Only a day after rivals Videocon d2h announced it would be launching an Ultra-HD/4K service before the end of this year, TataSky also said that 4K was high in their sights for subscribers. The giant Indian pay-TV operator used a demonstration event in Mumbai on July 4th to showcase the FIFA World Cup quarter-final (France […]
Sony – together with a range of technical partners – is claiming a new milestone in live sports entertainment with the world-first screening July 4th in 4K Ultra High Definition of the France versus Germany World Cup quarter final match at the Vue multiplex at Westfield, London. Sony and Vue Cinemas were working with technical […]
Videocon’s d2h pay-TV service is to offer consumers 4K/Ultra-HD transmissions, and says it is determined to be first to the India market and ahead of TataSky, Dish TV and the other DTH suppliers. Videocon d2h has some 11 million subscribers, and the market is anticipating it mounting an IPO this year. Videocon d2h currently supplies […]
A significant step in the road to Ultra High Definition TV services has been taken with the approval of the DVB-UHDTV Phase 1 specification at the 77th meeting of the DVB Steering Board. The specification includes an HEVC Profile for DVB broadcasting services that draws, from the options available with HEVC, those that will match […]
Samsung is closing its own download video and audio rental and purchase businesses in North America. It has already disabled its own Samsung Video & Media Hub on July 1st in the US, although Samsung’s ‘Smart Hub’ on-screen options will continue to offer viewers and users access to iTunes, Amazon, Netflix, Hulu and other service […]
French pay-TV music channel NRJ Hits has commenced two-weeks of Ultra-HD broadcasts on the Paris DTT network using DVB-T2 standard – with part of the tests being authorised by TV regulator CSA and handled by TDF. “It is the first time a French channel can trial UHD broadcast in real conditions through all the broadcasting […]
Sony and Vue Cinemas will be working with technical partners IDC, Eutelsat and DSAT Cinema to deliver a World Cup quarter final match and the final in Ultra-HD on 4th and 13th July, at Vue’s state-of-the-art multiplex in Westfield, London. The two matches will be streamed live via satellite from the iconic Estadio Jornalista Mario […]
Akamai Technologies, a provider of cloud services for delivering, optimising and securing online content and business applications, has released its First Quarter, 2014 State of the Internet Report. Based on data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform, the report provides insight into key global statistics such as connection speeds, overall attack traffic, network connectivity/availability issues, […]
Showing the promise of 4K TV to early adopters of next generation TV technology, Envivio has announced that Globosat, a leading content provider to cable, satellite and IPTV operators in South America, has added Envivio as one of Globosat’s partners to broadcast live the quarter, semi-final and final 2014 World Cup games in Ultra-HD. “4K […]
In what it says could be a watershed moment in the history of broadcasting, BBC Research and Development is to broadcast certain elements of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games live in Ultra-High Definition (UHD) at a public showcase in the host city. The special R&D production will be shown live in the Glasgow Science Centre […]