Panasonic, the Japanese electronics giant, has said it will stop making its own LCD panels, and shift some 500 staff from the division to other segments of its business. Panasonic has already closed its LCD television business (in 2016) and this decision covers the manufacture of LCDs at its Himeji facility in western Japan and […]
BT Sport claims it is delivering another broadcasting first by making its biggest live matches available in 4K and high dynamic range (HDR) picture quality on some of the most popular smart TVs, games consoles and streaming devices. BT Sport Ultimate launched earlier in 2019 to BT TV and EE pay monthly customers, enabling them […]
The Astro Ultra Box has launched in Malaysia. The Ultra experience includes 4K UHD, Cloud Recording and a new user interface that is seamless across device screens, improved content recommendations based on viewing history, play from start functions and the ability to record multiple shows at the same time. All of this is available via […]
Orange Spain has signed a deal with Warner Bros to distribute its films in 4K through Orange’s on-demand service Videoclub. Movies franchises including Batman, Harry Potter and IT will be available on Orange’s 4K offer, as well as current blockbuster The Joker upon its home release. With this agreement, and with a recently similar deal […]
Insight TV, the 4K UHD HDR broadcaster, content creator and format seller, has partnered with global multi-platform channel Red Bull TV to broadcast the 2019 Street-Style Football World Championship finals live in 4K UHD HDR on November 15th. Taking place in Miami, Florida, the 90-minute event will be broadcast live on all of Insight TV’s […]
Japanese broadcaster WOWOW has trialled a broadcast with MQA audio (Master Quality Authenticated) which is frequently used in streaming audio services. But this is said to be the first time it has been used in a TV broadcast. WOWOW says UK-developed MQA closes the quality gap between TV video and audio. WOWOW used a pre-recorded […]
Current model year OLED TVs from LG Electronics will receive a firmware update starting this week allowing for enhanced gameplay via NVIDIA G-Sync Compatible technology. NVIDIA G-Sync Compatibility will be available on LG’s 2019 OLED TV models E9 (65 and 55 inches), C9 (77, 65 and 55 inches) as well as B9 (65 and 55 […]
From the end of October and throughout November Virgin TV customers can watch even more of the best 4K entertainment on Virgin TV’s dedicated UHD channel – Virgin TV Ultra HD. The action series Pure launches on October 31st, starring Ryan Robbins as Noah Funk, the newly-elected Mennonite pastor working undercover inside a menacing drugs […]
UK viewers will be able to experience the BBC’s latest landmark natural history series Seven Worlds, One Planet in Ultra High Definition (UHD) and High Dynamic Range on BBC iPlayer, both live and on-demand. Beginning this Sunday October 27th in Antarctica, the series will explore the stories of each of Earth’s seven spectacular continents and […]
South Korea electronic giant LG has just reported a Q3 loss for its Display division – its first loss in 8 years. The loss, of $372 million (€334.1m), for the July-September period reflects falling sales down 4.6 per cent on the same period a year ago. A week ago the company’s newly appointed CEO, Jeong […]