Japanese public broadcaster NHK says it will cover the Winter Paralympics for the first time with live transmissions. The live broadcasts from PyeongChang will begin on March 9th (until 18th) and include the opening ceremony and will be carried on NHK’s Educational TV Channel. Highlights will also be shown at 10pm in a dedicated programme. […]
Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) has bought 90 4K video camcorders for its news-gatherers from Panasonic Business. Panasonic initially provided RTS with its AJ-PX 270 Micro P2 units to test along with models from competing brands, to replace their ageing equipment. The field reporters on the RTS editorial team had been using the same camcorders for […]
ATP Media, the broadcast arm of the ATP World Tour carried out a live 4K v 1080p HDR test at the Nitto ATP Finals, the season ending finale held in November 2017 at The O2, London. The test was designed to see side-by-side, the two production formats in a live tennis environment, as part of […]
20th Century Fox, Panasonic Corporation and Samsung Electronics have announced updates to the associated certification and logo programme for the open, royalty-free dynamic metadata platform for High Dynamic Range (HDR), called HDR10+ which they initially announced in September 2017 at IFA. The HDR10+ platform will soon be made available to content companies, ultra-high definition TVs, […]
Samsung Electronics and Amazon Prime Video have confirmed that the entire Prime Video HDR library is now available in HDR10+, the new open standard that leverages dynamic metadata to produce enhanced contrast and colours on an expanded range of televisions. The Prime Video HDR10+ catalogue includes hundreds of hours of content such as Prime Originals […]
General entertainment channel 4KUNIVERSE – currently at the heart of satellite operator SES’s North American Ultra HD platform – is expanding its reach to Switzerland as SES begins distribution of the fast-growing channel to Swisscom, Switzerland’s leading telco, with 1.45 million television customers across the country. Swisscom is adding 4KUNIVERSE to its expanding Ultra HD […]
Wildlife fans can watch Blue Planet II in the best quality ever shown on the BBC iPlayer from December 10th. The full, seven-part series will be available on iPlayer in Ultra HD and High Dynamic Range (HDR) – the first time the BBC has streamed an episode or series in such high quality – on […]
After officially launching documentary-focused Smithsonian Channel in October 2017, cable network operator Layer3 TV is now the first MVPD (Multichannel video programming distributor) to carry the channel’s full 4K On Demand library. As the first US network to adopt a regularly-refreshed 4K On Demand model, Smithsonian Channel’s offering includes 10 hours of dedicated 4K content […]
The UHD device market continues to excel with media streamers, set-top boxes, games consoles and UHD TVs all demonstrating significant growth, according to analyst firm Futuresource Consulting. The quantity of 4K content that is being created is also growing, but there is limited delivery of it to consumers, the company finds in its latest 4K […]
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. […]