A senior Samsung executive, speaking in Indonesia, said that last year’s sales of large-format TV displays in Ultra-HD had resulted in the company quickly becoming market leader, and with a 33 per cent market share in the US. Bernard Ang, Samsung Electronics Indonesia’s consumer electronics business director, showcased the company’s new 55”, 65” and 78” […]
The Sochi Winter Games are being transmitted live in 4K/Ultra-HD to selected public viewing sites by Russian pay-TV broadcaster NTV Plus, and using a system-on-a-chip video solution supplied by chipset manufacturer Broadcom and a video processor from Elemental. The opening ceremony was captured live, for example, using the Broadcom-Elemental solution. Broadcom’s 28 nanometer Ultra HD […]
Japan’s public broadcaster NHK has a small technical team at the Sochi Winter Olympics testing and recording events in 8K, Super Hi-Vision. The engineers have built a special theatre in the main Olympic complex at Sochi and equipped it with a Panasonic 145” display, plus 22.2-channel surround sound. Viewers can see recordings made at the […]
Analysts at investment bank Berenberg say they expect satellite operator SES to announce positive full-year results on February 21st (to December 31st) but perhaps more importantly to announce an improved guidance for 2014’s numbers and beyond. Senior analyst Sarah Simon states that SES is a “top pick” for 2014, and headlines her note to clients […]
Three-quarters (73 per cent) of online US adults who saw Ultra High-Definition TV (Ultra HDTV) technology in a retail store are interested in owning the technology at some point in the future, while only 34 per cent of people
The International Olympic Committee and Olympic Broadcasting Services are working with Panasonic to capture the upcoming 22nd Winter Games opening ceremony in 4K-Ultra HD at Sochi. The games run from February 7th to 23rd, and Panasonic say that the 4K footage will then be used by the various organisations and Panasonic itself for promotional purposes. […]
Samsung has confirmed that it will launch 4K starter pack for use with its Ultra-HD TVs in Europe this March, as well as access to 4K streaming via Netflix. Samsung will offer a 1TB hard-drive for €299 that comes with access to fifty Ultra-HD movies including Life of Pi and Star Trek: Into Darkness. Michael […]
LG Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of KRW 58.14 trillion ($53.10 billion) and net profit of KRW 222.70 billion for full-year 2013, marking an improvement over 2012 results. Operating profits for the Korean-based manufacturerer increased modestly in 2013 to KRW 1.28 trillion from KRW 1.22 trillion in full-year 2012. The LG Home Entertainment Company reported […]
Japan’s NHK has successfully broadcast long-distance DTT signals for its Super Hi-Vision 8K format, sending huge amounts of data over UHF airwaves, but despite this test, it’s unclear if many Japanese will be watching 8K TV by the time Tokyo hosts the Olympics Games in 2020. The public broadcaster’s Science & Technology Research Laboratories conducted […]
Taking what it describes as a “measured and cautious” approach, the DTG, the industry association for digital television in the UK, has suggested that it has the time in the next six to twelve months to define clearly what Ultra-high definition television actually means and what it really means for the UK broadcast industry. Describing […]