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Insight TV to air Global Goal concert in 4K

Insight TV, a global content producer and provider of 4K UHD HDR linear and digital channels, will be the only channel to broadcast the ‘Global Goal: Unite for our Future’ concert in 4K UHD HDR on June 27th. Organised by international advocacy organization Global Citizen, the concert will be broadcast across all of Insight TV’s […]

June 22, 2020

‘Stretchable’ TV displays in development

LG Display says it is working on a major Research & Development project from the South Korean government to manufacture next-generation ‘stretchable’ video displays. The company is planning to develop stretchable displays by 2024 and for them to have a 20 per cent elongation rate. “LG Display will develop stretchable displays, a new form factor […]

June 17, 2020By Chris Forrester

LG LED Cinema Display theatre opens

LG Electronics says it is wowing moviegoers in Taiwan with the opening of the world’s first movie theatre equipped with LG LED Cinema Display technology featuring Dolby’s cinema server solution and Dolby Atmos immersive audio. In collaboration with Taiwan’s leading theatre chain, Showtime Cinemas, the futuristic theatre is also the first in the market to […]

June 16, 2020By Colin Mann

ATEME, SES trial UHD broadcast using VVC

ATEME, a specialist in video delivery solutions, has partnered with SES, VideoLabs and IETR for what they says is the first end-to-end UHD satellite broadcast transmission using the new Versatile Video Coding (VVC) standard. The test transmission has been launched on SES’ 28.2° East orbital position carrying a UHD video stream using the VVC standard. […]

June 9, 2020

Samsung UK launches The Sero rotating TV

Samsung Electronics has announced the launch of its first mobile-friendly TV, The Sero. Defined as “the TV that champions content viewing in as many ways possible by rotating between horizontal and vertical orientations”. The Sero is now on sale and available to purchase in the UK. Samsung says its “revolutionary brand-new Lifestyle TV ushers a […]

June 1, 2020

SPI & Red Bull sign expand 4K content deal

SPI/FilmBox and globally distributed multi-platform media company Red Bull Media House have signed their second content acquisition deal for FunBox UHD, SPI’s general entertainment channel which presents content devoted to nature, travel and lifestyle in native Ultra HD. The deal grants SPI both the broadcast rights to the series Culinary Heights at Ikarus on their […]

May 21, 2020

Dailymotion returns to normal streaming quality

On March 20th, video sharing site Dailymotion made the decision to reduce the bandwidth required to broadcast videos on its platform to address the risk of network saturation. The end of the confinement period in France marks the return to normal for the platform, which will again broadcast its videos in UHD definition, Full HD […]

May 20, 2020

LG to further diversify TV production

At a time when many other manufacturers are cutting back, LG Electronics is expanding its TV business with an eye on further diversifying its production footprint and stepping up capacity. The key component of this strategy will be LG’s Cibitung facility in Indonesia which will become the company’s new regional hub, taking over two of […]

May 20, 2020

Huawei shares media vision

Huawei’s online Global Analyst Summit 2020 has seen Shawn Sheng, Vice President of the company’s Handset Product Line, provide updates on key industry and technological trends that were first outlined in the company’s August 2019 Global Industry Vision (GIV). The company has long advocated that the bandwidth provided by 5G will boost creativity and deliver […]

May 19, 2020By Colin Mann

Ultra Box for Astro IPTV customers

The Astro Ultra Box is now available to customers of Malaysia’s Astro IPTV who are currently on Maxis Home Fibre network with speeds from 30Mbps. The Ultra experience includes 4K, Cloud Recording and a fresh new user interface that is seamless across device screens, improved content recommendations based on viewing history, play from start functions […]

May 19, 2020