NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, has selected Amagi to provide UHD playout with cloud automation for its production of the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, which take place in Tokyo, Japan, from July 23rd to August 8th, specifically on Olympic Channel. The announcement was made today by Anil Abraham, Director, Systems […]
Multiplay telco BT has unveiled the BT TV Box Pro, describing it as the TV platform’s most advanced set-top box. The box is designed to support the next generation of TV viewing, with the features including 4K HDR viewing and Dolby Atmos, designed to offer a complete immersive experience. BT has also rolled out a […]
LG Display has announced the final winners of its OLED design competition which it launched back in November 2020 with UK design business Dezeen. The concept was to find OLED-based designs that solve LG’s customers ‘pain points’ and make lives easier by tapping into LG’s core displays which are already ultra-thin, ultra-light and can even […]
The 8K Association (8KA), the cross-industry group dedicated to promoting the growth of the 8K ecosystem, has seen strong growth in its membership in the last year. Membership is coming from all parts of the 8K ecosystem including Google, who has joined to “track and help define how the evolution of 8K content will be […]
Chris Chinnock, Executive director of the 8K Association, reporting on a presentation by Sung-Ik Park at the recent Electronics & Telecommunications Research Inst. (ETRI) workshop in South Korea, says that even though ATSC 3.0 was not developed to handle 8K video transmissions, in reality the technology can handle 8K via three different solutions. Chinnock says […]
Instant replays, slow motion and the ability to rewind live TV are fans’ favourite innovations in sports broadcast, according to research commissioned by BT Sport. Meanwhile, teletext and waiting for Match of the Day highlights on Saturdays make more fans nostalgic than any other aspect of sports broadcast. A survey of 2,000 sport fans across […]
The Digital TV Group (DTG), the centre for UK digital TV, has published the full findings of its national TV trends survey in the annual State of the Nation report, which indicate a record-breaking year for sales and subscriptions. From sales figures and subscription trends to accessibility and sustainability drivers for the future, the DTG […]
A paper by a trio of video experts says that video production equipment using different codecs and settings to balance competing requirements, such as trading off between bitrate and quality, and make video production life far too complicated. The introduction of UHD-TV and high dynamic range (HDR) adds to the number of codec implementations, making […]
The Explorers, a French television and streaming production house specialising in nature, natural history and environmental content, has announced that its output is now focused on capturing 8K/HDR material. It is its 8K/HDR output which has created significant noise at Apple. Last year, The Explorers was Apple TV’s ‘App of the Year 2019’, whilst May […]
From May 1st, MyZen TV 4K will be included in the UHD portfolio of M7 Germany, a provider of TV entertainment for around 140 cable and IP networks in the German speaking markets. The agreement was concluded between M7 Group, the Luxembourg-based European pay-TV provider owned by Canal+ Group, and French-based lifestyle channel MyZen TV. […]