South Korea’s giant conglomerate Samsung’s Electronics division is suggesting that its Q2 profits will be a record-breaking 14 trillion Won (about $12.1 billion), up 72 per cent. The division looks after TV displays, cellular phones and the manufacture of (DRAM and NAND) memory and solid-state modules. The actual numbers will be confirmed at the end […]
TeamCast, a specialist in digital modulation technologies for DTT and satellite applications, has significantly contributed to the progress of definition and validation of UHDTV-Phase 2 through the 4EVER-2 project. As a follow-on from the collaborative 4EVER Project, which worked on UHDTV Phase 1 – i.e. 4K images, HEVC encoding and end-to-end production, from 2012 to […]
A worker at LG Display, at its Paju, South Korea, factory lost his life in an industrial accident at the site last week. Local reports say that all LCD production output has ceased at the facility, with inspectors and officials making an investigation into the matter. South Korean news sources say that the plant closure […]
Licensing body ULDAGE has confirmed the commencement of patent licensing activities under the system of a patent pool that collectively, and under fair and reasonable conditions, bundles and licenses the patents that are essential to the realisation of the UHDTV satellite broadcasting standards, to business operators that are involved in transmission and reception of UHDTV […]
SES of Luxembourg says it is now carrying 22 Ultra HD channels on its satellites, up 47 per cent year-on-year. At its Investor Day, held in London on June 28th, SES said it is now carrying 7610 TV channels on its fleet of satellites (up 4 per cent) and of that total 2496 were in […]
Vodafone Spain is strengthening its 4K offer. The company has added two new 4K channels; the cooking channel Canal Cocina and the lifestyle channel Canal Decasa following its recent agreement with AMC Networks International. These two channels are available in the package TV Extra. In addition, Vodafone is enhancing its Vodafone One package with the […]
South Korea’s electronics giant LG has created what it describes as the world’s first 65” – and thinnest – OLED-based wallpaper TV display for the important hotel market. While not a ‘full’ 4K model it does support high dynamic range technologies including HDR-10, Dolby Vision and Hybrid Log Gamma reception. The display, plus its 55” ‘sister’ […]
Spanish satellite telecommunications operator Hispasat will be participating next week in the first live television broadcast in Spain using 4K HDR (High Dynamic Range) technology. The satellite operator will collaborate with RTVE in offering the broadcast of the Solemn Changing of the Royal Guard from the Royal Palace in Madrid on July 5th. Thus, Hispasat […]
SES has announced the successful delivery of iN DEMAND and cable’s first 4K live Pay-Per-View (PPV) sports event broadcast, Bellator NYC: Sonnen vs Silva Mixed Martial Arts, over the SES Ultra HD distribution platform. On June 24th, bouts from the event were transmitted live from New York’s Madison Square Garden to cable and IPTV subscribers […]
Netflix is now supporting Dolby Atmos, beginning with Okja, a critically-praised film directed by Bong Joon Ho that recently debuted at the Cannes Film Festival, available globally on Netflix from June 28th. Writing in the Netflix blog, Greg Peters, Chief Product Officer, says that much like how 4K and HDR bring more stunning and realistic […]