Live and on-demand digital video content product and service provider NeuLion has confirmed that the NeuLion Digital Platform, currently powering Sky Sports, Eleven Sports Networks and others in Europe, and that will be used to power the English Football League starting in 2017, will be demonstrated at IBC 2016 . With the recent acquisition of Saffron […]
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) and Intel Corporation have confirmed that ULTRA, SPHE’s 4K movie streaming service, will debut on computers powered by 7th Gen Intel Core processors beginning Q1 in 2017. Coinciding with the expanded availability of the service, ULTRA will add new features such as 48 hour rentals and free 10 minute previews, […]
Ultra-HD/4K is hardly mass-market just yet, but already many industry players are looking to the ‘next big thing’ in TV’s never-ending road to higher resolution. Now, Japan’s public broadcaster NHK, along with the nation’s two giant electronics specialists, Sony and Panasonic, are to cooperate in order to further develop technology for TV’s capable to handle […]
BT will unveil the latest UHD outside broadcasting links truck at this year’s IBC conference in Amsterdam. The vehicle will be used by BT’s Media and Broadcast (BT M&B) division to broadcast BT Sport’s live coverage of the Round 2 AVIVA Premiership Rugby Matches in 4K. The TES52 truck, which was designed and built by […]
It’s a scheme that’s guaranteed to give a highly-personalised Virtual Reality experience from some hundreds of kilometres out in space. SpaceVR has raised some crowd-funding cash to start building Overview-1, a specially designed satellite that will be launched next June up to the International Space Station (on a scheduled CRS-12 mission) where it will then […]
As widely expected, Sky’s German operation will launch two Ultra-HD sports channels on SES Astra’s 19.2 degrees East position shortly. While the precise date has not been unveiled, Sky Deutschland will show one game per each Bundesliga match day on Sky Sport Bundesliga UHD and selected games from the UEFA Champions League on Sky Sport […]
Starting in autumn 2016, DFL (Deutsche Fussball Liga) – Germany’s top flight football association – will cover games in Ultra High Definition quality. Following the launch, plans are initially to produce one game per Bundesliga match day in UHD which will be broadcast by national TV partner Sky Deutschland. Sky has announced the introduction of […]
Dolby Laboratories and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) have announced the first slate of titles now available in UHD with Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) imaging. Dolby Vision titles now available for purchase and rental on OTT service VUDU include the all-new release The Huntsman: Winter’s War, and fan favourites Lucy, Oblivion, and Lone […]
Data from Juniper Research has found that 4K OTT content will finally see mass-market appeal, with adoption set to soar over the next five years. Juniper’s research, Digital TV & Video: Network and OTT Strategies 2016-2021, found that 4K OTT services will attract over
Telekom Malaysia’s IPTV service, HyppTV is showcasing the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in 4K quality, a first in Malaysia, in a special event at Sunway Pyramid, the official venue partner for the showcase. The event was held to preview HyppTV’s breakthrough innovation in TV broadcasting, together with its technology partner, Huawei. The 4K technology will […]