Sky Deutschland, along with a panel of experts, showed its 4K test material to a packed room of delegates at IBC, with Stephan Heimbecher, the broadcaster’s head of innovations & standards, suggesting that 50/60 fps was a minimum for sports coverage in 4K. Tom Cosgrove, president/CEO of 3net Studios, showcased ‘Space’ a CGI production now […]
The pros and cons of 4K transmission have dominated this year’s IBC, with the debate causing deep divisions amongst some members of the broadcast community. Everyone recognises that 4K is now very definitely on the agenda, and most of the news is positive. Russia’s NTV+ plans of test transmissions of the Sochi Winter Olympics, for […]
NAGRA has revealed a novel approach in content navigation and discovery designed specifically for the Ultra-HD 4K environment: “Project Ultra”. “4K is making its mark as the next big evolution in television, providing a spectacular viewing experience supported by powerful user interaction possibilities,” said Hubert Rechsteiner, Vice President of the NAGRA UEX Studio. “It also […]
Spanish satellite operator Hispasat formally launched Hispasat 4K, a FTA TV channel that will be available for all the industry to perform tests and develop advanced solutions for new video formats. The first transmission will be a 50 minute documentary on the Prado Museum, in Madrid, produced by TVE an co-produced by Hispasat. The channel […]
According to the large-sized panel shipment survey by WitsView, the display research division of TrendForce, for August 2013 shows 70.11 million units, up 11 per cent on July. At the 2013 Germany IFA, 4K TVs were hot products displayed by all brands. In H1 2013, Japanese brands such as Sony and Toshiba showcased the 4K […]
As revealed exclusively by advanced-television.com August 28th, a group of broadcast industry players is to demonstrate a true 4K Ultra HD Television, end-to-end video transmission over satellite to the RAI Convention Center in Amsterdam during IBC2013. This milestone will mark the first time a full multi-camera production of a sports event has been captured in […]
Sky Italia, Italy’s leading pay-TV provider, is planning a trial demonstration of Ultra HD content delivery using the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) compression capabilities of Thomson Video Networks’ ViBE VS7000 encoding/transcoding platform. Sky Italia chose the ViBE VS7000 to create a real-world environment for end-to-end Ultra HD delivery, from content acquisition and transcoding in […]
SES says it expects Europe to be an early adopter of Ultra-HD. Certainly the IBC halls are awash with live – or near-live – test transmissions of 4K for TV (3840 x 2160 pixels). Ferdinand Kayser, SES’s CCO, told journalists that sales of Ultra-HD displays were currently modest, but would pick up over the next […]
Ericsson, Eutelsat, Globecast, Newtec and Sky Italia have successfully completed a series of live tests proving the reliability of an end-to-end satellite-based delivery chain for contribution of live images in 4k. With the success of these tests, the participating companies have demonstrated that the full satellite delivery chain is able to feed Ultra HD television […]
In a few days’ time, delegates and exhibitors to IBC will be discussing the merits of 4K production for TV, with most industry observers now agreeing that 4K will be introduced commercially in 2014 and start making headway in 2015. But the decision to award to 2020 Summer Olympics to Tokyo fits in beautifully with […]