Insight TV, the 4K HDR broadcaster, content creator and format seller, has announced the commission of a new documentary filmed entirely in 8K UHD HDR. Sandboarding on Dragon Hill premieres on Insight TV in June and is produced by French-based production company FastFokus. “Insight TV has built a reputation in the industry for pushing the […]
Movistar Plus is upgrading its pay-TV platform adding new functionalities including a voice-controlled remote and double-screen option to watch two different channels at the simultaneously. It is also adding new services including Apple TV+. The platform is boosting its UHD content with more football matches and original TV series. Movistar says that around 30 per […]
Multiplay telco Swisscom says it is continuing to break down the barriers between television and streaming with the introduction, from January 27th, of ‘Swisscom TV X’, which it claims will make the best Swisscom TV and the most popular streaming service Netflix available at a discounted price, with hundreds of channels, 1,200 hours of recording, […]
The first US consumer television receivers equipped with NEXTGEN TV capabilities are coming to retail stores later in 2020, with the announcements at CES 2020 from the biggest names in the TV industry launching 20 ATSC 3.0-enabled TV models. The introductions by LG Electronics, Samsung and Sony mirror the initial nationwide rollout of NEXTGEN TV […]
HDR10+ Technologies, LLC, a joint venture of 20th Century Fox, Panasonic Corporation and Samsung Electronics has revealed that the total number of adopters has increased to 94. New partners, such as VIZIO and GooglePlay have added support of HDR10+ on their products. The organisation also announced new advances to the HDR10+ Logo and Certification programme, […]
TiVo has announced TiVo Stream 4K at CES, an easy-to-use streamer with live TV and Cloud DVR from the Sling TV app, plus a number of other content services. TiVo said the service will “give consumers the power to create the bundle they want across multiple entertainment sources using a smart, intuitive interface making it […]
Samsung has partnered with the 8K Association (8KA) to establish a first-of-its-kind certification programme designed to distinguish 8K-enabled televisions and other devices. The partnership marks another milestone for Samsung’s QLED 8K as it will be among the first TVs to be certified by the 8KA bearing the new certification logo. “We are proud to be […]
Sports fans across Germany, Austria and Russia will be able to watch world-class winter sports action in 4K following news that Eurosport has partnered with the Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS) and Infront to screen alpine skiing events from Bormio, Madonna di Campiglio and La Thuile in Ultra HD. The agreement will see Eurosport in […]
Australia’s Seven Network has revealed plans to team up with multiplay telco Optus to develop a channel featuring Seven’s coverage of Tokyo 2020 in 4K Ultra HD, which will be exclusively available to Optus 5G Home customers via IPTV service Fetch. The intention is for Seven’s coverage of the Olympics to be available in 4K […]
Virgin Media customers will be able to watch all of Amazon Prime Video’s 20 Premier League matches in December via their TV set top box – with some matches available in 4K. Amazon Prime Video, which is the only way football fans can watch Premier League fixtures broadcast next week (December 3rd- 5th) and on […]