Insight tv, the global UHD broadcaster and producer of native UHD HDR content, has signed a distribution deal with Dutch telco KPN. The agreement will allow viewers in the Netherlands to watch Insight tv’s unique, high-quality 4K HDR and HD content via KPN’s IPTV service. KPN provides a wide range of services offering both UHD […]
On July 22nd, German broadcast group ProSieben’s will air an episode of science programme Galileo Spezial in UHD for the first time. Viewers with a compatible TV set can watch the broadcast on the channel UHD1 by HD+ via satellite in parallel with the broadcast in HD and SD – and the episode will be unencrypted. […]
The rapid and increasing number of worldwide 4K flat panel TV shipments over the past few years is contributing to the overall growth of the global flat panel TV market. 4K TV units account for more than one-third of the total flat panel TV units sold in 2017. ABI Research, a market-foresight advisory firm providing […]
From July 30th, UK multiplay operator Virgin Media will be adding the BT Sport 4K UHD channel to its top TV bundles at no extra cost. The move follows Virgin Media reaching a new multi-year agreement to continue bringing all of the sporting action from BT Sport to Virgin TV. This includes all 351 UEFA […]
Chris Chinnock, founder and president of consultants Insight Media and organiser of last week’s QLED & Advanced Display Summit held in Hollywood, quotes one of his speakers saying that the development of 8K broadcasting is “right on track”. Chinnock was writing his summary for Display Daily. Michael Cioni, SVP Innovation at high-end cinema camera specialists […]
Samsung has launched ‘The Frame’ – what it describes as “lifestyle TV” – an attempt to populate the TV set with choices from a portfolio of 800 works of art. The Frame is similar to the company’s 2018 QLED range, but specifically designed for near-flush wall-mounting. The Samsung Art Store, claimed to be the world’s […]
Later this year at the IFA technology show in Berlin on August 29th, South Korea’s electronics company Samsung is expected to launch two ranges of consumer-ready 8K displays. At Samsung’s recent 2018 QLED & Advanced Technology event in Los Angeles, and where Samsung called for global 8K transmission standards to be set, it emerged that […]
Harmonic, a specialist in video delivery technology and services, has announced that TF1, the French TV channel, has deployed an Ultra HD contribution and distribution solution from Harmonic to broadcast live sports events, including content from the World Cup. “We are gearing up to deliver one of the first live UHD transmissions via IPTV, a […]
UK multiplay operator Virgin Media will be giving its customers the opportunity to watch the Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s finals from the Championships at Wimbledon in 4K Ultra High Definition through Eurosport. Virgin TV customers with a V6 TV box will be able to watch both finals in Ultra High Definition for the very first time. […]
A senior executive at Samsung’s Visual Display business says it’s time to start establishing common standards for 8K broadcasting. Currently, it is only Japan that’s making the running in 8K transmissions although plenty of content-producers are making 8K programming, mainly in the natural history and documentary areas. Japan will start full 8K broadcasts on December […]