Reliance Jio, a major mobile player in India, is to offer customers a 4K set-top box powered by the Android OS. The boxes will work with Reliance’s 1 Gb/s fibre connections. Initially the STRBs will go to “enterprise”, higher-value clients. Reliance says that two new high-end boxes will be available. The first will be powered […]
LG Electronics has confirmed that owners of 2016 LG Smart TVs, will be able to take full advantage of Freeview Play functionality by scrolling back through their TV guide to enjoy shows from the last seven days. In addition, entertainment services from UKTV Play and STV will also join the range of catch up services […]
LG Electronics has announced Q3 2016 sales of KRW 13.2 trillion (€10.8b) and operating income of KRW 283.2 billion, reflecting strong performance of its Home Appliance & Air Solution business and increased profitability in Home Entertainment, which offset sales declines and operating losses from Mobile Communications. LG Home Entertainment Company reported the highest operating profit […]
In what has been described as “a defining moment” for the future of television in the US, a local TV station in Cleveland is ushering in the era of Next Gen TV broadcasting with the first live ATSC 3.0 broadcast of a major professional sporting event – Major League Baseball’s World Series. Using the newly-standardised […]
SES has added the Nature Relaxation Ultra HD channel to its fast-growing UHD distribution neighbourhood hosted by a trio of satellites (SES-1, SES-3 and AMC-18) at the centre of the North American orbital arc. Earlier this week, SES added INsight TV onto its North American neighbourhood. Nature Relaxation UHD will be carried as part of […]
Amsterdam-based factual entertainment channel INsightTV is launching in Ultra-HD over North America. INsight TV is the latest in a series of channels to join SES’s 4K Ultra HD distribution neighbourhood aboard their satellites (SES-1, SES-3 and AMC-18) located at the centre of the orbital arc over the region. INsight TV launched in Europe in UHD […]
Last week the BBC’s Mike Gunton (Creative Director/BBC Natural History Unit) and Andy King (its outgoing Head of Technology/Television Productions), speaking to advanced-television.com at the MIPCOM programming market, said that the BBC was now working hard to get its Ultra-HD productions out to the consumer. King said that high-profile shows, such as the upcoming Planet […]
Paris-based ClubbingTV is about to shift to Ultra-HD and launch two linear channels in UHD. One service will be provided on Eutelsat’s Hot Bird satellite over Europe, while the other will be hosted by SES for North American distribution. The channels go ‘live’ on November 1st in UHD. The channel is widely distributed on French […]
Global technology company LeEco has launched what it describes as its “disruptive” ecosystem model in the US, which aims to break boundaries between screens to deliver content and services seamlessly on a wide array of connected smart devices – including smartphones, TVs, smart bikes, virtual reality and electric self-driving vehicles. The company has unveiled its […]
Kelly Holland, CEO of Penthouse Global Media, talks to Advanced Television at MipCom about Penthouse TV’s commitment to 4K UHD, looks ahead to it’s plans for streaming TV, and says it will shoot and broadcast in Virtual Reality as soon as the platforms are able to deliver it effectively. [bitsontherun AefexJcX-hLYU43gg]