Twenty-one Japanese broadcasters, consumer electronics companies and telcos have come together to create a high profile development partnership to help Japan, and the rest of the world., to move into television’s next generation transmission format, Ultra-HDTV. The grouping includes public broadcaster NHK, which is actively backing its Super Hi-Vision/8K format, as well as commercial broadcaster […]
SES has linked with Harmonic and chip-set manufacturer Broadcom to create what it describes as the first Ultra-HDTV transmissions using the High Efficiency Video Codec (HEVC) from Astra’s 19.2 degrees European hot spot. SES says using the HEVC compression improves transmission capacity by some 50 per cent. The end-to-end demonstration was showcased at SES Industry […]
Kunihko Miyagi, president of Panasonic’s imaging division, has told The Hollywood Reporter that his company’s plans for 4K embrace the entire TV production cycle. “We are developing a 4K system – a whole set of products – to allow for affordable 4K production,” he said. “Everything we make in HD will be 4K.” He says […]
Eutelsat is making its 4K Ultra-HDTV demo channel available to Digiturk. Broadcasting from Eutelsat’s 7A satellite, which is also home to Digiturk’s pay-TV neighbourhood, the first demo transmission took place on April 2nd and has now been opened up to a wider audience limited only by the lack of receiving equipment. Emre Uysal, Digiturk’s Product […]
Although admitting it is “early days” in the consumer life-cycle of 4K viewing, Jim Underwood, Executive VP, Worldwide Digital and Commercial Strategy, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, says its progress has gone beyond the point of wondering whether it can become a reality. Delivering a keynote speech at PEVE Entertainment 2013 in London, he told delegates: […]
Gary Davey, SVP Programming at Sky Deutschland, speaking at MIPTV’s special 4K event, said he believed that at least half of Sky’s current portfolio of 65 HDTV channels would be showing 4K content within five years of Sky launching a dedicated 4K Ultra-HDTV channel. “I suspect SES will be first in supplying a feed of […]
The 4K logo was being showcased prominently at this week’s MIPTV programming market in Cannes, where there were three dedicated sessions devoted to encouraging 4K production for TV, and sponsored in part by Sony. SES played an active part in the ‘broadcasters’ panel with Norbert Hoelzle (CCO) speaking alongside the BBC’s Mike Gunton (head of […]
Civolution confirms its support of 4k Ultra HD for its NexGuard – Streaming forensic watermarking solution. Capitalixsing on its unrivalled experience in 4k video watermarking in Digital Cinema, Civolution is now offering video service providers watermarking solutions for 4k Ultra HD content distribution. Civolution’s NexGuard – Streaming technology can be used to provide service providers […]
3net Studios, the global production company from Sony, Discovery and IMAX – has begun principal photography on two native 3D television series for global distribution and is finalising post-production on a returning series for the 3net US linear service. In addition, the company has put three new native 4K television series into development to help […]
HBO tech guru Bob Zitter told the TV Connect conference in London that he believes 3D TV is dead. “We (HBO) never thought that 3D with glasses was ever going to get off the ground,” he said. “Consumers have shown they do not want to wear glasses in the home. 3D with glasses is dead.” […]