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UHD

QVC Japan goes UHD with Imagine

Imagine Communications is providing processing, monitoring and management technology underpinning a new UHD and IP-based production infrastructure at QVC Japan. The new facility, which supports uncompressed HD and UHD signals based on the SMPTE ST 2110 standards, enables the global shopping channel to significantly enhance the buying experience for Japanese viewers through the adoption of […]

April 17, 2018

Com Hem, Boxer launch Android TV Tv Hub

Swedish multiplay operator Com Hem is launching its Android tv-based platform Tv Hub, for its customers as well as those of pay-DTT service Boxer. The Tv Hub combines linear tv with play services in HDR and 4K quality. Users can navigate between their linear TV channels and their play services and also customise the Tv […]

April 12, 2018

Eutelsat boost for NASA HD/UHD channels

NASA High Definition (NTV-3) and NASA Ultra High Definition (NTV-4) channels are broadcasting in free-to-air via satellite for the first time across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, using Eutelsat craft. Viewers from across these regions can now enjoy exceptional images from the U.S. space programme, including coverage of launches, life on-board […]

April 12, 2018

MediaFirst UHD E2E solution

Ericsson Media Solutions has launched its MediaFirst End-to-End Ultra High Definition (UHD) solution, suggesting it is the industry’s first software-based, multi-application media processing and encoding platform to deliver UHD content from camera to consumer, across the entire media delivery landscape. Noting Ericsson ConsumerLab TV and Media research which highlights how TVs with higher picture quality […]

April 12, 2018

NHK outlines plans for 8K transmissions

Japan’s NHK public broadcaster says its planning for the December 1st start of 8K transmissions is proceeding well.  Senior executives from NHK, speaking at MIPTV’s dedicated UHD sessions, said that production of science, drama, natural history and even arts and culture segments were being added to at the rate of about 300 productions this year in […]

April 11, 2018Chris Forrester @ MIPTV

Intel core to power INSIGHT TV premium 4K UHD

INSIGHT TV, one of the world’s largest UHD broadcasters and producer of native UHD HDR content covering action sports, entertainment, and lifestyle, is creating a Windows Store Application that will allow true 4K UHD content to be streamed to any Universal Windows Platform (UWP) device. The new app is being built on the latest 8th […]

April 11, 2018

LG: 10m OLED screens by 2020

Large-screen display specialist LG says its new OLED factory output should mean production volumes of some 10 million units by 2020, and if the plans work out it could even mean 20 million units. Large Display Monitor, a newsletter, quotes a report in Japan’s Nikkei that half of the company’s sales in the $2,000+ display segment […]

April 10, 2018By Chris Forrester

Analyst: Large 4K sets dominate market

Paul Gray, IHS Markit’s Research Director, says that 4K sets now represent more than half of all sets shipped in North America and over two-thirds in China. Gray, speaking at MIPTV in Cannes on April 9th, and where 4K/UHD content is being extensively screened over the 4 days of the market, said that the average […]

April 9, 2018Chris Forrester @ MIPTV

Analyst: UHD rollout set for boost

According to Tristan Veale, Market Analyst at Futuresource Consulting, the rate of consumer uptake and service roll-out of UHD services will benefit from industry resolution of a range of technology issues. In a blog post, Veale noted that the UHD sector has continued its steady evolution over the last year, from a consumer perspective becoming […]

April 9, 2018By Colin Mann

Ultra HD Phase B Guidelines

The Ultra HD Forum – the global organisation responsible for promoting market adoption of Ultra HD – has paved the way for the next wave of UHD technologies by releasing Phase B Guidelines covering dynamic metadata, higher refresh rates, lower bandwidth requirement and next generation audio. According to Madeleine Noland, Chair of the Guidelines Work […]

April 9, 2018