014 full original series, including comedies and dramas, in 4K Ultra HD. Rival entertainment streaming service Netflix recently confirmed that it is filming its second season of award-winning drama series House of Cards in 4K. “As a premium […]
Istanbul-based AirTies has announced a “significant” contract with Orange Spain that covers the supply of an advanced hybrid set-top box to subscribers that handles OTT content as well as broadcast and on-demand programming for users. The deal will take the number of AirTies-supplied devices installed to more than 10 million devices. AirTies is also in […]
Silicon Image, a provider of HD connectivity solutions, has unveiled its 4K Ultra HD MHL 3.0 solution comprising mobile transmitter, bridge, and multimedia switch integrated circuits (ICs). MHL is the leading HD and 4K Ultra HD connectivity standard for connecting a mobile device to large screen displays, while simultaneously charging the device. Silicon Image’s solution […]
BSkyB could be facing a bill of £3.2 billion in capital expenditure for a conversion to Ultra-HD, says a report from Berenberg Bank. The bank says that while the new High Efficiency Video Codec (HEVC) would create bandwidth savings for the broadcaster of around £50 million annually in operating costs, the final bill for Ultra-HD […]
Elemental Technologies has announced the successful demonstration of full frame rate 4K Ultra HD high-efficiency video coding (HEVC). At an event in London, the company showed an end-to-end workflow in which live 4K@p60 HEVC content was encoded for display in real-time. At sixty frames per second, the demonstration proves the industry leadership Elemental has attained […]
Speaking at the Digital TV World Summit, BBC executive Mark Harrison has said that while both Sky and the BBC were looking “really closely” at Ultra HD, BBC deployment is realistically still “a way off”. “I’m sure that Sky will get there first in some – I don’t mean this in a pejorative way, but […]
Japanese TV will this week show footage of last week’s Comet ISON captured in 4K by astronaut Koichi Wakata. Wakata was aboard the International Space Station and used a specially developed, and ultra-sensitive, 4K camera to video the comet and its surrounding aurora. The images are a world’s first for shooting 4K in outer space. […]
We are all headed to an IP driven multi-screen world. The irony is that this enables more and better services – and therefore the opportunity for providers to monetise subscribers in more and better ways – and yet these services are delivered by a process that is intrinsically ‘best efforts’. Because of variable bandwidths in […]