Insight TV one of the world’s largest UHD broadcasters and producer of native UHD HDR content covering action sports, entertainment, and lifestyle, has announced that it’s launching its content in China on Shanghai Oriental Pearl (Group) Co., Ltd. (Shanghai Oriental Pearl’s) BesTV platform. This is the first time that viewers in China will be able […]
French OTT TV platform Molotov has enriched its service with 4K docunentary channel The Explorers, with the ‘Earth’s first UHD inventory’ sightseeing on the most spectacular places of the planet. The channel is available to the basic subscribers without any additional charge. The one-hour stream will be shown each week and around 100 short videos […]
The UK’s influential Digital Television Group (DTG) quotes a study conducted by pollster YouGov and focus groups that the research company carried out in November 2017 with owners of 4K/UHD televisions. While participants praised
The 12th Migu Music Awards held recently in Shanghai saw the implementation of what is being claimed by participants Migu, China Mobile, and Huawei as the first application of 5G network slicing in global large-scale live broadcasting. “We have implemented E2E 5G+4K live broadcasting for this ceremony, including 4K filming, 4K transcoding, and 4K video […]
The number of homes worldwide using an Ultra HD TV has now passed the 200 million mark, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics’ Connected Home Devices service. The report, 4K and 8K Ultra HDTV Global Market Forecast, predicts that 222 million homes will own an Ultra HD TV by the end of 2018, […]
Although overall TV shipments in the third quarter of 2018 were flat compared to the previous year, the average TV unit-shipment screen size increased more than any previous quarter in more than a year, according to critical information analysis firm IHS Markit. While strong seasonality from promotions for the World Cup raised TV unit sales […]
Eurosport says its coverage of snooker’s Home Nations series will reach new heights December 10th to 16th when the BetVictor Scottish Open is televised in Ultra High Definition for the first time. The tournament in Glasgow will be on the Eurosport 4K channel and available in France (via Canal) and Russia (via Tricolor TV and […]
Harmonic announced that it has been awarded a Patent in the U.S. for the invention titled “Dynamic Allocation of CPU Cycles in Video Stream Processing.” It says the patent defines innovative technology that dynamically adjusts CPU cycles for cloud-based video processing based on video complexity information. With this latest patent, Harmonic continues to lead the […]
Luxury home cinema experience specialist Kaleidescape is partnering with BBC Studios – Americas to bring BBC documentaries and TV series to Kaleidescape. The deal marks the first time Kaleidescape has offered episodic content in 4K Ultra HD and high dynamic range (HDR). BBC’s titles enhance Kaleidescape’s deep catalogue with acclaimed titles ranging from documentary programmes […]
At a ceremony in Tokyo on Saturday, December 1st, Communications Minister Masatoshi Ishida said he hopes Japan will play a leading global role in 4K and 8K broadcasting. NHK, Japan’s public broadcaster, at 10am local time, switched on the two new channels. NHK President Ryoichi Ueda said the broadcaster will aim to spread the service […]