HDR10+ Technologies, LLC, a joint venture among 20th Century Fox, Panasonic Corporation and Samsung Electronics has announced the first certified products and first adopters for the HDR10+ licence programme. Panasonic and Samsung are also among the first to announce firmware has been deployed to select 2018 television models enabling support of HDR10+ for consumers. HDR10+ […]
LG Electronics has introduced the world’s first 8K (7680 x 4320) OLED TV at IFA 2018 in Berlin. The 88-inch 8K LG OLED TV features over 33 million self-emitting pixels designed to produce the unmatched contrast ratio and true blacks that define OLED TV’s iconic picture quality. With OLED TV shipments in the market expected […]
The Korea Herald reports that electronics giant LG is to bring its massive 175 inch ‘microLED’ displays to Berlin’s IFA 2018 show (Aug 31 – Sept 5) and as a direct competitor to Samsung’s ‘The Wall’ and some 30” larger. Trade publication Large Display Monitor (LDM) additionally reports that it believes the LG display is […]
Insight TV, the UHD broadcaster and producer of native UHD HDR content, has created and launched a Smart TV app in partnership with TV manufacturer TCL. Launched globally for Android 5 and higher TCL television sets, the new Insight TV Smart TV app is easy for customers to navigate to find their favourite Insight TV […]
Electronics manufacturer Samsung and OTT service beIN Connect, owned by Mediapro, have agreed a deal to stream 4K football matches through Samsung smart TVs. The deal includes the best football matches from La Liga featuring Real Madrid and/or Barcelona. Subscribers to beIN Connect will be able to watch the football matches in 4K through its […]
Telefónica’s pay-TV platform Movistar Plus will air 4K content in September for the first time with the transmission of La Liga football matches on the Movistar Partidazo 4K and beIN La Liga 4K channels. Movistar is so far the only Spanish pay-TV company to have not offered 4K content. Movistar subscribers will be able to […]
Following previous experimentations featuring ballet (in 2016) and opera (in 2017), Arte has announced the launch a new 4K/HDR technical trial period from September 12th to 22nd. The Franco-German channel has partnered with Amazon CloudFront, AWS Elemental, Anyware Vidéo, ATEME, Cobalt, Globecast, Molotov, Philips, SES, TDF and Technicolor to produce a 4K HDR10 homogeneous version […]
Samsung is publicising (with giant billboards) that it will be showcasing a QLED 8K displays at the upcoming Berlin IFA technology show. The posters say “Prepare to be amazed at IFA”. This will be the first occasion for European visitors to see the display. However, Samsung showcased its Q9S 8K (85”) model at CES in […]
The German TV Platform – a digital media trade body – will hold a UHD demonstration at the upcoming consumer electronics trade show IFA 2018 in Berlin. A series of clips in SDR and HDR/HLG format will be looped on a 77″ UHD TV, offering visitors an ultra-high definition viewing experience with extremely brilliant, high-contrast […]
Dolby Laboratories and Amazon have confirmed that forthcoming Prime Original series Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan will be available on Prime Video in both Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision HDR starting August 31st, bringing the complete Dolby audio and visual experience to Prime members. Consumers will be able to enjoy Dolby Atmos with Tom Clancy’s Jack […]