Telestream, a provider of video transcoding and workflow solutions, has announced plans to showcase support for 4K and HEVC/H.265 encoding, plus new products and multiplatform workflow solutions at the CCW Show November 13-14 in New York City. The company is also featuring new configurations for its newly-acquired closed captioning products. “There has been considerable discussion […]
IBC was all about the coming of 4K. But it was a subject not without controversy with much concern that its benefits could be dissipated. In this fascinating roundtable representatives from Elemental Technologies, Entropic, Ericsson and Rovi talk about 4k, HEVC and look ahead to 8k. Are broadcasters slow off the mark with HEVC installation? […]
Netflix, already with more than 29 million ‘full and active’ subs in the US, and a total of more than 40 million when international viewers are included, is now testing 4K Ultra-HD delivery, albeit at a modest frame rate. Subscribers to Netflix can view the test footage of movie clips ahead of a formal service […]
Elemental Technologies, a supplier of video solutions for multiscreen content delivery, has successfully supported what it claims is the world’s first real-time 4K Ultra HD high-efficiency video coding (H.265 / HEVC) transmission on October 20th when it streamed the Osaka Marathon. K-Opticom Corporation, a Japanese telco, pioneered the workflow for the event and used Elemental […]
Sony Pictures Technologies president Chris Cookson, speaking at a Consumer Electronics Association event, said that there are now 15,000 cinemas equipped for 4K digital projection, and he predicted that the theatre experience would soon migrate to the home. “It is natural to expect [4K/Ultra-HDTV in homes], with what’s gone on for the last 60 years […]
Musician Peter Gabriel has been busy this week performing his 25th Anniversary Back to Front show at London’s 02 Arena, and the event has been captured by production companies Done & Dusted, Real World and ERP Productions in 4K/Ultra-HDTV. The production team used 10 Sony F55 cameras to video the event in 4K. Eight Sony […]
Apple is likely to start selling ultra-high definition televisions with 65- and 55-inch screens during the fourth quarter of next year, according to a Tokyo-based analyst at Advanced Research Japan Co. Apple is deciding on specifications, and the models probably will have a frameless design, Masahiko Ishino, an analyst at Advanced Research, told Reuters. Apple […]
C2G, a provider of cabling and connectivity solutions, has released a new line of HDMI cabling designed for connecting multimedia source devices in conference rooms, board rooms, small and home offices, desktop and commercial audio/video applications. The Select High Speed HDMI with Ethernet cable line allows users to experience the latest HDMI features including full […]
Andy Quested, the BBC’s head of technology for HD and Ultra-HD, says that the publicly-funded broadcaster cannot use licence-fee payer’s cash to fund 4K/Ultra-HD programming. Quested, quoted by 3D Focus, says that only programming funded by non-licence fee cash is being made. “Only programmes funded outside the licence fee are being produced in UHD. We […]
A new report from IHS Electronics & Media says that Ultra HD (4K) will be mainstream by the end of this decade. By 2020, the report’s author Tom Morrod says there will be 140 million TV homes watching at least one Ultra HD channel, and more than 50 million Ultra HD set-top boxes installed. Morrod says […]