Japan’s public broadcaster NHK has just wrapped two major 8K productions. Both productions were captured ahead of the near-global closedown of theatrical productions. The film crew captured a 106-minute performance of the ballet Giselle at the Opéra National de Paris in an 8K co-production between NHK and the Paris Opera. The NHK crew used six […]
Suggesting that the move marks the company’s transformation from a trusted DVR provider to a streaming market innovator, providing one destination for all your home entertainment, TiVo has confirmed the retail availability of TiVo Stream 4K, providing customers with what it says is the market’s first unifying streamer, suggesting it is the ultimate streaming device […]
Peacock, NBCUniversal’s new SVoD service, is to be available on Apple devices, including iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD, when it launches in the US on July 15th, 2020. At that time, Peacock will offer a free tier featuring more than 7,500 hours of movies, shows, and timely live and […]
NHK has unveiled ‘Aktina Vision’ (Aktina, from the Greek ‘ray of light’), a 3D system that is capable of natural 3D without special glasses. This ‘holy grail’ 3D system for broadcasters reproduces light rays and where the object is captured from different viewpoints in order to obtain multi-viewpoint images, which are used to reproduce the […]
Bitmovin, a specialist in online video technology, has announced support of Dolby Vision, Dolby’s high dynamic range (HDR) 4K video format. Bitmovin will license and implement Dolby’s technology into its transcoding solution to enhance the 4K viewing experience via streaming. Bitmovin believes that Dolby Vision is quickly becoming the de facto HDR standard for 4K […]
Millennial-focused broadcaster, distributor and content creator Insight TV has launched its 4K UHD HDR feed on Vodafone Romania, marking the first distribution deal in the country. The digital subscribers of Vodafone Romania now have access to the channel’s portfolio of influencer-led, high-quality content, including recently added series such as Epic Exploring: Going Local featuring amazing […]
In what would have been the week of Ultra HD Forum’s fifth NAB, the non-profit UHD advocate has shared some encouraging findings from its all-new UHD Service Tracker. The Forum is also releasing V2.3 of its Guidelines, which have become an essential resource for UHD purveyors and observers alike. Now tracking 150 commercial consumer-facing Ultra […]
Insight TV, the millennial-focused broadcaster, has announced that One World: Together At Home, a globally televised and streamed special in support of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, will be available in 4K across its global network in over 45 countries. Insight TV will broadcast the special live in HD on April 18th. From April […]
South Korean electronics giant Samsung is switching its TV production to OLED and QD-based panels, and will cease producing LCD screens by the end of this year. Samsung’s Display division is currently upgrading its production lines as it had announced last October, but the previous comments from Samsung made no mention of dropping LCD output. […]
Omdia has slashed its 2020 global television shipment outlook by nearly 10 percentage points, with the market now expected to undergo a sharp downturn due to coronavirus mitigation measures initiated by governments worldwide. Global television shipments will fall by 8.7 per cent in 2020, declining to 203.5 million units, down from 222.9 million in 2019, […]