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CTS to deliver live HD and UHD sports coverage

Taiwanese broadcaster Chinese Television System (CTS) will use a comprehensive video contribution and distribution (C&D) solution from video delivery infrastructure specialist Harmonic during the 29th Summer Universiade, August 19th to August 30th, in Taipei, Taiwan. The Universiade is organised by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) as a worldwide multi-sports event for university athletes. Harmonic is […]

August 9, 2017

UEFA delivers UHD IP remote production trial

UEFA has delivered what it says is the world’s first uncompressed UHD remote production trial during the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final, held in Poland in June, in collaboration with Snell Advanced Media (SAM) and system’s integrator, Gearhouse Broadcast. During the Championship final game, the IP system – which replaced a traditional OB set […]

July 31, 2017

Netflix debuts Dolby Atmos

Netflix is now supporting Dolby Atmos, beginning with Okja, a critically-praised film directed by Bong Joon Ho that recently debuted at the Cannes Film Festival, available globally on Netflix from June 28th. Writing in the Netflix blog, Greg Peters, Chief Product Officer, says that much like how 4K and HDR bring more stunning and realistic […]

June 28, 2017

BBC fully backs Ultra HD, HDR

Andy Quested, the BBC’s HD & UHD Head of Technology, told delegates at the SES Ultra-HD conference in London that the broadcaster was fully behind UHD and the ‘Rec 2020’ standard which allows for High Dynamic Range images. “Everything we do today has to stand the test of time. Planet Earth 1, made some 11 […]

June 22, 2017By Chris Forrester

Vivicast: Confident of further US UHD deployment

Amy Shapiro, Vivicast Media’s VP/Acquisitions, Broadcast & Syndication, speaking at the SES Ultra HD Conference in London, forecast a buoyant future for the fast-growing technology. She told delegates that April 2016 saw DirecTV’s initial deployment of 4K/UHD channels, and Memphis-based Vivicast has since licensed a large number of titles to the pay-TV operator. “Only last […]

June 21, 2017By Chris Forrester

BT Champions League screening “an outrageous success”

Tim Felstead, Head of Product Marketing SAM, Snell Advanced Media, has described BT Sport’s live screening of the UEFA Champions League Final using High Dynamic Range (HDR) technology in Ultra-High Definition (UHD) with Dolby Atmos sound at a private screening in London as “an outrageous success”, suggesting that similar initiatives addressing consumers could provide a […]

June 20, 2017By Colin Mann

EVS for BT Sport UHD/HDR Champions League

EVS, a specialist in live video production technology, has provided a range of tools from its ecosystem of Connected Live technology and Creative Live solutions to BT Sport for the live coverage of the 2017 UEFA Champions League final. In its role as host broadcaster of the showpiece European club football final, BT Sport deployed […]

June 16, 2017

BT releases ‘record’ capacity from networks

A new 400Gbps single-carrier based technology solution to transmit vast streams of data over core fibre-optic networks, the ‘motorways’ of the Internet, has been developed by researchers at the BT Labs in Adastral Park, Ipswich. BT is demonstrating the optical network technology at its Innovation Week 2017 event at Adastral Park which runs from 12th […]

June 12, 2017By Colin Mann

BT: UK leads the world in sports production

Jamie Hindhaugh, COO of BT Sport, has suggested that the UK is way ahead of the rest of the world with its ambition in live sports production, in particular, enabling the telco better to engage with its viewers and demonstrate to its rights-holder partners the value it is delivering. Delivering a keynote address at the […]

June 6, 2017By Colin Mann

MOOV, BT Sport choose ChyronHego for 4K Champions League

ChyronHego’s flagship LyricX graphics creation and playout solution and HX graphics platform will be deployed by BT Sport in its live Ultra-HD coverage of the 2017 UEFA Champions League final match on June 3rd. MOOV, a UK sports and live-event graphics provider, has teamed up with BT Sport to present the UHD broadcast between Juventus […]

June 2, 2017