Just in time for Season 2 of Stranger Things, US cable MSO Comcast has confirmed the availability of Netflix 4K programming on its Xfinity X1 platform. Xfinity customers on 4K-capable X1 devices can now browse and enjoy Netflix 4K movies and shows alongside the live, on demand, DVR and web programming included with their Xfinity TV subscription. […]
Football’s governing body FIFA has confirmed that the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia will see all matches produced in UHD/HDR, with VR and 360° VoD part of the overall production plan. Suggesting that FIFA TV has a “proud legacy” of pioneering new broadcast technology to ensure that football fans around the world can enjoy the […]
Huawei and Dolby Laboratories have unveiled the Huawei Q22 set-top box, which they say is the first IPTV set-top box in the world to support Dolby Vision high-dynamic-range (HDR) technology. “It is tremendously exciting to see Huawei deliver the first IPTV set-top box with Dolby Vision support, adding to the ever-expanding list of Dolby Vision […]
Netflix added a Q3-record 5.3 million memberships globally (up 49 per cent year-over-year) as it continued to benefit from strong appetite for its original series and films, as well as the adoption of Internet entertainment across the world.In a Letter to Shareholders, the streaming giant said that relative to its guidance of 4.4 million net […]
Gary Davey, MD Content Europe for Sky, told delegates attending his keynote speech in the Sony UHD Theatre at MIPCOM that Ultra HD has been a big success in the UK, and that Germany and Italy will follow with a Sky Q proposition in the next year. Davey said UHD was in the top three reasons […]
BBC Worldwide has premiered the Corporation’s Natural History Unit’s latest landmark series Blue Planet II at MIPCOM in Cannes, and in Ultra HD. Julian Hector, Head of the Natural History Unit, and Executive Producer James Honeyborne introduced the series to MIPCOM delegates in the Sony UHD Theatre. The seven-parter, presented by Sir David Attenborough, has been […]
Paul Gray, principal analyst at IHS Technology, says the adoption of 4K displays is making considerable progress. Speaking at the MIPCOM UHD event in Cannes October 16th, Gray said that more than 66 per cent of 40”+ displays bought in China are now UHD, and represent 50 per cent of sales in the US and […]
The MIPCOM UHD showcase in Cannes opened October 16th with a strong update from Eutelsat on the growing health of the Ultra-HD market. Claudia Vaccarone, Eutelsat’s director/Global Market Research, said that there are now overall 99 UHD channels or services available to viewers, and using data from its own research and that of Lyngsat, said that […]
Executives from Japanese public broadcaster NHK told delegates at the MIPCOM UHD event in Cannes on October 16th that it was making a variety of programming in 8K ‘Super Hi-Vision’ as well as increasing its investment in 4K content. Senior producer/Global content development, Yukari Hayashi told delegates that in December 2018 NHK will launch the […]
Having abandoned plans to merge their businesses earlier in the year following failure to gain regulatory approval for the deal, New Zealand telco Vodafone and pay-TV operator SKY TV have unveiled Vodafone TV – a world of entertainment that Vodafone says lets Kiwis experience television like never before, by giving them freedom and control over […]