Portugal Telecom (through its Meo brand), Portuguese public broadcaster RTP and manufacturer Samsung have teamed up for what they claim will be the first global Ultra-HD live broadcast, simultaneously on two platforms (Fibre Optic and Satellite). The exclusive technology preview will take place during the Portugal vs Greece friendly football match at the Estadio da […]
Satellite operator Eutelsat Communications is ramping up its Ultra-HD activity with the launch of Europe’s first demo channel encoded in HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) and broadcasting at 50 frames per second with 10-bit colour depth (one billion colours – HEVC Main 10 profile). According to Eutelsat, these three parameters are key for creating a […]
Japanese electronics giant Panasonic says it is exiting the OLED screen market. Panasonic blames the low yield and thus poor profitability on production of OLEDs. Panasonic says it is working to sell its existing OLED production division to Japan Display Inc, claimed to be the world’s largest producer of liquid crystal displays for smartphones and […]
Envivio, a provider of software-based video processing and delivery solutions, has announced that its 4K Ultra HD compression technology is being used by French broadcaster TDF for live streaming of the French Open 2014 tennis championship to compatible 4K TV sets in France. This represents the world’s first DTT broadcast video transmission delivered in 4K, […]
Chip-set supplier Broadcom is enjoying what its President/CEO Scott McGregor has described as “significant progress” in its home, hand (telecoms) and infrastructure/data divisions. “These three core businesses of the company, looking into each of those over the last year, have all made significant progress in each of the areas. In the home business, Broadcom has […]
Czech TV has been testing 4K/Ultra-HD using its T2 terrestrial network. According to Ivo Ferkl, Czech TV’s technology director, the 4K resolution era will start this yearand he added that deployment of Ultra HDTV is faster than the deployment of HDTV. Receivers for 4K resolution will be available in the market at an affordable price […]
The DTG UK UHD Forum has demonstrated the live decoding and display of 10-bit 50Hz 2160p content compressed with HEVC at the DTG Summit in London. The successful display using HEVC, which is expected to be the new compression system for Ultra-HD content, was also the first example of decoding using silicon in real time. […]
Sweden’s Teracom, a provider of technical infrastructure and network solutions for media distribution and communications, is using Thomson Video Networks’ award-winning VS7000 video system, NetProcessor 9030/40 multiplexer, and Sapphire MPEG stream server to demonstrate a complete transmission chain for DVB-T2 delivery of HEVC-encoded video. To enable delivery of Ultra-HD content that significantly improves the home […]
ANGA COM – the exhibition for broadband, cable and satellite – has put together a panel of experts to discuss 4K UHDTV and how to make it a commercial reality. The panel will be an important part of the UHDTV debate at the event (May 20-22 in Cologne). The main focus of the panel will […]
The market for Ultra-HD TV panels reached a significant new benchmark in March when global shipments exceeded 1 million units for the first time, driven by vastly increased deliveries from the industry’s three largest makers of the high-end panels, according to a report from IHS Technology. UHD TV panel shipments amounted to