Witbe, a specialist in Quality of Experience Monitoring, has been selected by Sky Deutschland to automate the analysis and testing of their Sky STBs. Witbe Robots will support Sky to provide the best video Quality of Experience to its customers. Witbe video algorithm and monitoring Robots analyse the video quality of Sky’s STBs continuously during […]
Entertainment technologist IMAX Corporation and audio specialist DTS have partnered for the next-generation of home entertainment with the launch of the IMAX Enhanced programme. The new certification and licensing programme combines the highest-end consumer electronics products with IMAX digitally re-mastered 4K HDR content and DTS audio technologies to offer consumers a new level of quality […]
An analysis of data from market research company IHS says that demand for large TV displays is “burgeoning” and annual shipments of 60” and larger displays will quadruple over the next 10 few years. Last year, says IHS the market shipped some 19 million 60”+ panels. By 2025 this is forecast to grow to 54 […]
HDR10+ Technologies, LLC, a joint venture among 20th Century Fox, Panasonic Corporation and Samsung Electronics has announced the first certified products and first adopters for the HDR10+ licence programme. Panasonic and Samsung are also among the first to announce firmware has been deployed to select 2018 television models enabling support of HDR10+ for consumers. HDR10+ […]
LG Electronics has introduced the world’s first 8K (7680 x 4320) OLED TV at IFA 2018 in Berlin. The 88-inch 8K LG OLED TV features over 33 million self-emitting pixels designed to produce the unmatched contrast ratio and true blacks that define OLED TV’s iconic picture quality. With OLED TV shipments in the market expected […]
Electronics manufacturer Samsung and OTT service beIN Connect, owned by Mediapro, have agreed a deal to stream 4K football matches through Samsung smart TVs. The deal includes the best football matches from La Liga featuring Real Madrid and/or Barcelona. Subscribers to beIN Connect will be able to watch the football matches in 4K through its […]
Telefónica’s pay-TV platform Movistar Plus will air 4K content in September for the first time with the transmission of La Liga football matches on the Movistar Partidazo 4K and beIN La Liga 4K channels. Movistar is so far the only Spanish pay-TV company to have not offered 4K content. Movistar subscribers will be able to […]
The German TV Platform – a digital media trade body – will hold a UHD demonstration at the upcoming consumer electronics trade show IFA 2018 in Berlin. A series of clips in SDR and HDR/HLG format will be looped on a 77″ UHD TV, offering visitors an ultra-high definition viewing experience with extremely brilliant, high-contrast […]
Dolby Laboratories and Amazon have confirmed that forthcoming Prime Original series Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan will be available on Prime Video in both Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision HDR starting August 31st, bringing the complete Dolby audio and visual experience to Prime members. Consumers will be able to enjoy Dolby Atmos with Tom Clancy’s Jack […]
Australian pay-TV operator Foxtel will broadcast all Australian men’s international cricket and KFC BBL games in 4K during the forthcoming Australian summer on a new dedicated channel that marks the first year of a six-year A$1.182 billion (€0.75bn) broadcast rights agreement. The Seven network will be the free-to-air broadcaster of Tests and 43 BBL matches, […]