Advanced Television

Ultra-HD/4K

Roku: 2 new streaming players for UK

Streaming platform and device specialist Roku has unveiled two new streaming players in the UK, which it says will give people who enjoy TV better ways to connect to the streaming entertainment they love. Roku Express is the most affordable streaming player Roku ever launched in the UK, priced at just £29.99 (€33.50) MSRP. Roku […]

October 11, 2017By Colin Mann

Sony PlayStation VR supports HDR

Sony has unveiled an updated version of its PlayStation VR headset, offering HDR support, integrated headphones, and a slightly new design. Models of the PS VR bearing the ‘CUH-ZVR2’ number will have the updated features and design, with Sony making the packaging different so that shoppers can tell the difference. This biggest change is the […]

October 3, 2017

Insight TV on Deutsche Telekom

Insight TV, a producer of unscripted UHD content covering adventure travel and extreme sports genres, has announced a distribution deal with Deutsche Telekom. The German telco will launch Insight TV’s linear UHD channel on its Entertain TV platform. Insight TV will be available from autumn 2017. Entertain TV offers more than 100 HD channels, with […]

October 2, 2017

Amazon debuts $70 4K HDR Fire TV

In a move that massively undercuts rival Apple’s similar product launched in mid-September and priced at $179 (€153) for 32GB of storage, and $199 for 64GB, Amazon has announced the all-new Fire TV featuring Ultra HD, High Dynamic Range (HDR), and Alexa Voice Remote for just $69.99. Forty per cent more powerful than Fire TV […]

September 28, 2017By Colin Mann

Analyst: STB outlook stable, Media Streamer growing

The traditional pay-TV STB will remain a fixture in consumer homes worldwide, as operators counter the threat posed by media streamers by adding features such as SVoD services, voice search and smart home functionality, according to a Futuresource Consulting report. Worldwide media box shipments, which include both STBs and media streamers (such as Amazon Fire […]

September 27, 2017

Portugal’s Sport TV launching free 4K channel

Portugal’s pay-TV sports platform Sport TV will start regular broadcasts in 4K from October 1st, when it will air the top-flight football match between Sporting CP and FC Porto. The chairman of the Board of Directors of Sport TV, Joaquim Oliveira, said that 30 games of both Portugal’s NOS League and Spain’s Liga will be […]

September 27, 2017From Branislav Pekic in Rome

myCANAL UHD content for Apple TV 4K

The Canal + Group is partnering with Apple to offer 4K Ultra HD content on the Apple TV 4K with: Live events: the best match of every day of Ligue 1 with a new experience 4K Ultra HD Original Canal + productions in 4K Ultra HD A selection of films, series, documentaries in 4K Ultra […]

September 27, 2017By Colin Mann

Tivùsat adds Fashion TV 4K channel

Italian DTH platform Tivùsat platform has added the first regular 4K channel to its offer. Fashion TV 4K is the Ultra HD version of global fashion and style channel Fashion TV. The launch of the 4K version coincided with Milano Fashion Week.  It is available on channel position 289 for all viewers equipped with the […]

September 25, 2017From Branislav Pekic

Spain: Samsung, beIN CONNECT 4K football deal

Samsung Electronics Iberia and beIN CONNECT have signed an agreement to broadcast Real Madrid and Barcelona football matches from La Liga and the final of the Champions League in 4K on Samsung’s Smart TVs with the beIN CONNECT app. Viewers with Samsung Smart TVs and the beIN CONNECT app will be able to watch the […]

September 22, 2017From David Del Valle in Madrid

DISH: College football in 4K

US pay-TV provide DISH is to deliver select college football games from FOX Sports’ FS1 in 4K, beginning with the Oklahoma-Baylor match-up on Saturday, September 23rd. Games will be simulcast in the format every weekend on DISH channel 540 throughout the football season for Hopper 3 customers. “DISH has offered 4K-ready set-top boxes for three […]

September 22, 2017