As part of its ongoing efforts to advocate and promote entertainment platforms, products and distribution channels, industry association DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group has developed new artwork and other design elements for the package for Ultra-HD Blu-ray content. The package, which was developed in cooperation with Anchor Bay Entertainment, HBO Home Entertainment, Lionsgate, Paramount Home […]
SFR, a division of the Altice Group and one of France’s largest pay-TV operators, and content protection and multiscreen television solutions specialist NAGRA are working together on the launch of the operator’s new 4K offer under the brand ‘La Box Fibre Zive de SFR’, marking the country’s most advanced Ultra-HD offering. SFR leverages NAGRA’s anyCAST […]
Harmonic, a specialist in video delivery infrastructure, has announced that NASA TV UHD, the first consumer Ultra-HD channel in North America, is now available. Leveraging an end-to-end UHD delivery system from Harmonic, NASA’s ambient video channel provides consumers with a wide array of 2160p60 video content, covering the space programme. Transmitted in the clear via […]
Steven Kang, a senior staffer at Netflix and responsible for Global Originals & Future Technologies, says that all new content on Netflix is to be delivered in Ultra-HD as the means to future proof its output. Kang is in charge of production and post-production technical guidance and support for all Netflix Original series such as […]
Driven by double digit growth in key digital categories, US consumer spending on home entertainment remained stable in the third quarter of 2015, according to the initial findings from the Digital Entertainment Group’s Third Quarter 2015 Home Entertainment Report. Consumers continued to embrace the convenience and accessibility of purchasing and collecting digital content, with studios […]
Manufacturer and consumer demand for ultra-high definition (UHD) televisions remains strong, including 4K TV, wide viewing angle (WCG), high dynamic range (HDR) and other high-definition picture performance improvements. Despite overall sluggishness in liquid crystal display (LCD) TV sales, year-over-year unit shipments of UHD TV panels are forecast to double in 2015, topping 40 million units. […]
Free’s fibre subscribers in France now have access to the country’s first 4K TV channel – Festival 4K – included in the basic offer of their Freebox package. The French telco launched the first 4K box in March 2015 and is now also the first operator to broadcast a 4K channel, marking a new key […]
Japan’s SkyPerfect JSAT pay-TV operator is to offer Ultra-HD transmissions in High Dynamic Range to its DTH subscribers. SkyPerfect is already transmitting UHD signals via its JCSAT-3A satellite. The broadcaster will demo the new signals at the Tokyo InterBee Broadcast Equipment event on November 18th – 20th. For the 4K HDR transmission, an uplink using […]
Samsung is officially backing the French-designed Serif TV, described by its designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, as a piece of furniture as much as a piece of technology. The sets are now available on a ‘made to measure’ basis. The design encourages the set to be used as a floor-standing unit. Looked at from the […]
Responding to recently-launched Netflix’s 4K capabilities, Telefónica’s IPTV platform Movistar Plus is launching 4K transmissions, with the first Ultra HD broadcasts of football matches from La Liga and Formula One races on the channels Canal + Liga and Canal Moto GP. Telefónica is using a bitrate three times more than in HD, with 30 Mbps […]