Celebrated technologist Dr Mike Lynch has suggested that intelligent devices could play a major role in creating video content in the future. Lynch, who was CEO of Autonomy prior to its acquisition by HP for $11 billion in 2011, made the comments during the first Royal Television Society (RTS) and Institution of Engineering and Technology […]
French multi-channel programmer AB Groupe is to make all its 14 channels available to its distribution partners in full HD. From May 13th 2014, it will cease Standard Definition distribution to concentrate on HD. The company describes the initiative as a major technical challenge that will need heavy investment for the Group and allow it […]
Ultra-HD TV household ownership will grow from less than 10 per cent of homes in the US for the next four years to 33 per cent of homes by 2020 according to a Strategy Analytics Connected Home Devices (CHD) service report. David Watkins, Service Director, Connected Home Devices commented: “Demand for Ultra-HD TVs is exceeding […]
Netflix is now streaming content in 4K with the second season of its original drama House of Cards. In a blog post, Netflix said that although its catalogue of Ultra-HD content is currently small, it expects to add more 4K content and increase the number of devices it can be accessed on later this year. […]
Sky Deutschland last week carried a test transmission of a Bundesliga football match in Ultra-HD. The match, between Bayern Munich and Werder Bremen, was carried on an Astra satellite on April 26th, and carried at 50 fps and using the new High Efficiency Video Codec (HEVC) compression algorithm. Six 4K cameras were used and another […]
Elemental Technologies, a supplier of software-defined video solutions for multiscreen content delivery, has announced that the Vienna State Opera, one of the world’s most famous performance institutions, will use Elemental video processing solutions to stream the world’s first live production in 4K high-efficiency video coding (HEVC) delivered via MPEG-DASH over the Internet. Set for 7 […]
Sony has confirmed it would take a $145 million write-down on its Blu-ray disc business. The fresh profit warning came just 3 months after the previous guidance. Sony’s results (for 2013-14) are issued on May 14th. Sony was a pioneer for Blu-ray technology but now says it has further revised downward its anticipated profitability reflecting […]
NanoTech Entertainment has announced that 4K Studios, a NanoTech subsidiary, has entered into a global distribution agreement with Footprint Media, an international Entertainment Company and the owner of High 4K. Under the agreement, UltraFlix, NanoTech’s all 4K Ultra HD IPTV and OTT streaming video service, will immediately add 70 new 15-minutes General Entertainment episodes to […]
Industry trade bodies the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group have joined forces to release an educational video created to help US consumer electronics retailers explain the benefits of Ultra High-Definition Television (Ultra HDTV) to consumers and ultimately drive sales of the emerging technology. The one-minute video is
Thaicom’s CEO Suphajee Suthumpun says her company’s Thaicom-8 satellite will launch 1H/2016 in order to further expand Thailand’s broadcasting industry, and will be placed at the company’s ‘hot spot’ orbital position at 78.5 deg East (along with Thaicom-5 and 6). “The satellite will also allow us to meet the Ultra-HD demands for Thailand and the […]