MediaKind, a global media technology player, has been selected by Síminn, the Icelandic broadcaster, to protect and deliver its live HD and UHD broadcasts of football matches from the English Premier League to fans across Iceland. The deployment will include MK RX1, a multi-codec, multi-service professional decoder that is designed to maintain the integrity of […]
Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telco, has selected Irdeto to securely deliver content on its new Airtel Xstream 4K Hybrid Box, powered by Android. The new STB, based on Android 9.0, brings satellite TV and OTT content together on a single device, with this innovative experience secured by Irdeto Cloaked CA. Part of Airtel’s converged Airtel […]
Japan’s public broadcaster NHK, which is now transmitting 12 hours a day of 8K content on its satellite BS service, is working hard to make that content available to viewers at home. NHK sources speaking at IBC in Amsterdam said the major problem they had to overcome was that of digital compression. NHK’s ‘Super Hi-Vision’ […]
The EBU has partnered with end-to-end quality assurance (QA) and testing services specialist Eurofins Digital Testing to ensure that future high-quality broadcast content can be properly displayed and enjoyed on consumer TV sets. In an effort to give clarity to both broadcasters and consumers, the EBU has published a set of key distribution parameters (EBU […]
A new 4K HDR TV channel, 4KUniverse, is now on air. AsiaSat and 4KUniverse have entered into a multi-year agreement for the distribution via AsiaSat 9 across the Asia-Pacific. 4KUniverse was originally part of AsiaSat’s 4K-SAT UHD demo channel initiated back in 2015, broadcasting a few hours of UHD programming a day. Now, with the […]
Recognising that content redistribution piracy remains a big threat to the media and entertainment industry and, with increasing budgets for original content, broadcast and OTT services are often primary targets for illegal redistribution, digital platform security specialist Irdeto has added client watermarking capabilities to the Irdeto TraceMark forensic watermarking solution. The new solution enables fast […]
Anevia, a provider of OTT and IPTV software solutions, has announced that its Genova video compression encoders are now optimised to work with NVIDIA T4 GPUs, enabling OTT service providers to deliver programmes in higher video quality without a commensurate increase in costs. “This new development secures Genova as one of the most powerful ranges […]
South Korean telco SK Telecom has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Samsung Electronics jointly to develop and commercialise the world’s first 5G-8K TV. The 5G-8K TV will revolutionise users’ television-watching experience by directly receiving 8K video over SK Telecom’s ultra-low latency and ultra-wideband 5G network. SK Telecom plans to apply Mobile Edge Computing […]
PHABRIX has concluded nine months of successful HDR technology trials with BT Sport. PHABRIX supported BT Sport, providing its Qx rasterizers and technical expertise, as they developed and refined their live production workflow for the launch of their new HDR, UHD and Dolby Atmos supported proposition, BT Sport Ultimate. This includes HDR on the BT […]
Sony Europe has struck a partnership with Rakuten TV to launch IMAX Enhanced film content in Europe first on its high-end BRAVIA televisions. The IMAX Enhanced programme, developed by IMAX and DTS, is a certification and licensing programme that combines the highest-end consumer electronics products with IMAX digitally remastered 4K HDR content and DTS audio […]