Paris-based “Millennial” channel #C4K360 used NAB to launch its Ultra-HD service over North America, using SES as its capacity provider. It has secured an initial pair of specific carriage deals with cable operators, and is now potentially available to some 8.5 million homes in the US. Tailored to young audiences, #C4K360 offers Ultra HD content […]
NASA is producing what it says is the first-ever live 4K video stream from space during a session at the 2017 NAB Show. The panel is co-produced by NAB Show, NASA, and Amazon Web Services (AWS), and will explore how advanced imaging and cloud technologies are taking scientific research and filmmaking to the next level. […]
The Ultra HD Forum, the global organisation defining industry best practices for the introduction of technologies to facilitate the ultra-high-definition (UHD) viewing experience, has released the UHD Forum Guidelines version 1.3 including a new forensic watermarking chapter. This chapter is the result of the collaboration between leading watermarking technologies providers. In addition to an overview […]
SES has been supplying test Ultra-HD transmissions over the US for some months. Vivicast Media is its partner, and Vivicast used the NAB show in Las Vegas to announce its first contracts, with a pair of multichannel video programming distributors to supply a bouquet of ten UHD channels. Marquette-Adams of Oxford, Wisconsin and Highlands Cable […]
Intelsat, the global satellite operator, announced that as a result of its partnership with Encompass Digital Media, NASA TV became the first linear Ultra High Definition (UHD) channel available on Intelsat’s system for Latin American cable operators. Encompass delivers end-to-end video solutions worldwide to broadcast and media companies. NASA TV provides coverage of NASA missions, […]
Vodafone Spain is to air the Real Madrid vs Barcelona football match (dubbed ‘El Clasico’) in Ultra HD on April 23rd. Subscribers with a 4K-equipped TV set, the new Vodafone 4K TiVo STB and the Vodafone Fútbol or Sport package will be able to watch it in the UHD format. Vodafone is strongly relying on […]
Sky Sports will show Test cricket in Ultra HD this summer when England take on South Africa in their Test series across July and August. In a world first for Test cricket, Sky Q customers in the UK and Ireland can look forward to every ball of the four-match series in Ultra HD. The four […]
Samsung Electronics and Amazon Video are introducing HDR10+, an updated open standard that leverages dynamic metadata to produce enhanced contrast and colours on an expanded range of televisions. According to the pair, HDR10+ elevates the HDR10 open standard with the addition of Dynamic Tone Mapping. The current HDR10 standard utilises static metadata that does not […]
Trade mag Large Display Monitor (LDM) says that Samsung is building new double-width LCD panels which would have an aspect ratio of 32:9 and an overall resolution of 3840 x 1080. The devices are said to be coming to market this autumn, from September 2017, and are aimed at gamers. The ‘double width’, says LDM, […]
Security solutions specialist Inside Secure is working with forensic watermarking solutions provider ContentArmor to offer customers a pre-integrated software development kit (SDK) for secure player, meeting the stringent security requirements for early-window and UHD movies. Inside Secure’s SAFEplayer Ultra supports the widest range of devices, including Android 2.3+, Android STB, Android TV, iOS 6.0+, tvOS, […]