Dubai-based pay-TV operator OSN’s CEO David Butorac, speaking at IBC, said that despite the challenges of piracy in his region, and fierce competition from the 750 or so local free-to-air channels, OSN was working hard to expand its 59 HD channels and would launch its first 4K/Ultra-HD channel early next year. Butorac explained that OSN […]
Ultra-HD is on track to become an established feature of TVs by 2020, according to Strategy Analytics’ latest predictions. Falling prices, increased retailer support and strong customer satisfaction are the main reasons for Ultra-HD TV’s success. Strategy Analytics now predicts that global sales of Ultra-HD TVs this year may exceed 30 million units, and by […]
Netlflix will launch its streaming service in Spain next month with Ultra-HD content available from day one. Content director Neil Hunt revealed in a press interview that Netflix’s price plans in Spain will start with a basic subscription of €7.99 a month to access the service with one device on SD; €8.99 a month for […]
Responding to growing consumer demand for Ultra High Definition (UHD) content and televisions, video delivery infrastructure specialist Harmonic and satellite services provider Intelsat are partnering to launch HVN Intelsat UHD, a linear UHD demonstration channel for the North American TV markets. This channel will be broadcast via Intelsat’s Galaxy 13 satellite located at 127 degrees […]
Electronics giant LG says that its television division will move back into profits during Q3 this year, and helped by its fast-growing OLED UHD output. “LG’s TV business was in trouble for the first six months of the year. However, our TV business will turn profitable from the third quarter of the year thanks to […]
Japan’s public broadcaster NHK will have what it describes as the world’s first 85” 8K LCD (“Super Hi-Vision”) display on show at IBC next week. The display will also have High Dynamic Range (HDR) technology built in. The unit’s screen displays 7680 horizontal pixels x 4320 pixels height. The contrast ratio is claimed to be […]
Sony has unveiled its first smartphone to feature a 4K-resolution screen. The Xperia Z5 Premium model can both capture video in Ultra-HD and also play it back on its 14cm display without downgrading the footage. Sony’s mobile division loses money – and has done for considerable time – but its camera components are profitable. Sony […]
The news that FashionOne has now launched in Europe as well as over North America and South America on SES satellites ups the total number of Ultra-HD channels either on air or shortly to launch over Europe . New York-based Fashion 4K is now transmitting from SES’s 19.2 degrees slot reaching 116 million potential homes – […]
Satellite communication services provider MEASAT Satellite Systems and New York-based fashion, entertainment and lifestyle television network Fashion One Television have launched what they say is the first English language Ultra HD channel in the world, Fashion One 4K, on the MEASAT-3a satellite. Distributed free-to-air through the MEASAT-3a satellite at the 91.5 degrees East video orbital […]
LG Electronics (LG) will demonstrate High Dynamic Range (HDR)-enabled TV and broadcasting technologies in cooperation with a host of high-profile broadcasters and content providers at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin. The highlight will be a demonstration of BBC Research & Development’s HDR content transmitted to LG 4K OLED TVs. According to LG, the […]