French telco Orange has informed its fibre customers equipped with a TV 4 set top box and subscribing to beIN Sports that they are now able to watch one French Ligue 1 football match each week in 4K. Following TF1 and beIN Sports’ World Cup 4K broadcasts, French top-flight football matches will be delivered in […]
The Spanish 4K TV channel All Flamenco has reached an agreement with Orange France to become part of its Spanish bouquet of 8 channels. It is included in a €6 a month package along with Antena 3, Star TVE, Atreseries, Canal 24 Horas, TV3 Catalunya, ETB Sat, TVG and All Flamenco for a potential audience […]
Australian pay-TV operator Foxtel will create Australian television history by broadcasting the nation’s iconic motor race, the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 and Supercars in 4K ultra high definition. After intensive testing at the RABBLE.club Sandown 500 over the weekend of September 15th-16th, Foxtel is now ready to show key events of the Bathurst Supercars weekend, […]
SES Video’s CEO Ferdinand Kayser, speaking at IBC, said that 8K television was coming, although he anticipated public viewing locations to see the first examples outside of China and Japan. “8K displays are now in the market and while they are not exactly cheap they are priced at what will be affordable levels for many. […]
Insight TV, a broadcaster and producer of native UHD HDR content, has announced its foray into Latin America through SES’ Latin American Ultra HD platform. Insight TV’s unique 4K content is now available on a 24/7 basis in English, Spanish and Portuguese to all cable, IPTV and DTH providers who are working with SES in […]
The Ultra HD Forum, the global organisation promoting the industry’s proven best practices for the delivery of immersive UHD experiences, has released a major Phase A Guidelines update. Version 1.5 is the fifth public release and reflects another intense year of collective industry experience. Key changes from version 1.4 are: Descriptions and workflow diagrams of […]
Communications technologist Nokia and France Télévisions, the French National Public TV broadcaster, are to showcase the results of a proof-of-concept demonstration of what the pair say is the world’s first 8K Ultra High Definition TV streaming in real conditions over 5G at IBC 2018. Nokia and France Télévisions’ ‘Innovation and Prospective department’ conducted the tests […]
Telefónica’s pay-TV platform Movistar Plus is consolidating its leadership in Spain with 12 million viewers a day and more than 4 million subscribers. The company claims that its TV consumption has increased by 10 per cent over the last year with VoD gaining ground, now claiming 20 per cent of all watched content (up from […]
UK multiplay operator Virgin Media is launching what it says is the UK’s first dedicated ultra HD entertainment channel, which will start broadcasting from September 17th. The Virgin TV Ultra HD channel will be exclusively available for Virgin TV Full House and VIP customers with a V6 set-top box. These customers can tune into a […]
The Ultra HD Forum has declared 2018 as being the year of live HDR TV. Speaking ahead of their IBC Masterclass, Forum president Thierry Fautier said: “After a few small-scale tests in 2017, this year will go down as the year of live HDR with the Winter Olympics and FIFA World Cup content widely available. We […]