Australian pay-TV operator Foxtel is now broadcasting the country’s summer cricket season in Ultra-HD, with all men’s international matches and selected KFC ‘Big Bash’ League matches being shown on a new dedicated 4K channel. On Foxtel’s new 4K channel, viewers will be able to watch the 4K coverage using the new iQ4 set-top box, as […]
UHD HDR broadcaster and producer of native UHD content Insight TV has confirmed that it is using Advanced HDR by media and entertainment technologist Technicolor. This solution is composed of Technicolor HDR and Technicolor HDR Intelligent Tone Management (ITM) technologies to up, down and cross-convert its existing UHD content library providing the highest quality to […]
Harmonic has announced that SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (SJC), a multi-channel pay-TV platform operator in Japan, is upgrading its DTH headend to support HD and UHD delivery using an IP-based video and stream processing solution from Harmonic. SJC has also deployed an integrated playout solution from Harmonic to simplify the delivery of HD channels. “As […]
At the fifth World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, China Mobile 5G Innovation Center worked closely with Huawei to unveil what the pair say is the first 5G network based 8K VR live broadcast. Compared with technically mature 4K VR live broadcast (requiring 50–80 Mbps data rate), 8K VR services require a higher data […]
UK pay-TV broadcasters Sky and Virgin TV have secured rights to air this year’s MTV EMAs 2018 in ultra-HD. The MTV EMAs 2018 celebrates musical artists from around the world and will broadcast live from Bilbao, Spain, across MTV’s 60 international TV channels and digital platforms. Sky will take the MTV EMAs UHD feed for […]
Grass Valley, a Belden Brand, and Gearhouse Broadcast partnered to deliver Australia’s first UHD live broadcast. All six hours of UHD content from the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 for supercars – the country’s annual, premier touring car event – were broadcast live without any advertising breaks. The 1,000-kilometre race was televised on Foxtel’s newly launched channel 444, with routing […]
The Digital Production Partnership (DPP), the media industry’s international business network, has today announced the release of a new technical specification to support the business needs of global broadcasters delivering UHD programmes: AMWA AS-11 X1 – MXF Programme Contribution DPP UHD. The DPP worked with the Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA) to build on the […]
dock10, the UK television facility, has announced a major investment to build a new broadcast network to support the future of television production. Connected to the top-spec 200Gbps network will be the facility’s ten television studios and their galleries, more than fifty post production suites, ingest, control rooms and the data centre. Incorporating innovative technology […]
Telefónica’s pay-TV platform Movistar Plus is speeding up the launch of 4K content with the addition of a new UHD channel, Movistar Formula 1 4K. The first race to be broadcast on the channel will be the US Grand Prix in Texas which starts on October 18th. This is the third 4K channel launched in […]
The European Tour and Tata Communications have completed a test of live 360° video in 8K Ultra High Definition. The technology test at Sky Sports British Masters shows how the most immersive 360° video and virtual reality applications could enable fans at home and at the course to engage with the action in new ways. Through a live 360° video […]