US trade bodies the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and the Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) are teaming up to help develop and promote Ultra HD televisions and compatible products as well as 4K content for the home entertainment industries. The announcement came during a conference on Ultra HD held in conjunction with CES Unveiled New York, […]
According to Paris-based researchers at Euroconsult, Japan’s SkyPerfectTV is likely to become the world’s first pay-TV platform to be all-HDTV by 2015. It is also known that SkyPerfectTV intends to debut 4K services next year in conjunction with the FIFA soccer World Cup from Brazil. Euroconsult’s data suggests that pay-TV popularity continues to expand rapidly, […]
Rai and Eutelsat Communications have sealed an agreement enabling Italy’s public service broadcaster to deliver its new portfolio of HD channels across Italy via the TivùSat satellite platform that already reaches into 1.7 million TV homes. Rai will broadcast its three flagship channels in HD – Rai 1, Rai 2, Rai 3 – via TivùSat […]
By Noel Mckenna Vice President of Sales EMEA + India, Entropic HEVC and 4K were the hottest topics at September’s IBC event in Amsterdam, and will continue to be of high interest as we move into 2014. But we must ask ourselves, could HEVC and 4K fall into the same false start trap that the […]
Romain Bausch, CEO at Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES, was very specific on the likely roll-out of 4K/Ultra-HD services. Speaking to analysts following on from its November 8th results, Bausch said SES was extremely confident about 4K happening. While test services are already up and running on its satellites, Bausch said that he expected 4K broadcasts […]
Italian public broadcaster RAI and the Autonomous Region of Valle d’Aosta have signed an agreement for technological trials of video recording in 3D and 4K and the introduction of multi-screen applications for citizens and SMEs. Under this Agreement, to be implemented by RAI’s Strategic Technologies Directorate, audiovisual productions will be filmed with innovative formats (3D, […]
Asia-Pacific, notably, China, is expected to lead 4K (or Ultra HD) TV unit shipments according to ABI Research’s First Screen Video Devices and Cloud Video and Video Hardware Research Services. However, the North American market is anticipated to be the first region to eclipse 5 per cent (in 2017) and 10 per cent (by end […]
DirecTV’s CEO Mike White told analysts during the company’s Q3 earnings call that the broadcaster was working on the kinds of technology needed to deliver a 4K experience to its customers, but was also cautious as to its implementation. “From all those I talked to, both on the content side and on the distributor side, […]
Following a dismal third quarter, the outlook for global TV shipments appears even dimmer in 2013, with shipments now forecast to fall by 5 per cent, marking the second consecutive year of decline. Global shipments of TVs are set to slide to 226.7 million units in 2013, down from 238.2 million in the previous year, […]
UK DTT platform Freeview has unveiled a new advertising campaign encouraging viewers to consider choosing a Freeview HD television next time they are looking to buy a new TV. Created by ad agency Leo Burnett, the 20 second advert – which airs from 11th November – signals a return of Freeview’s helium balloons, this time […]