Movistar channel Liga de Campeones UHD – dedicated to broadcasting Champions League football in Ultra HD – will make its debut on February 19th, airing the first leg of the last-16 round match between Lyon and Barcelona. With the move, Movistar will increase its number of 4K TV channels to four: Movistar Partidazo UHD, beIN […]
Virgin TV has revealed some of the content that will be broadcast in 4K quality on its Virgin TV Ultra HD – channel, the UK’s first dedicated ultra-HD entertainment channel. The line-up includes Baz Luhrman’s hip hop inspired TV drama, The Get Down, launching on February 18th. In March, family-drama Bloodline will air, followed by […]
Premier single-seater race series Formula 1 has announced a new two-year agreement with Sky Deutschland that will see Sky broadcast all Grand Prix weekends live across satellite, cable, IPTV, web and mobile in Germany and Austria, along with German-language rights in Switzerland, for 2019 and 2020. As a result, subscribers with the Sky Sport Pack […]
US multiplay operator RCN has confirmed its commercial launch of Ultra HD services through a partnership with satellite operator SES. RCN is featuring seven dedicated 4K channels from the North American SES Ultra HD Platform, which will be available on RCN’s Signature TV channel tier for new and existing customers. RCN’s initial 4K launch will […]
Spacecom, operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, has announced its AMOS-7 communication satellite is broadcasting the Ukraine’s first ever 4K TV channel. Nashe Media Group’s #NASHE HDR channel is being broadcast throughout the entire country by Ukrainian operator UkrKosmos. Following on the new channel’s success, Nashe is planning a spring 2019 launch of a second […]
Chris Chinnock, a respected figure on the high-resolution scene, and regular contributor to Display Daily, has been appointed to look after the newly-formed 8K Association (8KA). The grouping, which has AUO, Hisense, Panasonic, Samsung and TCL as member, and hopes to expand to include more brands and component suppliers over the next year. Chinnock admits […]
IT and network technologies integration specialist NEC Corporation has contributed to a video transmission test utilising 5G conducted by Japanese telco NTT DOCOMO and Tobu Railway through the provision of 5G base stations that support 4.5GHz and 28GHz bands. In recent years, the demand for high-definition video is constantly on the rise. This demonstration was […]
With all the 8K TV hype currently happening at CES 2019, Andrew Gray, Marketing Director EMEA at Limelight Networks, has addressed the fact that there are no services to accompany all the new hardware. Gray commented: “At CES 2019, the elephant in the room is there to be seen by all in 8K definition. Announcements […]
Insight TV, the 4K HDR broadcaster and producer of native UHD content, is building upon its relationship with Samsung Electronics by making its linear channel available on Samsung’s unique TV Plus linear, live streaming service to viewers in the US. Following Samsung’s recent channel update, Insight TV’s channel will reach 10 million American connected smart […]
Australian pay-TV operator Fox Sports’ 2019 cricket coverage in 4K is being delivered by Telstra Broadcast Services’ 4K fibre contribution transmission, making it the first Australian telco to offer 4K delivery capability in the country. Telstra Broadcast Services utilises mature third generation dedicated 4K hardware encoding. For Fox Sports, Telstra is supplying a full suite […]