Advanced Television

Ultra-HD/4K

Expanded support for HDR10+ ecosystem

HDR10+ Technologies, LLC, a joint venture of 20th Century Fox, Panasonic Corporation and Samsung Electronics has revealed that the total number of adopters has increased to 94. New partners, such as VIZIO and GooglePlay have added support of HDR10+ on their products. The organisation also announced new advances to the HDR10+ Logo and Certification programme, […]

January 8, 2020

TiVo unveils TiVo Stream 4K

TiVo has announced TiVo Stream 4K at CES, an easy-to-use streamer with live TV and Cloud DVR from the Sling TV app, plus a number of other content services. TiVo said the service will “give consumers the power to create the bundle they want across multiple entertainment sources using a smart, intuitive interface making it […]

January 7, 2020

Samsung, 8K Association certification programme

Samsung has partnered with the 8K Association (8KA) to establish a first-of-its-kind certification programme designed to distinguish 8K-enabled televisions and other devices. The partnership marks another milestone for Samsung’s QLED 8K as it will be among the first TVs to be certified by the 8KA bearing the new certification logo. “We are proud to be […]

January 2, 2020

Eurosport delivers 4K winter sports in Germany, Austria, Russia

Sports fans across Germany, Austria and Russia will be able to watch world-class winter sports action in 4K following news that Eurosport has partnered with the Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS) and Infront to screen alpine skiing events from Bormio, Madonna di Campiglio and La Thuile in Ultra HD. The agreement will see Eurosport in […]

December 18, 2019

Seven, Optus 4K Olympics

Australia’s Seven Network has revealed plans to team up with multiplay telco Optus to develop a channel featuring Seven’s coverage of Tokyo 2020 in 4K Ultra HD, which will be exclusively available to Optus 5G Home customers via IPTV service Fetch. The intention is for Seven’s coverage of the Olympics to be available in 4K […]

December 9, 2019By Colin Mann

Virgin Media to show Amazon Premier League in 4K

Virgin Media customers will be able to watch all of Amazon Prime Video’s 20 Premier League matches in December via their TV set top box – with some matches available in 4K. Amazon Prime Video, which is the only way football fans can watch Premier League fixtures broadcast next week (December 3rd- 5th) and on […]

November 27, 2019By Nik Roseveare

Hisense Roku TVs now in UK

TV set manufacturer Hisense and streaming platform and device specialist Roku have confirmed that starting week commencing November 25th, Hisense Roku TV models will be available in the UK. Recently announced at IFA 2019, these smart TVs are powered by the Roku OS, offering consumers a premium TV experience at what the pair say is […]

November 22, 2019By Colin Mann

BT Sport extends 4K HDR availability

BT Sport claims it is delivering another broadcasting first by making its biggest live matches available in 4K and high dynamic range (HDR) picture quality on some of the most popular smart TVs, games consoles and streaming devices. BT Sport Ultimate launched earlier in 2019 to BT TV and EE pay monthly customers, enabling them […]

November 21, 2019By Colin Mann

Seven Worlds, One Planet in UHD HDR

UK viewers will be able to experience the BBC’s latest landmark natural history series Seven Worlds, One Planet in Ultra High Definition (UHD) and High Dynamic Range on BBC iPlayer, both live and on-demand. Beginning this Sunday October 27th in Antarctica, the series will explore the stories of each of Earth’s seven spectacular continents and […]

October 25, 2019By Colin Mann

IHS: 4K display shipments top 60% in key markets

Consumers are buying into 4K displays in record numbers. In some important markets, shipments of UHD displays are more than 60 per cent, and growing. Paul Gray, Research & Analysis Director at IHS Markit, speaking at the MIPCOM programming market in Cannes, said that globally UHD resolution displays now exceed more than half of TV […]

October 14, 2019Chris Forrester @ MIPCOM