Netflix chief Reed Hastings has again promised a 4K download service, but admits that consumers with less than 15Mb/s service might struggle to stream material. “It’s not too bad,” he told a Danish journalist at the recent Copenhagen Future of TV Conference. “If you’ve got a 50-megabit connection you’ll be fine.” Hastings did not specify a […]
German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland and technology giant Samsung have partnered to raise awareness and accelerate adoption of Ultra HD technology across the country. They two companies will combine to promote Ultra HD with a nationwide TV and advertising campaign. Phase one will see an Ultra HD Showcase Trailer screened on Samsung Ultra HD TVs […]
Sky Italia has unveiled details of its “Musei Vaticani 3D” production. For the first time, Ultra HD 4K/3D cameras enter the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel for a programme with new original images recorded through this cutting-edge technology. Last June, Sky Italia’s troupe had the opportunity to shoot the Vatican Museums for an entire […]
Sky Deutschland, along with a panel of experts, showed its 4K test material to a packed room of delegates at IBC, with Stephan Heimbecher, the broadcaster’s head of innovations & standards, suggesting that 50/60 fps was a minimum for sports coverage in 4K. Tom Cosgrove, president/CEO of 3net Studios, showcased ‘Space’ a CGI production now […]
The pros and cons of 4K transmission have dominated this year’s IBC, with the debate causing deep divisions amongst some members of the broadcast community. Everyone recognises that 4K is now very definitely on the agenda, and most of the news is positive. Russia’s NTV+ plans of test transmissions of the Sochi Winter Olympics, for […]
NAGRA has revealed a novel approach in content navigation and discovery designed specifically for the Ultra-HD 4K environment: “Project Ultra”. “4K is making its mark as the next big evolution in television, providing a spectacular viewing experience supported by powerful user interaction possibilities,” said Hubert Rechsteiner, Vice President of the NAGRA UEX Studio. “It also […]
Spanish satellite operator Hispasat formally launched Hispasat 4K, a FTA TV channel that will be available for all the industry to perform tests and develop advanced solutions for new video formats. The first transmission will be a 50 minute documentary on the Prado Museum, in Madrid, produced by TVE an co-produced by Hispasat. The channel […]
According to the large-sized panel shipment survey by WitsView, the display research division of TrendForce, for August 2013 shows 70.11 million units, up 11 per cent on July. At the 2013 Germany IFA, 4K TVs were hot products displayed by all brands. In H1 2013, Japanese brands such as Sony and Toshiba showcased the 4K […]
As revealed exclusively by advanced-television.com August 28th, a group of broadcast industry players is to demonstrate a true 4K Ultra HD Television, end-to-end video transmission over satellite to the RAI Convention Center in Amsterdam during IBC2013. This milestone will mark the first time a full multi-camera production of a sports event has been captured in […]
Sky Italia, Italy’s leading pay-TV provider, is planning a trial demonstration of Ultra HD content delivery using the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) compression capabilities of Thomson Video Networks’ ViBE VS7000 encoding/transcoding platform. Sky Italia chose the ViBE VS7000 to create a real-world environment for end-to-end Ultra HD delivery, from content acquisition and transcoding in […]