Quantel and Snell have released the results of a global survey into the industry’s views on IP and 4K adoption. More than 1,000 people responded to the survey from small, medium and large-scale public and private broadcast and post production organisations across more than 80 countries. The headline findings on IP are
Ericsson has signed a multi-year broadcast and media services deal with BT Sport to help launch three new television channels and an interactive red button service in the UK. Ericsson will be responsible for designing, building and running BT Sport Europe, free-to-air service BT Sport Showcase, and BT Sport UHD. BT Sport UHD will be […]
Commercial satellite provider Space Systems/Loral (SSL) has been selected to provide a broadcasting satellite for Japan’s Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT). The satellite will be used for Direct-to-Home (DTH) television service in Japan. “The BSAT-4a satellite represents our fourth satellite contract award for the Japanese market in the last two years,” said John Celli, president […]
Ultra HD 4k is very much the next step for broadcasters and pay-TV providers everywhere. But it is about so much more than just more bits, and it is only the first step on the UHD road. Chris Forrester talked to four UHD insiders from Edgeware, Harmonic, Irdeto, Qarva about current abilities and future developments. […]
Samsung Electronics America has agreed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Pearl TV, a partnership of nine leading TV broadcast companies, and Sinclair Broadcast Group with combined reach over 88 million TV households throughout the US. The companies will work collaboratively to support the development and the implementation of the new Advanced Television Systems […]
Satellite operator SES is continuing to set up demonstration 4K/Ultra-HD channels over its key transmission neighbourhoods. The latest offering will appear later this year from SES-3 over North America and provide an easy test for the hundreds of cable systems that use SES-3 for their programming supplies. SES-3 operates at 103 degrees West. “With three […]
In the Ultra-HD marketplace tomorrow’s designs have a habit of appearing in the stores in a matter of months. Such is the case with Sharp Electronics. A presentation at the SID Display Week in San Jose, by Sharp Electronics US president Jim Sanduski outlined what Sharp has in the lab today, and what’s coming to […]
Delia Bushell, Managing Director, BT TV and BT Sport, has said the operator’s third year of broadcasting will see BT TV come of age, with additional and exclusive rights to European football matches, the launch of an Ultra HD service and box, as well as a new channel. Speaking at the Future of Broadcasting Conference […]
As well as carrying one of India’s first Ultra-HD channels, Videocon d2h on June 15th announced it would be adding TLC’s HD channel taking its total of HDTV channels on offer to 35. Moreover, the broadcaster says it will soon offer 50 channels in HD, The 35 HD Channels and services available on Videocon […]
American space agency NASA is currently making available short ‘taster’ clips in 4K/Ultr- HD on YouTube on scenes shot in and outside of the International Space Station. The footage has been uploaded at 60 frames/second, making the images super smooth. The shots are all the more impressive when one considers the challenges NASA has had […]